Branded by Society- Episode 57

1. What does branded by society mean to you?

2. Who gets branded?

3. Who does the branding?

4. What are the results of this social stigma?

5. How can we specifically deal with the social stigma poured on the formerly invarcerated?

6. Darwin Hamilton's life. book and work.

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Darwin Hamilton is a fifth generation Austinite and was featured in the 2015 #IAMBLACKAUSTIN interactive campaign by The Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce. His ancestral home is the site of the historic Dedrick-Hamilton House and the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility

. He's an author, senior accountant and co-founder of the Reentry Advocacy Project (RAP) and member of the Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable, Travis County's Public Defender Office oversight board and District Attorney's transition team. He serves as Co-Chair, Board of Directors for Grassroots Leadership.

Since 2012, he has worked as an activist, advocate and strategist on state and local criminal justice policy reform and his testimony was integral in helping pass Austin’s historic Fair Chance Hiring ordinance in 2016. He has provided technical assistance to colleges and universities classes, municipal agencies and a sought-after panelist and lecturer on a variety of topics ranging from criminal, racial, social and environmental justice issues to eminent domain and gentrification.

His personal mission is to change criminal justice policies and practices and reduce the shame and stigma of formerly incarcerated people. He does this through his own example, and through his strategic, inspiring and powerful storytelling. He's delivered keynote speeches to social justice organizations. He has testified before Austin city council and House Committees of the Texas legislature.

Mr. Hamilton is an alumnus of Leadership Austin’s - Essential Class and JustLeadership USA 2018 cohorts. Also, in 2018, he self-published his memoir 25 Years Later: A Sentence from Crime to Redemption, Resilience, Advocacy and Leadership. His op-eds have been published by the Austin American Statesman and ACLU of Texas. And now serves on the Advisory Boards of Inside Literature and San Antonio's Trinity University and UTSA

Facebook - @Darwin Hamilton & @DH25YearsLater

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