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Inside Journal

February 7, 2017

The Secret to Strength

OAA Co-Founder Deborah Daniels featured in the Prison Fellowship’s Inside Journal: “It’s about being honest in the midst of challenges, and
Beth Shelburne

Alabama’s ‘Vending Machine Justice’ Victims Are Living ‘Like Livestock’

COVID-19 has led many Americans to rethink prison. But a habitual offender law has condemned hundreds of people…
September 6, 2020
Roy S. Johnson

Johnson: Dena Dickerson has some thoughts on Alabama prisons, Gov. Kay Ivey should listen

OAA Executive Director Dena Dickerson, who served 10 years of a 114-year sentence for a non-violent crime, brings lived experience to the…
July 26th, 2019
WBRC

Out of Prison and giving back

OAA Co-Founder Deborah Daniels — Southeast area director for Prison Fellowship Ministries — shares how her own re-entry struggles…
April 13, 2019
Clayton Daily News

Offender Alumni Association offers mutual support after prison

A portrait of OAA’s Thursday evening peer support meetings — a collaborative forum helping people transitioning from prison back into the commun…
October 23, 2018
AL.com

Stephanie Hicks added to Mayor Woodfin’s Re-Entry Task Force

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced the formation of a task force to help the formerly incarcerated re-acclimate into their communities…
April 30, 2018
Iron City Ink

Hope Instead of Hurt

A profile of OAA’s Youth Career Readiness Initiative in Titusville, where OAA leaders provided career training and positive decision-making techniques…
August 16, 2017
ADOC

Letter of Support from Alabama Department of Corrections

Commissioner Jeffery Dunn wrote a formal letter of support to OAA, recognizing the organization for teaching inmates life skills that lead to positive…
February 8, 2017
Inside Journal

The Secret to Strength

OAA Co-Founder Deborah Daniels featured in the Prison Fellowship’s Inside Journal: “It’s about being honest in the midst of challenges, and
February 7, 2017
B-Metro

Profile: Offender Alumni Association

How OAA grew from a handful of determined people into a formal 501(c)(3) — inspired by the AA and NA models, but radical in its embrace of tho…
2017