Letter from the Executive Director

Although it seems as though I say this for every issue –it was an honor to create this issue. Education has a tremendous influence on whether a person commits a crime or not. If nothing else, it limits your options, particularly if you are from a marginalized community. We wanted to shed a little light on this issue.

First, we wanted to address the school to prison pipeline. Although this magazine focuses on adults, there are factors that pushes kids into justice system early on. Without creative problem-solving and disciplinary techniques, the application of reactionary punishment continues to persist – creating a system that harms children of color and those with learning disabilities.

Speaking of learning disabilities, our second article focuses on how adults can be diagnosed with learning disabilities. As we learned from the school-to-pipeline article, children with learning disabilities are more often labeled as disruptive, making it easy to fall behind in the education system. There are resources for adults who have learning disabilities. Having access to diagnosis and new learning techniques can create new and valuable opportunities.

We hope you enjoy this issue.

Sincerely,

Porche Proffit

Masthead and Contributors

Editor-in-Chief, Porsche Proffit

Editor, Ericka Foster

Contributors

Writer, Maggie Allen

Writer, Natalie Rodriguez-Steen

Positive Transitioning Inc. is a non–profit organization that provides information and resources for individuals reentering the community after incarceration.

In addition to this magazine, Positive Transitioning Inc. offers a 24-hour Resource/Listening Line that services all 50 states. The Resource/Listening line is staffed by life coaches and provides individuals with the immediate support and resources they may be needed during reentry.

Positive Transitioning Inc. also provides individuals life coaches that will assist them in every step of the reentry process: housing, education, employment, vocational training, obtaining government benefits, veteran assistance, medical management, sponsorship, financial stability, family reintegration, and legal assisting.

Currently Positive Transitioning Inc. is entirely web–based as we are hoping that this makes it easily accessible for anyone to access from anywhere.