Conversations With Calcaterra

“I love the pull yourself up by your bootstraps philosophy but that implies that you have boots.” – Jason Cleaveland “We've created so many barriers to entry for the for these low-level entry-level jobs that were people are really doomed to life a life of poverty.” - Jason Cleaveland “So many times what happens is they lose that hope after going to 10, 15, 20, 30 job interviews and being denied that it's very attractive to go back down to the corner and sell dope” – Jason Cleaveland What type of job opportunities are available for formally incarcerated individuals? They can be few and far between but there is one job title which attributes to many success stories in the tech industry…Entreprenuer. Jason Cleaveland is the founder and CEO of Obodo and a Just Leadership USA - Leading with Conviction Fellow. He is an entrepreneur, teacher and speaker dedicated to creating new opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals to develop into the people they want to be. Jason believes that access to tools, t