Nov 15, 2017
Rev. Wendy Calderon-Payne and Pamela Villa, from BronxConnect, visit Friends! They discuss the prison system, the closing of Rikers, Meek Mills, and Louis C.K. Rev. Wendy Calderon-Payne- executive director of BronxConnect, an alternative to incarceration and mentoring program that teaches leadership skills to court-involved or high risk children and young adults; Pamela Villa- manager at BronxConnect, founder of "All the Women", an online platform where women can share their stories; Erin Jackson- "Last Comic Standing", ASPiRE’s Exhale, appeared on Ellen, Wanda Sykes’ "Herlarious", and TV Guide’s Standup in Stilettos; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and HBO's "Crashing"