From Prison To Entrepreneurship: How This Woman Created A Platform To Elevate Incarcerated Women
Friday, April 6, 2018
April 6, 2018 -
Jamila T. Davis is an advocate for incarcerated women, a Ph.D. candidate, the co-founder of a nonprofit, and an author of 12 books. But for nine years, Davis served time at Danbury State Federal prison for mortgage fraud. Recently joining 600,000 people who are released from state and federal prisons each year—her story proves that sometimes adversity is an opportunity in disguise. While serving time, Davis, with the help of her mom, formed Voices International Publications, a book publishing company that was created to produce books that would inspire incarcerated women to heal, recognize their potential, and recapture their dreams. She landed several media interviews—two in particular with Forbes—which shed light on the racial and sentencing disparity between blacks and whites.
We caught up with Davis, to learn how she turned a setback into success and the celebrity encounter that inspired her decision to start Women Over Incarcerated. Visit www.blackenterprise.com to read the full article.
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