Upcoming Programs
Second Chances For Incarcerated Women
Thursday, February 12
Center of Clayton
50 Gay Avenue
Clayton, MO 63105
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7 p.m.
Program is free and open to the public.
Today, over 1.9 million Missourians from all walks of life face barriers to jobs, education, housing and other basic necessities because they have an arrest or conviction on their record. These challenges impact every part of a person’s life. When community members are barred from fully participating in our society and economy, we all lose out.
The “Clean Slate” proposal – once again before the Missouri legislature – would provide a “second chance” by automatically sealing eligible criminal records for individuals who have completed their sentences and remained crime-free. Tens of thousands of Missourians are already eligible for expungement, but the process is so expensive and burdensome that only about 1% are actually successful in obtaining that expungement. Clean Slate legislation aims to close that gap.
Removing barriers and making it easier for people to reintegrate into society has been shown to both strengthen families and reduce the troubling cycle of recidivism, saving money for the courts and prison system and contributing to the state’s economy.
Speaker: April Foster – CEO of Keyway Center for Diversion and Reentry
April Foster is the CEO of Keyway Center for Diversion and Reentry, a local organization with a 30-year history of providing safe and affordable housing, access to critical services like substance use treatment, job placement, essential assistance with food and transportation and positive social support to formerly incarcerated women.
April holds an MSW from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with a focus on gender specific programming in the justice system. After working in juvenile justice, April moved into behavioral research within Washington University’s Brown School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry. Her studies focused on trauma and PTSD, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Alongside her research, April remained involved with reentry work through volunteer, consultant and Board activities. In 2019 she returned to her passion of working with justice involved populations on a full-time basis at Keyway.
You can see April’s TEDx talk here
Special Guest: Natasha White
With both professional training and lived experience of incarceration and reentry, Natasha White is a passionate advocate for justice-impacted women. She is currently in her senior year of a bachelor’s degree in integrated studies with a focus on social sciences, while also completing certificates in Marketing and Forensic Psychology. She is a Certified Peer Support Specialist, bringing both professional training and lived experience to her work. Her vision is to use her voice, education, and experience to create meaningful change and to help other women feel seen, supported, and capable of building stable, fulfilling lives.
Natasha is a proud mother of four and a grandmother of two. Her family is a central source of motivation and inspiration in her work and advocacy. She and her partner plan to marry later this year.
Upcoming Programs
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