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Ep#021 – Using Tech to Connect Families and Advocacy Groups to Incarcerated Populations
Our Social Impact
58 minutes 55 seconds
5 years ago
Ep#021 – Using Tech to Connect Families and Advocacy Groups to Incarcerated Populations
Marcus Bullock sat down with Dirk Van Velzen of the Prison Scholar Fund to discuss his journey to build Flikshop, a mobile app that helps families and organizations send notifications to incarcerated residents via postcards. We discuss the entrepreneurial path, his failures along way, and how he is helping to create success stories for other returning citizens. Bullock believes that we can prevent recidivism if we help keep love, positive affirmations, and notifications about resources that most people do not have access to while they’re in prison. How are we going to create successful reentry plans after release? “Scalable tech”, Bullock says.
https://youtu.be/uZjwpZ2HY-E
Our Social Impact
Our Social Impact is long-form, in-depth conversation exploring the positive impacts today’s social entrepreneurs, policy makers, and scholars are making on our world.
