without further adieu, i present nick turner. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone. >> good afternoon. >> that was good. i don't even have to ask you to do it again. whenever someone introduces me as being esteemed or nationally recognized i always think that they're talking about someone else. i certainly don't feel that i quite fit that bill but i'm going to try to do what i can to live up to that introduction. i want to begin first by saying how pleased i am to have been invited to speak to all of you, to be invited to an event that is organized by c.l.a.s.p. c.l.a.s.p. is an organization that i have long admired, in many respects vare is the same combination of a generation born of i think recognition of great challenge that we saw in the '60s and great opportunity to remake society and to draw a greater attention to social justice issues and give voice to the underserved. like you, c.l.a.s.p., and olivia, you know, we care a great deal about racial justice at vera. you take a lens of anti-poverty work, as you pursue it. we have always sort of been in the justice reform lane, a sl

second chance pell, nick turner talked briefly about that. that's one aspect. we also have discretionary grant programs, where we're working across many jurisdictions providing funding for correctional education. it is also really important when we talk about correctional education to think about it as, i mean, language is so important in this field, to think about it as its education in correctional facilities. it is not somehow the base because inside a prison or halfway house. we think about it as these are teachers, instructors, same type of rigor. but that's a quick answer. it's important to talk about that. as i mentioned with the support, we have discretionary grant programs. we have two big programs i'm sure people are, wioa, the the workforce opportunities act, and the perkins act, and there is funding set aside for both of these grant programs. they are ceilings, not floors, so states can spend up to a certain percentage. we also have second chance pell. it's getting a lot of attention now and it is in the experimental side but it's something we're re

second chance pell, nick turner talked briefly about that. that's one aspect. we also have discretionary grant programs, where we're working across many jurisdictions providing funding for correctional education. it is also really important when we talk about correctional education to think about it as, i mean, language is so important in this field, to think about it as its education in correctional facilities. it is not somehow the base because inside a prison or halfway house. we think about it as these are teachers, instructors, same type of rigor. but that's a quick answer. it's important to talk about that. as i mentioned with the support, we have discretionary grant programs two, big programs i'm sure people are familiar, the work force act and the per kins act, and there is funding set aside for both of those grant programs. they are ceilings, not floors, so states can spend up to a certain percentage. second chance pell, and that's getting a lot of attention, but something we're really excited about it. building the continuum of education to a bault ed

we have had a wonderful afternoon so far together with with nick turner setting the stage and giving us the framework, the opportunity, a moment of opportunity to address justice reform, to address the intersections of racial equity and most importantly to think about what are the strategies and policy solutions we need to ensure individuals who are formerly incarcerated can thrive and realize their full potential. you have heard many stats from the open speaker and the first panel that many young, many folks focus on youth policies so i'm thinking young, but youth and adults face many barriers in the collateral consequences of mass incarceration. over 40,000 barriers are documented by the bar association that. employment, education, housing, lone bearing, licensing. those are critical areas that are very, very important to be able to thrive economically and support your families and contribute to your families. we also know that education and training matters while behind the walls. there's lots of research. last time we talked about the research and the importance of it, the invest

we've had a wonderful afternoon with nick turner setting the stage and giving us the framework. a moment of opportunity to address justice reform, to address the intersections of racial equity and most importantly, to think about what are the strategies and power solutions that we need to ensure that individuals who are formerly incarcerated, individual whose are currently incarcerated have the opportunities they need to thrive and realize their full potential. we're transitioning to the topic of re-entry. you've heard many of the stats already from our speaker and from our first panel. many young -- many folks focus on youth approximately see, pols face the consequences of mass incarceration. 40,000 barriers that are documented by the american bar association that relegates folks to second class citizenship basically. barriers to education, housing, licensing, and those are critical areas which we know are very important just be able to thrive economically and contribute to your communities. we also know that education and training matters while behind the walls. there is lots

announcer: no, that's nick cannon dressed as ike turner on halloween in new york city. an interesting costume choice since ike didn't want to let go of ta let go of mariah, until now. harvey: the divorce is final. nick signed. she waited and waited and waited and the billionaire went bye-bye. announcer: yes, "tmz" has learned at the end of the summer nick finally signed the divorce papers after dragging his feet for years, clearing the way for mariah to marry her fiancee, james packer. which got called off just weeks later after that mysterious greece vacation. >> they happened at the same time? harvey: same time. and everything went down the can. >> literally only weeks in between. harvey:ocious my god. announcer: talk about bad timing. mariah went from having a husband and a fiancee to having -- does she have any cats? but why did nick sign the papers now? sounds like a case for "tmz" investigates, what's love got to do with it? theory one -- >> they're going to get remarried. announcer: seems overly complicated. theory two -- >> nick knew he was a creep and getting ma