CSI Class Offering

CSI Alumni and Partners Speak

1-hr presentation by a person from CSI Program or otherprogram in CSI/Dennis Gaddy’s network followed by 1-hr presentation by Step-Up Ministry - every Friday,

Class Contents

Welcome and Introduction of Speaker

  • CSI Exec. Dir. Dennis Gaddy shares brief version of his own Re-entry Success Story, and circumstances of founding CSI

Dennis Describes CSI Areas of Support

  • Direct Services: Housing, Jobs, Education
  • Advocacy: Employment, e.g., “Ban the Box,” and Legislative, e.g., “Unlock the Vote”

Speaker Presentation

Recent and Notable Themes Presented by Speakers:

  • Turn Setbacks into Comebacks
  • Devastation to Destiny
  • CSI Resources referred to by Client as “A Pot-Full O’ Resources”
  • Avoid doing Life Sentence on Installment Plan
  • Value of Parents and Being a Parent
  • Sometimes Your Personal Circle Must be Small
  • SWIT: Success While In Transition
  • Aging out of “Criminality”
  • Putting Prisons Out of Business

    Step-Up Ministry Presentation - Dennis Jarmon

    • Resources for Job Hunters
    • Resources for Life Skills
    • Youth Program
    Step Up Ministries Process