Welcome to the Fulfilling Destiny Podcast! Join Jan-Marini Pacleb and Shawn Khalifa, as Shawn shares his upbringing living in a community that was surrounded with crime as teenager and how he coped with the incarceration system for the fifteen years that he served. And then how he later focused his energy in helping with criminal justice reform. That and more on this special episode of the Fulfilling Destiny  Podcast! These are interviews with those who had experienced incarceration and  have underwent experiences of violence, racism, police brutality,  homelessness, drug-use, and mentioned/witnessed inhumane treatment of others including instances sexual assault and suicide. Before the episode was recorded, I had spent an ample of time to go over  what was safe for these guests to talk about and what they were willing  to share in the realm of their comfort.  While some of these topics are painful, these episodes are handled with  care and we only covered them as briefly as possible. But these are  lived experiences of those who went through a harsh system. But the topics of homelessness, financial poverty, period poverty,  education attainment, growth in adversity and human compassion is to be  the important take-away of these mature episodes. Want to learn more about higher education for returning citizens? Check  out this links below! Project Rebound (https://sacd.sdsu.edu/transformative-justice/project_rebound) Restorative Justice Program - Southwestern College (https://www.swccd.edu/administration/office-of-student-equity-programs-and-services/restorative-justice/index.aspx) This is the link to Shawn's Old Podcast Channel! (https://youtu.be/eJ6fuPvUYu0) Want to learn more about Fulfilling Destiny? We are in need of supplies and some helpers! (https://www.fulfillingdestiny.org/  ) Editing Program: DaVinci Resolve Special Thanks: Fulfilling Destiny and the Board of Directors gottastudy crew Maou the Editor-san This video is not sponsored!