Becoming One Community Empowers Ex-Offenders

HOUSTON - March 13, 2014 - PRLog -- Houston, TX, March 10, 2014- Becoming One Community offers empowering seminars to ex-offenders.  Starting in April, those seminars will take place in different community centers within the Houston area.  Becoming One Community believes that empowerment of ex-offenders will lead to positive contributors.

“Being in this type of similar situation myself a few years ago, I definitely understand the ups and downs of reintroducing yourself back into society” according to James E Davis Jr, Executive Director and Founder of Becoming One Community. “

Recidivism is a concept that refers to the relapse of an individual back into previous unwanted behaviors.  In the state of Texas, the rate of recidivism is at 31.9% (2011).   This means that 31.9 out of 100 individuals will go back to prison.  That is not good!

Becoming One Community was created to lower the rate of recidivism. Our mission is to empower ex-offenders with the support of the community to become positive contributors to society.Our goal is to successfully empower 10% of individuals who complete our program.

According to the Center for Impact Research; education, employment services, stable housing, and healthy living are the keys to reducing recidivism.  Becoming One Community provides the following projects to address those issues: job search preparation, financial management, healthy living, housing assistance, legal rights, and mentorship.

How to Help to Reduce the rate of Recidivism:

·         Participate- Be a volunteer (http://www.becomingonecommunity.org/volunteer-opportunities/).  There are numerous opportunities to volunteer with our organization.

§  Be a facilitator or assist with our workshops, seminars, and other events

§  Work behind the scenes in the production of any of our events

§  Lend your expertise in other areas of our organization

·         Donate- Becoming One Community empowers ex-offenders with the support of the community.

o   https://fundly.com/successfully-empowered

o   Collaborate on fundraising opportunities (http://www.becomingonecommunity.org/contributions-donations/), i.e. benefits, tele-classes, etc

·         Educate- Be in the know about Becoming One Community’s programs and its events.

About Becoming One Community Foundation

TheBecomingOneCommunityFoundationisafiscally sponsoredorganizationthat providesanex-offenderreintegrationprogramwhich empowersthewhole individual. Thegoalof thisprogramisto successfullyempowerthe client by attending and participatingina collectionofprojects.Theprojectsof thisprogramare asfollows:Job SearchPreparation;FinancialManagement;HealthyLiving;KnowYour Rights;Housing Assistance;andMentorship. This organization was founded in April 2013 by James E Davis Jr (an ex-offender) as a result of attending a self expression and leadership course in 2012.  Buildingthosebridgesto successfullyempowerboth itsclientsandtargetcommunity isthefocus ofourorganization.  Support the empowerment of ex-offenders at www.becomingonecommunity.org.

Contact:

James E Davis Jr, Becoming One Community

Phone: 832.422.6926

Email: jdavisjr@becomingonecommunity.org