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October 18, 2021

Summit Impact in Prison Changes Culture & Lives of Incarcerated

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Summit Impact in Prison Changes Culture & Lives of Incarcerated

The ripple effect of what happens through The Global Leadership Summit drives the Global Leadership Network to continue to provide intentionally curated leadership resources and create high-impact events, while convening people globally around a vision for positive transformation.

Each story represents just a few of the thousands of stories that become a reality through a new learning or encouragement discovered at The Global Leadership Summit each year!

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Here is an example of just one of those stories about a formerly incarcerated gentleman named Renaldo Hudson who attended The Global Leadership Summit for the first time while in prison. As a result of his opportunity to be part of the event, he not only was inspired to develop a mentoring program in the prison, he also was released early and now serves as the director of education for the Illinois Prison Project.

 

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“When I found out that the Summit came to prison because of the big hearts of people, I was blown away. I thought, wow, someone is thinking about me and I’m so grateful.” – Renaldo Hudson, formerly incarcerated Summit attendee, current Director of Education, Illinois Prison Project

Our generous Summit audience, driven by a desire to see positive transformation through leadership, makes stories like these possible. In fact, when you give a donation to the Global Leadership Network, you don’t just touch one life—you touch hundreds of thousands of lives through the legacy of these stories.

Donations make it possible for the GLN to provide leadership growth opportunities and encouragement in prisons across the U.S., allowing for more than 10,000 men and women to discover their value and purpose to ignite positive transformation in their own lives, the lives of their families and their communities.

Give today to join the movement at GlobalLeadership.org/Give.
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