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Local on 2 Tennessee Features Persevere

Persevere staff member Josh Hunke talks with Local on 2 with graduate Jason Doty about the Persevere program.

Local on 2 | Tennessee July 26, 2023

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A Father Decided to Change When He Was in Prison on His Son’s Birthday. Now His Nonprofit Helps Formerly Incarcerated Applicants Land 6-Figure Jobs.

Sean Hosman, founder of the nonprofit Persevere, sees technology as “the great equalizer” — and is harnessing its power to lower recidivism rates.

Amanda Breen | ENTREPRENEUR STAFF Features Writer June 8, 2023

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Persevere Turns Justice-Involved to Opportunity-Involved in Georgia

Atlanta Metro Correctional Facility helps 12 men go from justice-involved to opportunity-involved as they graduate with a full-stack coding certificate.

Callie Unruh May 16, 2023

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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…

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.

admin February 1, 2023

Inmates participating in the Persevere coding program.

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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.

admin January 17, 2023

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Local on 2 Tennessee Features Persevere

A Father Decided to Change When He Was in Prison on His Son’s Birthday. Now His Nonprofit Helps Formerly Incarcerated Applicants Land 6-Figure Jobs.

Persevere Turns Justice-Involved to Opportunity-Involved in Georgia

He was the first participant in a unique program. How this man learned coding in prison.

Epic Games Announces its Apprenticeship Program!

This Nonprofit Provides Tech Training to Incarcerated People So They Have a Better Shot at a Job When They’re Released.