#75 Ex-Felons to the Head of the Class - Chris Beasley, Formerly Incarcertated College Grads Network

Growing up a gay guy in the Midwest corn country, Christopher Beasley kept a lot bottled up growing up. He grappled with his double identity for years before coming out, but has used that struggle to better work work with formerly incarcerated people who have to deal with the stigma of being ex-felons. His time behind bars came from being involved with the meth scene and just "got pulled over too many times". Being gay in prison was traumatic for Christopher but that was where his transformation began. Out of prison with a year of probation to serve, Chris still lacked direction until an uncle asked him if thought about going to college. So Chris decided to at least try out an academic career that has now made Professor Beasley not only a role model but a mentor and motivator for other exes. Felony Inc Podcast with your host Mark Gailey We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com