Partakers Executive Director on GBH

Great focus piece on the many challenges that women face upon reentry from GBH's Sarah Betancourt and GBH News' Center for Investigative Reporting as a part of their important Life After Prison series.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-12-05/women-coming-home-from-prison-get-little-help-rebuilding

Partakers Executive Director Arthur Bembury was interviewed for this piece and spoke to the greater obstacles that women encounter as they work to navigate their path to rebuild their lives.
“There is a discernible difference in the challenges that they face coming home versus men,” Bembury said. “They’re walking on a tightrope, like they can’t make a mistake.”
Learn how Partakers, with our partners at the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative, work to support folks returning home through our Partakers Empowerment Program (PEP).
Our unique mentoring model is designed to provide a safety net, to educate, train, and support returning citizens as they move through their fraught journey home while building self-esteem, essential skills, empathy, and community.