Tackle the Shackles (TTS) is a community based movement to reduce prison recidivism by empowering Returning Citizens to obtain jobs, affordable housing, transportation, and have the assistance of a Life Coach. Our goal is to partner with current and former NFL Football players, Reentry Resource Providers, Law Enforcement and Stakeholders to give them an opportunity to network and "team-up" for this worthy cause.
The main focus for this event is to Meet, Greet, and Eat with other like minded individuals and organizations and to build resource and relationship capacities for the purpose of reducing prison recidivism. Therefore, we believe that reentry works best networking with the right partnerships. "Many hands make lighter work!"
We invite you to be our guest at the first ever TACKLE THE SHACKLES, prison reentry network event at The Source Church Unlimited, Buford, GA. The event will start at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. The event will include a banquet-style lunch, entertainment and "Glory Zone" testimonies from returning citizens about how reentry resources have help to empower them and changed their lives.
Keynote Speaker:
Santo Stephens (Former NFL football player who ironically made the very first TACKLE in franchise history for the Jacksonville Jaguars) Santo Stephens is the President and Founder of Life’s Work LLC. He is a certified Life Coach and Professional Development Trainer. Life’s Work conducts seminars in Management, Sales, Marketing and Leadership Development to corporations and young adults throughout the country. He has also embarked on a new partnership with Inmate Encounter as the VP of Business and Donor Relations.Santo received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Temple University and has completed post-graduate studies in Education. Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs a free agent in 1992, Santo went on to play five years in the National Football League, joining the Cincinnati Bengals in 1994 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995 where he holds the distinction of making the first tackle in franchise history.