PROGRAMS
The Safe Return Project is achieving more with our strategic policy initiatives than ever before. With that understanding comes the responsibility of training the most underserved and underrepresented members of our community. The Safe Return Project's leadership programs are unique in that we acknowledge our communities’ whole selves and do not discriminate in developing their leadership and preparing them to be civically engaged.
RICHARD BOYD FELLOWSHIP
Our vision for the program is to grow a culture of formerly incarcerated community organizers and leaders to lead the movement for mass liberation and begin that work here at home in Contra Costa County. We want to empower leaders that will advocate and speak truth to power, analyze and put together data to tell the story of truth and light the path for others to follow in their footsteps as they boldly lead us to a new future and way of living.
CREDIBLE MESSENGERS
When you become a mentor, you help shape the next generation of our youth. Join us in our vision to reinvest in our young and develop leaders who solve problems by bringing their lived experiences as an asset to the issues they take on tomorrow.
COLLECTIVE IMPACT INSTITUTE
The Collective Impact Leadership Institute fosters leadership among adults and youth whom the criminal legal system has directly impacted. It is committed to investing in the personal transformation of all formerly incarcerated people working to build their lives in Richmond and throughout Contra Costa County.
SISTER CIRCLE SUPPORT GROUP
A support group for Women, Young Girls, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals (WYGGNCI) with life and career coaching, trauma & healing, individual and group conflict strategies, mentoring & trauma-informed counseling.
LAT&X SUPPORT GROUP
This is a support group for young Latinx men ages 14 to 40+ from Contra Costa County who want to participate in a series of workshops focusing on Cultural Humility and Resilience, Life Skills, Holistic Healing (Circles, Brainspotting, Positive Self-Image, etc.), and Violence.
Prevention and Intervention, Personal Ecology, Professional and Personal Development, Mentoring, and Addressing Recidivism. In this Young Latinx Men’s Support Group, community members will
learn how to access healing resources and build power within their community.