Work with us
Build with us.
Courts and agencies, churches, schools, employers, funders, filmmakers and press. Tell us what you are working on, and we will find where we fit together.
Pathways
Find your door.
Pick the one closest to you. If none fit, tell us anyway.
Justice systems
Detention centers, courts, prosecutors and probation. Programming inside and mentors who walk with young people through the year after release.
Bring a curriculum
Run any of the four Defining Narratives programs with training and materials from our team.
Grants
Apply for the next cycle, or fund community-led youth programs in a county you care about.
Churches and ministries
Fatherhood circles, mentor training and screenings. Let us help your people show up.
Schools and universities
Leadership formation, internships, research partnerships and screenings.
Employers
First jobs, apprenticeships and mentors for young people and fathers coming home.
Funders and sponsors
Foundations, donor advised funds and companies. Fund a city, a cohort, a film or the JCVI Fund.
Film and screenings
Host Hip Hop Hope, Normalized or The Ritual of Manhood, or collaborate with our film team.
How it works
From hello to work.
- Tell us who you areUse the form below. It goes straight to the person who handles your kind of request.
- Talk with our teamA real conversation about what you hope to do and what we can carry together.
- Make a planClear roles, a timeline and how we will know it worked.
- Show up togetherThen we do the work together, and we report back on how it is going.
Start here
Tell us what you have in mind.
Partnerships, curriculum, grants, screenings, speaking or something we have not thought of yet.
Thank you. Someone on our team will reach out to you personally.
Partners
Institutions we work alongside.
