CCDA is pleased to partner with Win With Justice and VOICES from Our Daily Bread Ministries on the documentary, The Return!
The dynamic story of Jonathan Irons’ wrongful incarceration for 23 years made national news when Hall of Fame basketball legend, Maya Moore, stepped away from her on-court career to enter the court of law to help free him. Jonathan was finally freed in 2020.
The Return (produced in partnership between Win With Justice, Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), and VOICES from Our Daily Bread Ministries) follows Jonathan as he returns to prison to confront the demons of the past: violence, despair, and injustice, to inspire the men he left behind at a maximum security prison. Five years after his release, Jonathan brings with him a message of hope and possibility–that the stigma of incarceration doesn’t have to define them. He also brings the support system he’s met along the way: his wife, Maya Moore Irons, Grammy award-winning artist-activists, Lecrae and Tedashii, and organizations that have come together to support his return to a place of trauma, turning it into a temple of triumph.
Watch The Return at the CCDA Conference in November!
We will be screening The Return at the Conference! Make plans to join us to watch this powerful documentary together on Friday, 11/7 at 12 pm in Gallery Overlook H!
Other Resources
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How do we Interrupt Violence? Panel Discussion -
In the Movement with Peacebuilder Felix Rosado -
The Lazarus Blueprint: A Guide for Churches to Embrace Reentry – Rev. Dexter Kearny, Candice Baughman, Antonio Gomez -
Difficult Conversations for Change & Growth: The Death Penalty – Sam Heath, Dr. Tom O’Connor, Bruce Stock -
Creating Space for Community-owned Public Safety and Wellbeing – Teresa Long, Pastor Neil Kring -
Exploring Disenfranchised Grief and Resilience in Justice-involved Individuals – Rev. Dr. Lori E. Banfield, MTS, DMFT -
Death Penalty 101 -
Impact of Incarceration on the Psyche
