The Community

Showcasing the successes, humanity, and agency of people with criminal records.

The Community addresses the effects of the criminal punishment system with two arms: Pre-entry and Correcting the Narrative. Pre-entry leverages their ever-growing connection with over half the Wisconsin prison population via their newsletter and educational tech platform to provide them with every type of resource, encouragement, and training to return to society as successfully as possible, rath

er than trying to get prepared after release. Their Correcting the Narrative campaign showcases the successes, humanity, and agency of people with criminal records to counteract the fear, pity, and spectacle narratives. Ultimately, they seek to bring society and the system-impacted community exactly where they need each other to be.

05/28/2026

What does it mean to parent through a phone call? To love your child from behind bars? These mothers have lived it, and they have something to say.

05/27/2026

Save the date! On November 7, 2026, EXPO and The Community are coming together to co-host their sixth annual celebration in Madison at The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club for EXPOnentially Correcting the Narrative: Rising Together, sponsored by Ascendium.

We will be honoring system-impacted examples of empowerment, legislative bipartisan leaders, and Governor Tony Evers. Details and registration to come🎉

05/26/2026

Martin changed how the country talks about who belongs in the room. Read his story👇

05/22/2026

Make your purchase today @ Free People Problems 🛍️

05/21/2026

Mothers are organizing, advocating, and demanding a system that sees their humanity. This week's Community Ties highlight is for them 👇

05/20/2026

Our own Shannon Ross, Founder and CEO of The Community, is featured in the next installment of The Collective: A Peer Learning Exchange, a series spotlighting justice transformation initiatives and organizational capacity strategies. Joining him is Ernest Johnson, Founder and Executive Director of Ubuntu Village NOLA, for a conversation on "Growing Grassroots: Building Organizational Capacity for Impact."

Wednesday, May 27, from 2–3:15 PM ET, they'll explore how grassroots organizations grow and sustain justice reform work, from day-to-day operations and fundraising to partnerships and scaling. Register below.

https://meetingtomorrow.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PnVGmpBAToW0gbgr7lXcpw #/registration

05/19/2026

Not everyone who walks back into Rikers does it in a suit with a Commissioner's badge. Stanley Richards did.

05/15/2026

We were back at RYOCF last month, connecting with individuals who are planning what comes next. That eagerness never gets old🤍

05/14/2026

Swiss roll pancakes. Ramen bricks. Breakfast nachos. And a conversation that hit different. Click for Cell to Table.

05/13/2026

Swipe through this week's Community Ties highlight, we're breaking down prison labor in America, from the 13th Amendment to the companies that profit, to the organizations working to end it.

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3536 W Fond Du Lac Avenue, Ste 301
Milwaukee, WI
53216

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+12625365841

Website

https://the-community.org/resources/links

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