Author: Jim Cotterill

I don’t want to do this.” —Brittany, Jobs for Life Graduate Three days ago we celebrated the graduation of women who have completed a 16-week Jobs for Life course to prepare them for work and help them secure a job. All of them have recently been released from incarceration. Some wore ankle monitors under the…Continue reading Quote of the Month: October 2022 →

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace” —Jimi Hendrix Who doesn’t know the name Jimi Hendrix? He was an insanely talented guitarist, the world’s highest paid musician in 1969, the headliner at Woodstock and so many other famous concerts all over the U.S. and Europe. But those…Continue reading Quote of the Month: September 2022 →

The Lord sometimes has to short-circuit even our best plans for our benefit.” —Tony Dungy Tony Dungy knows about success, but also bitter disappointment. After a stellar football performance in high school and college, he signed on as a free agent with the Pittsburg Steelers, winning a Super Bowl ring in 1978. Before long he…Continue reading Quote of the Month: August 2022 →

My name is Jonathan and today seems like a good day to die” —Greenwood Mall Shooter July 19, 2022 This kid’s quote sparks more questions than we have room to print. To start off with, he posted photos of himself wearing an ammo vest and mask, holding a pistol to his head. Did no one…Continue reading Quote of the Month: July 2022 →

These are black people killing black people. It’s self-genocide. People have been accepting this like it was normal.” — Sharif Amenhotep, Newark Anti-violence Activist Our new Federal holiday, Juneteenth, is a powerful reminder of the millions who were enslaved in our country, as well as those who fought to end slavery. Unfortunately, the holiday was…Continue reading Quote of the Month: June 2022 →

“If we don’t defend what’s important to us, what’s important to us will disappear.” — Anonymous So, what’s important to you? Your family? Would you defend them? Or, your money or house? Maybe your possessions? What about your rights? Where do they come in your list of “Top Ten Things You’d Defend”? Under the heading…Continue reading Quote of the Month: May 2022 →

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” — Mahatma Gandhi For those who see God in the form of bread, God is getting more and more expensive. The price of bread has gone up 36% in the last year. Beef prices have…Continue reading Quote of the Month: April 2022 →

“This is the most money I have made legally!” — An overjoyed former inmate holding up his first paycheck from one of our partner employers Some people might think a quote like that is pretty negative. Undeniably, it reminds us that this person used to support himself as a criminal. Let’s call him “Bobby.” Perhaps…Continue reading Quote of the Month: March 2022 →

Do it until you do it right. Then do it until you can’t do it wrong.” ——Monica Almada, Navarro College Coach Unknown by most of the world, are the annual National Cheer and Dance Championships in Daytona, Florida, where a small Texas community college, Navarro, has racked up 14 Association Championships and five Grand National…Continue reading Quote of the Month: February 2022 →