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MEDIA ADVISORY

Advancing Criminal Justice Reform in Baltimore, Local Civic Innovators Reconvene to

Build Prototypes for Post Incarceration Reentry Solutions

BALTIMORE, MD, June 16, 2016 – Just four months after hosting the Rebuilding Reentry

Design and Data Day, its inaugural Baltimore social justice event focused specifically on post

incarceration reentry, Mission: Launch, Inc. is reconvening city stakeholders (including more

than 20 recently released residents) committed to building viable prototypes for future

implementation.

The Rebuilding Reentry Baltimore Build Day is a one-day event assembling engaged

citizens, from Baltimore and Washington, DC.; attendees have the collective focus of improving

service delivery outcomes for the formerly incarcerated and successfully navigating Baltimore

residents with arrest and conviction records back to the core of society. Based upon systems

gaps identified during the human centered design process of the February event, these reentry

prototypes will advance community sourced ideas, inclusive of the following areas: family

reunification services, probation/parole guidance, vital records/state ID provision, peer

mentorship and anti-stigma efforts.

Stay up to date with the latest news and multimedia

ONLINE ARTICLES/PODCASTS

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, [email protected], The Long Road Back
• The Washington Post, [email protected], 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