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2023

• Mission: Launch to Host Community Hackathon in Phoenix, Arizona to Accelerate Collaboration and Positive Post-Prison Outcomes, Sept 2023
• Mission: Launch To Host Second Chance Month Post-Incarceration Employment Hackathon, April 2023
• Future Ready Now Hackathon: Washington, DC, April 2023
• Charity Matters Podcast Episode 57 - Mission: Launch, April 2023
• Black History Month Celebration at the White House, Feb 2023

2022

• Future Ready Now Hackathon: Delaware, Dec 2022
• AAB Justice Sandox with Aventiv Technologies, Nov 2022
• Echoing Green Big Bold Benefit, Oct 2022
• AWS GovSummit, Oct 2022
• Worth, Wealth and Health Retreat, Sept 2022
• Equitech Tuesday, Sept 2022
• MLK Luncheon / NFL Event, Sept 2022
• AWS GovTechStart Member and Partner Event at Capital One Arena, Sept 2022
• Kapor, Sept 2022
• BLACK CLOUD® TECH SUMMIT, A tech hub for black trailblazers, June 2022
• AWS GovTechStart Government Innovation Workshop, May 2022
• "City Solutions Forum" Featuring New Bedford - LaunchPad 11, April 2022

June 2016

• Open Society Foundations: Press Release, Foundations Announce 2016 Soros Justice Fellows
• Technical.ly Baltimore, Civic Hackers Are Getting Back Together to Build Re-entry Solutions This Weekend 

May 2016

• SiriusXM, Bill Press Show w/ Guest Host Dr. Julianne Malveaux May 27, 2016 (Interview begins at 1:12:00)
  

March 2016

• Texas Observer, New Technologies Connect Prisoners to the Outside World

February 2016

• Sunlight Foundation: Guest Blog, Laurin Hodge OpenGov Voices: Unlocking Prison Re-entry Data
• The Baltimore Sun, Event Focuses on Helping Felons Return to Workplace After Release
• SiriusXM, Michael Smerconish Show w/ Guest Host Jason Johnson 
• Byte Back, What You’ve Missed: Returning Citizens & the Digital Divide
• Technical.ly Baltimore, This Re-entry Nonprofit is Set to Hold Its First Baltimore Data Event
• The Washington Post, Coffee@WaPo, The Long Road Back
• The Washington Post, Coffee@WaPo, Race Is Always the Elephant in the Room

December 2015

• Change Makers, Home Again - What Now?
• DC Inno, 9 DMV Startups That Just Launched This Year

November 2015

• MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry Show, Foot Soldiers of the Week: Organization Seeks to Smooth Re-entry for Former Inmates
• BLIS.FM, Hope and Wellness Show, Rebuilding Re-entry

October 2015

• NAACP, PSA Video, A Fair Chance: #BanTheBox

September 2015

• Next City, Will D.C. Be the First U.S. City to Escape the Prison Trap?
• Technical.ly DC, Rebuilding Re-entry Hackathon is back on this fall
• Reentry Central - The National Website on Reentry
• TechCrunch, Former Prisoners Rethink Criminal Justice through Entrepreneurship and Civic Technology
• NPR; WAMU 88.5 Washington, DC, New Startup Helps Former Inmates Launch Their Own Businesses
  
  

August 2015

• Washington City Paper, New Site Helps Determine If Criminal Records Are Sealable
• CRVIII, A Startup Helping Prisoners Start Over 
• Tech.Co, DC’s Mission: Launch Wants to Turn Former Prisoners into Entrepreneurs 
• DC Inno, This DC Startup Aims to Help People Returning from Prison to Become Tech Entrepreneurs 
• U.S. Small Business Administration: Blog Post, Grand Slam Day for America’s High-Growth Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Its Startups 
• Street Sense, White House Seeks to Close “Opportunity Gap,” Honors Entrepreneurs 
• Technical.ly DC, Mission: Launch to Open Accelerator for Returning Citizens 
• Technical.ly DC, At first White House Demo Day, Obama Calls for Inclusive Entrepreneurship 
• U.S. Small Business Administration: Press Release, SBA Boosts Economic Impact of Accelerators with $4.4 Million in Prizes 
• U.S. Small Business Growth Accelerator Fund Award Announced during 1st White House Demo Day

July 2015

• B.Stigma Free: Guest Blog, Teresa Hodge: I Went to Prison - How's That for an Ice Breaker?

June 2015 

• A Just Cause Unseen Heroes for Advocacy Groups (Podcast), Teresa Hodge 
• Street Sense, Hactivist Seek to Streamline Road for Returning Citizens
• The Daily Beast, The Real Felony: Denying Prisoners The Right To Vote
• Gospel Driven Entrepreneur (Podcast), Laurin Hodge: Eliminating The Social Stigma of Returning Prisoners

May 2015 

• Technical.ly DC, Discuss Civic Tech's Role in Helping Returning Citizens: Rebuilding Re-entry Demo Day

November 2014

• Technical.ly DC, Rebuilding Re-Entry Hackathon
• Code for DC: Blog Post, DC Open211 at the Rebuilding Re-entry Hackathon
   

July 2014

• Points of Light, Recognition Award

May, 2014

• Ashoka Changemakers & American Express, 2014 Emerging Social Innovators Announced

March 2014

• Virgin Unite: Guest Blog, The One Thing Every Disruptive Woman Needs
• Womenetics, The Do Gooder

November 2013

• GirlTank, Turning Former Female Inmates Into Innovators

June 2013

• Fast Company, Helping Women Get Back On Track After Prison With a Little CrowdFunding

April 2013

• Technical.ly Baltimore, Mission: Launch Needs $25K to Build Ex-Offenders’ Reentry Tracking Tool 

November 2012

• Technical.ly Baltimore, Mission Launch Founder Receives Starting Bloc Fellowship

August 2012

• Technical.ly Baltimore, Mission: Launch Jobs Program Turns Former Into Budding Entrepreneurs

May 2012

• Maryland Biz Now, O'Malley Taps 4 in Pitch Competition

VIDEO CLIPS

• Teresa Hodge: I Did My Research From Prison
• Teresa Hodge & Laurin Hodge: Women Bring Balance To the Room
• Laurin Hodge: The Year 2050 In Review
• Laurin Hodge & Simone LaRoche: Calling All Gen Y Women
• Simone LaRoche: Why I Joined This Project