Glenn E. Martin - Vice President Of Development And Public Affairs And Director Of The David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, Inc.
Glenn E. Martin – Vice President Of Development And Public Affairs And Director Of The David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, Inc.
Glenn E. Martin, born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of a retired police officer, brother of a federal correction officer and was formerly incarcerated himself. Today, Martin has risen to the role of Vice President of Development and Public Affairs and Director of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, Inc., a social service and advocacy organization devoted to the successful reentry and reintegration of individuals with criminal histories.
In his current role roles, Martin is responsible for developing and advancing Fortune’s criminal justice policy advocacy agenda and providing leadership over the agency’s Development and Communication Units. After exiting prison in 2000, Martin began working at the Legal Action Center (LAC), eventually serving as the Co-Director of LAC’s National H.I.R.E. Network (HIRE), a national project dedicated to eliminating barriers to employment for jobseekers with criminal records. For Martin, his work is an authentic extension of his life.
In addition to testifying in from of Congress, the US Commission on Civil Rights and the US Senate, Martin has drafted and advanced major legislation to remove barriers to employment in six states, co-authored the Independent Committee on Reentry and Employment transition document for former NYS Governor Spitzer, and served as project manager on the largest audit study ever conducted in the US on race and criminal record based discrimination in low-wage labor markets.
Additionally, Martin has written and advanced legislation and policy reform proposals in a number of states to remove barriers to housing, education and voting for formerly incarcerated people. Specifically, Martin advocated to the US EEOC for the recently adopted US EEOC Title 7 Guidance on Jobseekers with Arrests and Conviction records. In 2012, he served as keynote speaker at the Department of Justice’s Annual COPS Conference.
Knowing both sides of the justice system has made Martin extremely well versed in the issues. Martin has appeared on several national news outlets, including CNN, MSNBC and CSPAN. He has also has served as an expert on local television and radio, contributing on the controversial issue of Stop and Frisk, as well as a number of other topics such as policing, alternatives to incarceration and reentry issues. In addition to television appearances, Martin hosts a NYC- based cable television show, Both Sides of the Bars, where he engages criminal justice stakeholders and the local community in conversations about criminal justice reform.
Mr. Martin is a former 2011-2012 Americas Leaders of Change National Urban Fellow and a member of the Board of the NY Foundation. He also currently serves on NYC Community Board #10, the NYC Council Task Force to End Gun Violence, NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s Ban the Box Advisory Board, Governor Cuomo’s Executive Work for Success Committee, NYS Executive Reentry Housing Committee, NYS Reentry Task Force, National Network for Safe Communities, the DCJS Service Provider Advisory Committee (SPAC), the Steering Committee of Reentry.net, the Correction Committee of the NYC Bar Association (adjunct), the Policy Committee of Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE), the Employment Working Group of the NYC Discharge Planning Initiative, the Board of Directors of the College and Community Fellowship and a number of other boards and working groups addressing issues related to the reintegration of people with criminal records.
During our conversation, Glenn talks about:
– Shares a little a big of his background including how grew up in a single parent family of three boys in a tough neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York
– Serving seven years in prison when he was younger and since he got out of prison 12 1/2 years ago he has been working on prison system reform in America
– The values that his mother instilled in him
– Why prison was a transformational experience for him
– Two key interactions that he had in prison that changed his life
– Why was he sad when he left prison
– His journey after he left prison
– His thoughts on the current American prison system and policing
– Provides some the background of the Fortune Society and how he got involved
– What does the Fortune Society do
– What do government and society need to do to improve the American prison system
You can connect with Glen via:
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Phone: (212) 691-7554 (The Fortune Society)
“We’re glad our two organizations can work together to uplift the young men of the Columbia area,” said La’Sondrick Bridges of Concerned Black Men. “We can’t expect our young men to know the principles of manhood if we, the adults, don’t teach them. We expect this event to be a major step towards imparting this critical information with our young men.”
The Principles of Manhood Symposium will focus on the characteristics of leadership. Community leaders will be speaking to the young men about their personal leadership experiences and how the youth can implement leadership principles into their daily lives. There will also be a panel discussion to address questions the young men may have about leadership.
“It’s a blessing to be able to bring this message of leadership to the young men of Columbia,” said Michael Holoman of The Board of Directors, “Often society like to talk about the problems of the community. We’re glad to actively be part of the solution instead.”
Both The Board of Directors and Concerned Black Men participated in the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation’s mentoring campaign held in Columbia in February 2013 at C.A. Johnson High School. In addition to motivating the men of Columbia to become mentors, established mentoring organizations from all across the midlands came together to network and become a cohesive unit in the mentoring of Columbia’s young men.
“We want to make sure the Harvey Foundation mentoring campaign was not in vain,” said Gerard Droze of The Board of Directors. “Our organizations working together can do so much more than we can individually.”
“It’s going to take us working together with a shared vision to make a difference in our community,” said Jabari Price of The Board of Directors. “The future of Columbia depends on today’s youth.”
The Board of Directors will live on our show tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. They will be joined by one of the members of Concerned Black Men of Columbia, Jaquia (Ja-QUAY) Bridges. They will be talking about the event and manhood.
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Jeff Nilsson is the director of the Saturday Evening Post archives and a website editor. He is a specialist in American History, with graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, University of New Mexico, and Eastern Michigan University. He writes the Saturday Evening Post website’s weekly Retrospective feature, and is directing the program of digitally converting the magazine’s 190 years of issues.
Mr. Nilsson will be live on our show tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific. He will be discussing the 50th anniversary of the American civil rights movement and the Saturday Evening Post’s coverage of the civil rights movement.
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