Prison Fellowship Director of Community Engagement Jesse Wiese and former Minnesota Governor Al Quie recently penned an editorial for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, highlighting the challenges that hundreds of thousands of men and women face nationwide when they return to their communities from prison.
By Steve Rempe
April 29, 2016
Jesse Wiese | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Second Chances 5k | Second Prison Project | Star-TribuneThe following post originally appeared on the Minneapolis Running website, and is reprinted here with permission.
Running is a communal activity. While we compete on an individual level, everyone I know agrees that running is far more enjoyable when done with others.
By Nathan Freeburg
March 14, 2016
Minneapolis | Minnesota | Second Chances 5k | Second Prison ProjectIn 1993, a teenager named Oshea Israel shot and killed 20-year-old Laramiun Byrd at a party both were attending in Minneapolis. Israel was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for second-degree murder, while the mother of the victim was sentenced to life without her only child.
By Steve Rempe
July 22, 2015
forgiveness | Laramiun Byrd | Mary Johnson-Roy | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Oshea Israel