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Paula Thompson
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Direct Service Work is Advocacy & Requires Sustainable Funding
While many funders working to support anti-discrimination and racial equity efforts tend to favor organizations that advocate for...
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Paula Thompson
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Inside Voices: Three D.C. Men Offer Solutions from the Yard
Nonprofit organization Voices for a Second Chance started a podcast hosted by three formerly incarcerated men that gives listeners an...
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Calia Christie
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Women to Watch 2023-Paula Thompson podcast interview
Executive Director Paula Thompson was selected as one of the NonprofitHR's 2023 Social Impact Women To Watch for her work in the...
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Paula Thompson
Oct 18, 20231 min read
Rooted in humanity
The first 24-48 hours after release from prison is the most critical time for someone transitioning from the penal system back into their...
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Paula Thompson
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Outreach Efforts in McPherson Square
Police officers and cleaning teams have been in charge of emptying a camp with about seventy tents in the center of the capital of the...
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Paula Thompson
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Metro to launch half-price fare program this month for lower-income riders
Transit officials said riders who qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can sign up for the fare discount...
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Paula Thompson
Aug 20, 20201 min read
Mark Oppenheim Show Interview
This past August, three of our VSC clients were interviewed on the Mark Oppenheim show which features the work of nonprofits. Mr....
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Paula Thompson
Nov 17, 20181 min read
Harold Fisher for WHUR 96.3
VSC Executive Director Paula Thompson, Bryan Jones (Returning Citizen & Staff Member, Us Helping Us) and Dietrick Trent (Returning...
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Paula Thompson
Sep 14, 20181 min read
Interview of Paula Thompson on VSC
Our Executive Director Paula Thompson was interviewed by Oppenheim Associates in collaboration with WHUT (Howard University Television) ...
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Paula Thompson
Aug 16, 20181 min read
"Men In D.C.’s Federal Halfway House Say They Are Stuck Inside Without Essential Supplies"
WAMU covered the impact of COVID-19 on the residents of halfway houses, where our Executive Director Paula Thompson (and co-chair of...
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Paula Thompson
Oct 20, 20171 min read
"CSOSA Leads Trip to Two Prisons in Outreach Effort For Men About to Be Released"
Features VSC's work traveling to correctional facilities for support to men who would soon be returning home. Click here to read the...
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Paula Thompson
Jul 21, 20171 min read
"D.C. Officials Confronting Opioid Crisis"
The AFRO featured a story on Heroin and Opioid Awareness, Prevention and Intervention Day held on July 20th 2017 at Potomac Gardens Park...
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Paula Thompson
May 16, 20151 min read
"Voices for a Second Chance Gala features OITNB's Piper Kerman"
WUSA9 Covered VSC's Second Chances Celebration on May 15th, 2015. This event focused on the effects of incarceration on women and...
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