
Andres Pacificar, C.A.R.E. Coordinator
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Anthony Childs, C.A.R.E. Coordinator
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Aretha Sconiers, C.A.R.E. Coordinator and Operations Director, Freedom Project East
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Champion Gibson, Project Manager, Beyond the Blindfold of Justice
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Clorissa Lewis Newell, Reentry Director
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David Heppard, Executive Director
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Demarques McArthur, C.A.R.E. Coordinator
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introduction coming soon

Dyneeca Vincent, Advocacy Director
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As a community organizer, Dyneeca seeks to dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex. She actively participates in community outreach, resentencing hearings, pre-trial procedures, and advocates for legislation and sentencing reform. Dyneeca engages in a range of community advocacy activities, including Kids Are Kids, which fights for youth facing adult sentences. She also serves on the Pretrial Committee, where she offers opinions on procedures that may be harmful to people awaiting trial. She contributed to Seattle’s Cannabis Reform policy that was signed into law in 2022. She organizes directly with incarcerated leaders daily, and is committed to centering their voices in every space she is in.

Eugene Youngblood, Facilitator and Community Engagement Specialist
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Felicia Dixon, Legal Resource Director
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Felicia is the Legal Resources Coordinator for the Beyond the Blindfold of Justice Project at Freedom Project. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s in Sociology at the University of Washington, Seattle. Felicia is passionate about assisting others with the barriers they face in relation to incarceration, marginalization, and oppression. As an indigenous woman, she seeks to dismantle the harm caused by generational trauma and systems of colonialism. Felicia was incarcerated at the age of 18 and served a 16.5-year sentence. She utilizes her lived experience to support justice impacted individuals in accessing resources to assist in legal aid.

Franklyn Smith, Director, Community Resources
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Jeremiah Bourgeois, Director, Beyond the Blindfold of Justice
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Jermaine Williams, Director, Freedom Project East
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Jermal Joe, C.A.R.E. Coordinator, Freedom Project East
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Joanie Fuller, Data & Logistics Manager
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Kewee Roselle, C.A.R.E. Coordinator
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Karen Chung, Ed D, Operations Director
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Karen developed a passion for prison abolition and advocacy for justice-impacted people after facing a conviction and serving time in Minnesota. Karen has a background as a mental health therapist and hold a PhD in Education, completing her dissertation on how peer mentorship aids in re-entry for justice-impacted women. Additionally, Karen works to support equitable employment for impacted people with Weld, as well as working with Washington Voices to support the humanity of those facing sex offense convictions.

Karen Taylor, CARE Coordinator
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Karen is a community organizer and activist, a consummate artist, singer, actor, and poet. Karen is a lifelong learner who understands the impact of trauma and the possibilities of healing as a pathway to self-expression. Karen has been a champion of people experiencing homelessness, trauma, and oppression for many years, investing her time, energy and heart in the work of changing our systems from the inside and outside. Karen has worked her way as a local leader, to being a sitting member of the Advisory Committee of the King County Regional Homeless Authority, to collaborating on the Ending the Prison Industrial Complex coalition, and the Lived Experience Coalition, among others. In grassroots organizing efforts, Karen is usually the first to set the foundation for humanizing the work. She knows the importance of cultivating others and building collective power between struggles, as seen through her contributions to the Lived Experience Coalition, Village of Hope, Black Priosner’s Caucus, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, and many other groups. In these spaces, Karen stresses the importance of relationships, understanding history and gatekeeping, and attending to the needs of People of Color, women, young people, and the LGBTQ community. Karen brings her talent, skills and big heart to the work. She knows first-hand the impact of incarceration as a youth and as an adult and understands the difficulty navigating these systems.

Kiki Elfendahl, Funding Development & Logistics
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Lauren Ephriam, Prison Program Director
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Orlando Ames, Director of Critical Incident Response
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Qudaffi Howell, Finance Director
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Tonya Wilson, Outreach Director
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Tonya endeavors to manage and broaden community resources offered to men and women returning to the community after incarceration. A Black woman directly impacted by the prison system, Tonya knows that the needs of previously incarcerated women often go unacknowledged and unmet. She realizes that as Outreach Director of an organization that seeks to disrupt White Supremacy and center the voices and leadership of Black, Indigenous, Latinx and all people of Color, she stands in a position of responsibility for those coming after her. Tonya values the mindfulness and empathy-building potential of the Nonviolent Communication model and works with others in the organization to refresh the model to be one of true inclusion and relevance for all people. Tonya is also a board member of the Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound (FEPPS) and a native of Tacoma. She has presented as a TEDx speaker and spoken word artist, as well as appearing in the documentary Since I’ve Been Down. Tonya was also one of the fonding members of the Womxn’s Village at Washington Corrections Center for Women, a menotrship and educational collective run by people currently incarcerated. Her greatest joy is being part of an extensive and vibrant family in Tacoma, Washington.
Yolanda Heppard, People Support, HR Director
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