

Two Vitals for Ex-Offenders to Be Successful Upon Release
When I came home in 2004 I knew that I was blessed to have a HUGE supporting cast of people whom actually believed that I could succeed. My family did an amazing job with making sure that I had some of the bare necessities that they thought that I needed in order to reintegrate back into a real society. Culture shocked, I really did not have any actual idea of what was necessary to succeed, but continued to work toward learning the mechanics of how an adult should move withou

The Importance of Raising the Bar for Ex-Offenders; Talking Employment
Lets all be honest, the employment pool for production jobs that we are praying that our inmates receive once they're released are going away in droves. I live in the Washington, DC area, and while there is a crane and construction site on every corner of the city, even I can see the change in the way that jobs around construction are even changing. These industries that we rush to tag our family members in upon their release from prison are fading...and fast! Sure, you can c
Why Fatherhood is Important; Flikshop CEO Talks About His Son
Wake up...get dressed...go to work...come home...pay bills...interact with Mommy...play with me...do homework with me...pray with me before bed...lets do it again! This is the typical day that my son, Marcus Bullock Jr., sees when he looks at his Daddy. He looks at me and says to me that he would also love to work in his own office. My oh my, how I wished that my father would have delivered the kind of vision of manhood that my son grows up seeing within himself, as the son o