GOSO is pleased to have had the opportunity this week to present our organization’s successful approach and best practices at a White House summit on reentry services.
GOSO Guys Crack the Code
What’s the Code for Success? Coding is a segment of the tech industry that is booming. Countless companies and organizations are teaching people how to
Muay Thai Class at Renzo Gracie Academy
GOSO guys learn beginning Muay Thai at the Renzo Gracie Academy during our Monthly Coaches Club outing! Coaches Club is a mentoring program where a group of GOSO guys get to do a fun activity with volunteer mentors.
Omar and Javon join the SAVE Team
Congratulations, Omar and Javon! As Program Manager and Outreach Worker Supervisor, respectively, these guys are now in a position with SAVE to share their personal
New York Times: “Admit This Ex-Con to the Connecticut Bar”
Poet and memoirist Reginald Dwayne Betts should be lauded as a true American success story. Following a conviction and 9-year sentence for carjacking in 1996 and following an awakening spurred by the book “The Black Poets,” Mr. Betts wrote two critically-acclaimed books of poetry and a memoir, got a B.A. and an M.F.A, became a Radcliffe fellow at Harvard and, last summer, graduated from Yale Law School.
Talking Tech with Thrive Capital
Last December, GOSO Guys met with representatives from Twitter and Buzzfeed and learned about the rapid growth of the tech world. This week, we were thrilled
EVENT RECAP: Julia Friedman Speaks at Panel on “School to Prison Pipeline”
On July 6th, GOSO’s Julia Friedman (LMSW, Career Manager and Director of Community Reentry) joined with other individuals and organizations committed to restorative justice for
GOSO Participants Graduate from Program
Last week, we were proud to honor a number of young men at GOSO’s graduation for all of their hard work in our program. Congratulations
Michael T. Offers Personal Account of GOSO Experience
Michael Thorne recently took the time to consider how GOSO has impacted his life: Before I came to GOSO I was truly a different person than
GOSO Featured in Manhattan Institute’s City Journal
GOSO’s work was recently recognized in City Journal, a quarterly magazine published by the NYC-based think tank Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. In a special issue