This year, we heard from a powerful keynote speaker, Shannon Ross. Shannon is the CEO/Founder of The Community, which he founded with invaluable outside support in 2014 while serving a 17-year prison sentence. The Community addresses the effects of the criminal legal system with two arms: Pre-entry and Correcting the Narrative. Since his release September 2020, Shannon is also a founding partner of the Multidimensional Justice Solutions firm Paradigm Shyft, an Ed Trust and Rockwood alumn, a Represent Justice ambassador, a consultant with Marquette University’s Higher Education in Prison program, a keynote speaker, and a graduate of the Masters in Sustainable Peacebuilding program at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

We had a fun evening of powerful stories, delicious food, music, a 360 photo booth, fabulous raffle prize (such as Mariners tickets, a VIP Seahawks experience, a distillery tour & tasting, and more) and more!