Helping ex-offenders achieve successful reentry into society

Through its Philadelphia Green Program, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [PHS] has worked for more than 30 years in partnership with residents, community groups, government, and businesses to empower people through horticulture and transform the urban environment through greening.  Click here to read more about how “Philadelphia Green” has helped hundreds of city residents turn neglected, vacant lots into vibrant community gardens.

Miami-born Ralph Martin’s story is hardly a fairy tale.  In fact, one of the article’s unfortunate truths - that citizens convicted of crimes continue to be punished even after they have “paid their debt” to society - reminds us that while progress has been made with re-entry initiatives, the road is still long.  Click here to read more of Ralph Martin’s near impossible rise to success amid life’s challenges and trials…