Newspaper coverage of presentation I made for Santa Rosa Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force.
What Can People Learn from a Man who Served a 45-year Prison Term?
To introduce myself to others, I created a document that shares my history. My Journey http://archives.michaelsantos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/My-Bio.pdf
Santa Clara Juvenile Hall Update
I wrote an update to publicize the work that we’ve been doing at the Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall. Those who have an interest may read the update by clicking on the PDF link below. Santa Clara Update, March PDF
Stanford Presentation
A few months I made a presentation at Stanford University for students of the NAACP. Emma Hartung, a student who is scheduled to graduate in 2017, wrote an article about the event. Those who’d like to read it may click the following link: Michael Santos on Conquering America’s Commitment to Mass Incarceration.
New Markets
The time has come for us to pivot markets with regard to our sales strategy for the Straight-A Guide Program. The investment we’ve made in developing our program requires us to think about the best possible markets. Initially we wanted to focus on the prison system because we’re passionate about teaching the strategies that empowered […]
TEDx Style Presentation at State of the Valley Conference in Silicon Valley
On Friday, February 7, 2014, I spoke at the Santa Clara Convention Center about mass incarceration. An audience of more than 1,200 people listened as I described why we must embrace the same innovative and disruptive approach to problem solving when we contemplate strategies to resolve the greatest social injustice of our time. We’re taking […]
Stanford NAACP
I’m driving to Stanford University to make a presentation on mass incarceration at the Robles Theater. I’ll help those in the audience understand why I’m taking a three-pronged approach to change this system. Those prongs include: Working to help people in custody understand the challenges ahead and prepare to triumph over them by rejecting criminal […]
Investing to Build More Effective Prisons
Social impact bonds are exciting. They encourage investors to take a role in building better, more effective communities. Indeed, social impact bonds allow investors to profit by making society better in a measurable way. The Wikipedia entry on Social Impact Bonds describes the investment vehicle as a “Pay For Success Bond.” I like it! Pay […]
LA County Jail Merit Program
Last week I visited with Brant Choate from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Brant directs the educational based incarceration system that operates within the LA County J ail and he is a true visionary. Rather than focusing on warehousing human beings, he works with a team to inspire the men who are serving time […]
Joint Venture Silicon Valley
Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, invited me to participate in his one-hour radio show on KLIV. Here is a link to the broadcast on iTunes.