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From Incarceration to Innovator: Persevere Graduate Vincent M. Gordon Delemos Joins Vant4ge as Junior Developer
Crawfordville, FL, August 27, 2025 — In a state where recidivism remains a persistent challenge, Vincent M. Gordon Delemos represents a different outcome: two months after his release from Wakulla Correctional Institution, he’s working as
persevere-admin September 2, 2025
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Breaking the Cycle: How Persevere’s Two-Generation Approach Reduces Recidivism to Under 3%
Every year, more than 640,000 people are released from U.S. prisons. For many, the return home is just another battle in their war with consequences. […]
persevere-admin June 25, 2025
A Program That Transforms Youth, Strengthens Families, and Builds Confidence
With Persevere Tennessee, we want to celebrate the incredible transformation of youth, their parents, and the greater families within their communities. See what two staff members involved in our Families First program have to say among the graduation of the Families First Youth Class of 2024.
persevere-admin March 20, 2025
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He was the first participant in a unique program. How this man learned coding in prison.
It was 2019, and Alex Marston of Shelbyville had just been released from prison. He was filled with sadness for where he had been and with joy for where he was going.
Today, Marston, who is 34, is more adept at making decisions. Thanks to a prison program, for which he was the first-ever participant, he has a lucrative job writing computer code, a supportive fiancé, a family that is once again whole and his eyes on a dream house…
persevere-admin February 8, 2023
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Epic Games Announces its Apprenticeship Program!
The Epic Games Apprenticeship is now open!
As a reminder, the applications will close at 11:59PM on February 14th, so get your application in as soon as possible. A resume and cover letter/statement of interest is required with your application to be considered. If both or any of those documents are missing from your application, you will not be considered for the apprenticeship. Make sure that you double-check that the documents are attached before hitting submit!
For more information visit: visit www.epicgames.com/earlycareers.
persevere-admin February 1, 2023
News/Press
This Nonprofit Provides Tech Training to Incarcerated People So They Have a Better Shot at a Job When They’re Released.
By Gary E. Frank | Triple Pundit | Jan. 17, 2023
With the world’s largest prison population and recidivism rates nearing 70 percent in some states, the question of what to do with formerly incarcerated people after they have completed their prison terms continues to vex the United States.
persevere-admin January 17, 2023
National Institute to Unlock Potential
PERSEVERE Awarded Walmart Grant to Advance Workforce Equity for At-Risk Youth
National Launch Event at SXSW on March 11 Includes Major U.S. Employment Partners Helping to Disrupt the Prison Pipeline Memphis, TN (March 11, 2022) –Persevere, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has been awarded a grant from
persevere-admin July 2, 2022
From the Director
Drew Crowe & the Transition House
It’s unseasonably cold in Memphis when Drew Crowe pulls into the sparsely populated parking lot in front of the towering Methodist church. Large, imposing, and sporting multiple tattoos, at first glance you’d probably expect to
persevere-admin July 2, 2022
From the Director
Learning Behind Prison Walls: The Vant4ge & Persevere Speaker Series
Giving back is part of Vant4ge’s DNA—that’s why employees are excited about the opportunity to join the Vant4ge & Persevere speaker series. Persevere is a nonprofit dedicated to educating and mentoring currently incarcerated men and
persevere-admin July 2, 2022