Celebrating Success: Fair Chance Pathways Partner Graduation 2025

On June 12, four nonprofits graduated from the Pathways Partnership, an 8-month cohort program.  Fair Chance Capacity Building Specialist (CBS) Sawida Kamala (far left) had the pleasure of working with Lori Pitts and Jusna Perrin of Ally Theatre/Voices Unbarred and Loreal Latimer  and Marcus Wilson of The Village Network, while TL, Capacity Building Specialist (not pictured here), was paired with Marva Berry and Michael Kaspar of The Learning Tree, Inc., and Barrie Moorman and Pamela Talkin from the Abramson Scholarship Fund.  At the ceremony, each CBS paid tribute to the hard work of each of the Executive Directors and Board Chairs and identified some of the areas each worked on such as leadership & management, board development, and program evaluation.  Each leader then shared  about their experience with Barry Moorman reflecting,

“Participating in the Fair Chance partnership has enabled us to take a look at ourselves, identify areas for growth and leverage critical resources to strengthen our tools and practices. Thanks to TL’s expert facilitation, we have engaged in hard conversations about where we are and where we want to be. This process helped us dig deeper into our strengths and challenges to do more root-cause analysis and to come up with new systems and programs that truly addressed the needs.”

At the end of the ceremony Co-Program Director Valerie Ashley inducted the leaders into the Fair Chance Alumni Network with a toast, followed by a roof-top reception where donor Mike Kimsey was also recognized for his support of Fair Chance’s Capital “Campaign for Our Future.”  Our next Pathways Cohort of nonprofits is  currently being selected, with orientation scheduled for October 15.

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