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Welcome back to This Person I Met! Did you know that out of the more than 650,000 ex-offenders in the US who are released from prison every year, almost 44 percent return to prison within their first year out, and approximately two-thirds will likely be rearrested within three years of release? These statistics shocked us, but we were able to find answers to our questions in this final episode with Mr. Adam Grant, as he talks about his organization, A Brighter Way, and his own leadership role in it. Six months have passed since our interviews with Mr. Grant, and since then, his words have echoed in our minds often. There are so many people, like Mr. Grant, who do everything they can to make positive changes in the world, no matter how difficult. In our podcast, we want to at least raise awareness in our community of these marginalized groups of peop ...
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