Archive: Pivot Program
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Pivot Fellow Deron Doby Launches Odd Kickz
Deron Doby is the founder of Odd Kickz, an online clothing restoration, resale, and customization business. Ever since he was young, Doby has been passionate about fashion and design. “I alwa
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Georgetown Program Gives Returning Citizens a Second Chance
Gerorgetown’s McDonough School of Business created the Pivot Program to help previously incarcerated individuals make a turn in their lives through mentorship and expert guidance from faculty. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald speaks with program director, Pietra Rivoli, about how the initiative gives people a second shot at a productive life.
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Pivot Pitch Competition Reveals Impactful Perspectives
The Pivot Program celebrated its second annual Pivot Pitch Competition where six members of the cohort revealed their entrepreneurial ventures to a panel of 20 business leaders. Chandra Adams, a
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The Next Frontier for College Programs for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners: Teaching Them Entrepreneurship
The stigma against job candidates with criminal records is so strong that, even with the skills they may have learned behind bars, many find it easier to start a business than get hired by one, said Marc Howard, a professor of government and law who helped start Georgetown University’s Pivot entrepreneurship program last year.
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What CEOs can do to Advance Racial Justice
An op-ed with Damien Dwin (B’97), Alyssa Lovegrove, academic director of the Pivot Program, and Pietra Rivoli, professor and executive director of the Pivot Program: “As many in the United States are rightly questioning the relationship between the Black community and the criminal justice system, the time is right to ask what happens later, when justice-involved individuals are released into a world where discrimination against citizens with criminal records is the norm.”
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Pivot Program Recognized as One of 25 Innovations That Inspire
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has recognized Georgetown McDonough’s Pivot Program as one of 25 innovations that inspire change in the business school education lan
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Trauma and the Criminal Justice System – My Experience
An op-ed by Pivot Fellow Yusef Rabb: On May 9, 1991, I entered the judicial system as an 18-year-old man-child from South East Washington, D.C . 1991 was one of the more volatile years in what was called the crack-era. As a young man, I was trapped in an environment where, before my young mind could recover from one traumatic experience, I was faced with another. I began losing playmates at 15-years-old. My homie Boo got shot by an adult in the backs of his legs, his back, and then point blank in the back of his head. The head shot left his mouth twisted. Forget about broken homes, this intergenerational drama broke a community. To survive I had to become hyper-vigilant towards anyone or anything that could prevent me from making it home each night so that my family could still their worries.
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Hiring Formerly Incarcerated Employees Helps Your Bottom Line
I am fortunate to be involved in the Georgetown University Pivot Program, an innovative partnership between the DC government and the Georgetown School of Business. Returning citizens enter a year-long program offering professional skills training and college-level coursework in business and entrepreneurship, along with an internship and an assigned mentor. Of the first graduating class, not a single participant has re-offended and virtually all are employed. The business sector, the government, and the higher education system should work together. The results will benefit the government, taxpayers, and the economy.
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Maryland Should Follow D.C.’s Lead On Youth Rehabilitation
Despite the punitive correctional atmosphere of the 1990s and 2000s, Tyrone [Walker] earned his GED and enrolled in college with the help of a Pell Grant. Eventually, he tutored other young adults in the system, from learning how to read to GED prep. After being incarcerated for over 24 years, Tyrone was released last year. Since then, he has graduated from Georgetown University’s Pivot Program and now is an associate at the Justice Policy Institute using his life experiences and knowledge of the research to inform his work on sentencing reform for young adults.
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Meet DC Inno’s 2019 50 On Fire Inno Blazer Winners
Georgetown Entrepreneurship’s rebranding has come on the back of one of its most successful years yet. It opened a new Venture Lab in WeWork Metropolitan Ave., doubled its team’s size, added new pitch competitions with record prizes and graduated the inaugural class of its Pivot Program for formerly incarcerated Washingtonians. To top it off, Georgetown’s MBA entrepreneurship program was ranked No. 3 globally for “exceptional entrepreneurial skills” and “most creative graduates.”
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