{"id":6196,"date":"2017-10-24T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2023-05-20T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:27:10","slug":"from-behind-bars-to-making-energy-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/from-behind-bars-to-making-energy-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Granola Bars Made by Ex-Inmates Gives Second Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/defyventures.org\/\">Defy Ventures<\/a> is helping rewrite the narrative of American prisoners by giving them a real shot at success.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Sundberg is one of those Americans who has big stories and big dreams. A one-time NBA player, Seth fell into some money trouble in 2010 and spent the next several years locked up behind bars. To deal with life behind bars he started making his own \u2013 but with granola because it\u2019s delicious and metal is not. Not surprisingly they were a hit with other inmates.<\/p>\n<p>Once free, Seth found Defy Ventures and pitched them his idea for a company. Defy gives Entrepreneurs-In-Training (EITs) training, tools, and support \u2013 like parenting education and reintegration assistance \u2013 that enable them to build their own businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe prefer to focus on who they are today, and who they\u2019re becoming,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOLipLIDlIi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Congratulations to our Founder and CEO, @Seth Sundberg on his graduation from University Hawaii! During his 5 year incarceration in a federal prison, Seth promised himself once he&#8217;d earned his freedom back &#8211; he&#8217;d finish school and earn his degree. Way to set goals, and work towards them regardless of the obstacles Seth!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Prison Bars (@prisonbarsnacks) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-12-19T01:30:08+00:00\">Dec 18, 2016 at 5:30pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They helped Seth create a strong business model and together they launched <a href=\"http:\/\/prison-bars.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Prison Bars<\/a> \u2013 bomb granola bars made exclusively by ex-inmates.<\/p>\n<p>Prisoners make up 2.2 million of the US population. That\u2019s a lot of people. Support networks are nigh and recidivism is high. But Defy knows these people have a lot of positive potential and they want to show them how to tap into it. Because, as Seth says:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe degree of separation between someone behind bars and someone that\u2019s not is much less than I ever thought. Once you start hearing those stories, you think, \u2018Wow, that\u2019s not too different than an avenue I could have gone down.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defy Ventures is helping rewrite the narrative of American prisoners by giving them a real shot at success. Seth Sundberg is one of those Americans who has big stories and big dreams. A one-time NBA player, Seth fell into some money trouble in 2010 and spent the next several years locked up behind bars. 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