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NC Second Chance Alliance

Restoring Opportunities. Strengthening Families & Communities.

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  • Picture 7, Miea being interviewed
    Miea is interviewed during Second Chance Lobby Day. Listen to the interview here.
  • picture 14, Lobby Day_thank you postcards 1
    Hundreds of Alliance members sign "Thank You cards" for legislators who championed second chance bills.
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    Alliance member Baqir is recognized for his reentry and employment work at Wash Away Unemployment's RESTORE: Second Chance Gala.
  • SCA members with Wake DA lorrin freeman
    Wake District Attorney Lorrin Freeman partnered with the NC Second Chance Alliance to host and promote criminal record expungement clinics in Raleigh. News & Observer, "Wake County Serves Justice by Clearing Some Records".
  • corey votes
    In North Carolina, a person convicted of a felony can vote as soon as they complete their sentence, including probation.
  • 2015, second chance lobby day
    Dennis and Sandra urge legislators to support second chances at the NC General Assembly.
  • Garner, Fayetteville reentry council
    Pastor Jessie Garner speaks at the inauguration of the Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council.
  • picture 11, step up ministry, listening session
    Bill and Miea facilitate an Second Chance listening session with Dress for Success.
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    Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed April 23-27, 2018, Reentry Week in North Carolina.

What is clear to members of the NC Second Chance Alliance is that the current system of incarceration and re-incarceration is not working. Our state’s unfair, revolving-door criminal justice system is undermining the safety of our communities, draining our state’s resources, and failing people with criminal records, especially people of color.

We have come together to identify and speak out in support of fair chance practices, policies, and laws that ensure people exiting the juvenile and criminal justice systems have a fair chance to be prosperous, law-abiding community members rather than being automatically excluded from essential opportunities and cycled backed into the criminal justice system.

If you share this perspective and want to contribute your voice and efforts to the NC Second Chance Alliance, please join us. As a member of the NC Second Chance Alliance, you will:

  • Receive regular updates on local and statewide “fair chance” advocacy efforts;
  • Help determine the NC Second Chance Alliance’s advocacy agenda and priorities;
  • Receive legislative alerts on relevant bills advancing in the NC General Assembly and contact information for relevant legislators;
  • Have access to NC Second Chance Alliance listening sessions and other convenings across the state;
  • Receive support from member organizations to initiate and/or participate in advocacy efforts in your community.

 

Become a Member of NC Second Chance Alliance

  • Please check each of the reentry needs you are currently experiencing (what do you need that you do not currently have because of your criminal record).
  • Providing as few or as many details as you would like, please share your reentry story. This may include the positive changes you have made in your life, the obstacles to reentry you have faced, and/or the successes you have achieved. Your reentry story may be edited for length and clarity. Please also consider recording your reentry story here: https://ncsecondchance.org/share-your-story-video-recording/
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Please visit and support member organizations of the NC Second Chance Alliance’s Steering Committee:


Many members of the NC Second Chance Alliance are also members of national advocacy groups led and supported by impacted people, including:

  • All of Us or None
  • Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People & Families Movement
  • The Ordinary People Society
  • JustLeadershipUSA
  • Once Fallen
  • Families Against Mandatory Minimums
  • Poor People’s Campaign

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