This teen makes tiny bow ties for shelter dogs to help them look spiffy and get adopted Cathy Free © Street Tails/Street Tails A pair of chihuahuas at Street Tails Animal Rescue shelter in Philadelphia wear bow ties made by Darius Brown. (Street Tails) Darius Brown was 8 when his older sister, Dazhai, painstakingly taught him how to sew a bow tie. He wore the new Ninja Turtle-themed tie to school the next day, and when several of his friends wanted one, he returned to the sewing machine to make more. Two years later, in 2017, he found a better use for his new hobby when he learned that hundreds of dogs and cats were left homeless in Florida and Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Irma.
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Corie Priest of Wilmington had a hard time finding work after he was released from prison.
Like many others, he still faced collateral punishments from his criminal conviction after he served his sentence.
“A felony conviction is a weapon of mass destruction for economic growth and upward mobility,” Priest said. His conviction meant a lifetime of explaining himself everywhere he went.
“Trying to get an education, housing, employment, it was a daunting task for me to have to explain why I had this felony conviction.”
The Clean Slate Campaign, recently launched in Delaware, aims to automate the clearing of criminal records after a period of time, allowing people who have served their terms to eliminate some of the barriers a criminal record can pose.Coastal Point ⢠Submitted
The ACLU of Delaware, in partnership with the National Clean Slate Initiative, Delaware Coalition for Smart Justice, Delaware Center for Justice, Game Changers and National Paper Prisons Initiative, recently launched a Clean Slate campaign in Delaware.
The Clean Slate Delaware campaign kicked off on Feb. 24 with a virtual public event, joined by U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.); Delaware state Sen. Darius Brown; the Rev. Dr. Silvester S. Beaman, pastor at Bethel AME Church, Wilmington; justice reform advocates; community members; and business leaders; and moderated by Rebecca Vallas of Center for American Progress and founding partner of the National Clean Slate Initiative.