The World’s First Ministry Serving The White Collar Justice Community
It’s the isolation that destroys us. The solution is in community.
The World’s First Ministry Serving The White Collar Justice Community
It’s the isolation that destroys us. The solution is in community.
I Went to Prison for SBA Loan Fraud,
by Jeff Grant
Entrepreneur’s #4 Most Viewed Article of 2020
I Went to Prison for SBA Loan Fraud,
by Jeff Grant
Entrepreneur’s #4 Most Viewed Article of 2020
White Collar Support Group: Meets Mondays Online on Zoom
Rev. Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div., Co-Founder
From serving time to time serving
I work with people prosecuted for white collar crimes (and their families) who want to come out of isolation, take responsibility for their actions and join a supportive community that will help them navigate their journeys through the criminal justice system – to new ethical, productive, joyful lives on the other side of their issues.
As an ordained minister, conversations and communications with those I serve fall under state clergy privilege laws. This is one reason that attorneys often allow and encourage their clients to maintain relationships with me while in active prosecution or litigation situations. Not a prison consultant; not a prison coach.
Lynn Springer, Co-Founder
Faith in action
I am the Founding Advocate of the Innocent Spouse & Children Project. As the innocent partner of a white collar criminal, and a mother, I am called to this ministry with a heart of compassion and understanding. A certified yoga instructor, I assist women and families in finding ethical ways through faith and practical solutions to a new sturdy, healthy, spiritual way of life.
Upcoming/Recent Events
Radio/Podcast: Jeff Grant on the Lisa Wexler Show, WICC 600 AM, Bridgeport, CT, Mon., June 14, 2021
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Fellow Travelers Jeff Grant & Craig Stanland will be guests on Tha Yard Weekly Hangout, Thurs., June 17, 2021, 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT
Reinvention doesn’t happen overnight. But if you want to learn where to start, meet Craig Stanland and Jeff Grant, powerhouses of new beginnings: 📖 Craig Stanland served 2 years in prison, and upon release, was 100% dedicated to transforming himself (and helping...
Radio/Podcast: Business Talk with Jim Campbell: Jeff Grant Talks with Jim About the Reinstatement of His Law License, Practicing as Private General Counsel/White Collar Crisis Management, 1490 AM WGCH Greenwich, CT & 300 Stations Nationwide, Mon., May 31, 2021, 6 pm ET
"Business Talk with Jim Campbell" - syndicated nationally on the BizTalkRadio.com Network with over 300 affiliate stations, and "Forensic Talk with Jim Campbell" Monday April 27th 6 - 7 pm on 1490 AM WGCH Greenwich, WGCH.com. 1490 AM WGCH Greenwich, CT. Show features...
Podcast/Radio: Jeff Grant on Greater Good Radio with Bob Kosch, WOR 710 AM, NYC, May 29, 2021
Big thanks to Bob Kosch for having me on his New York City radio show and podcast, Greater Good Radio with Bob Kosch. Thank you Bob for your empathy, compassion and friendship. - Jeff ________________________ Greater Good Media, LLC, parent company for "Greater Good...
Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Babz Interviews Jeff About the Reinstatement of His Law License After Prison, Fri., June 4, 2021, 9 am ET
On Friday, June 4, 2021, 9 am ET, Babz Rawls Ivy interviewed Jeff Grant about his reinstatement as a lawyer after serving time in a Federal prison, on Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant – The Voice of CT Criminal Justice. Live on WNHH 103.5...
Podcast: Jeff Grant on The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber, Podcast Ep. 308, May 5, 2021
The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber “Ugly confessions from beautiful people… It’s like a car wash for our shame and secrets.”– Nadia Bolz-Weber _________________________ Huge thanks to Nadia Bolz-Weber for having me on her podcast, The Confessional. We got into...
YouTube Video: Rejected Stones or Cornerstones? Acts 4: 1-22: A Sermon by Rev. Angela Wells-Bean, Naples U.C.C., Naples, FL, Sun., May 2, 2021
On Sun., May 2, 2021, my friend and Union Theological Seminary classmate Rev. Angela Wells-Bean discussed our ministry in her sermon at Naples United Christ of Church, Naples, Florida. Thank you Angela for the honor of being a part of your worship service. Watch on...
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 30, Guest: Barry Bekkedam Sets the Record Straight
The White Collar Week Podcast with Jeff Grant It’s the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. _______________________ Podcast Ep. 30, Guest: Barry Bekkedam Sets the Record Straight Today on the podcast we have Barry Bekkedam. This is Barry's first...
Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Guest, Harold Dean (Doc) Trulear, Founder, Healing Communities, Fri., May 7, 2021
On Friday, May 7, 2021, 9 am, Harold Dean (Doc) Trulear, was our guest on Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant – The Voice of CT Criminal Justice. Live on WNHH 103.5 FM New Haven and live-streaming at newhavenindependent.org. Rebroadcast at 5...
YouTube: Seth Williams Testifies and Plays Saxophone at First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA, Sun., Apr., 18, 2021
Seth Williams is a member of our online White Collar Support Group that meets on Monday evenings. We will hold our 253rd weekly meeting on Mon., April 19th, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. _________________________ Watch our friend and Fellow Traveler Seth Williams, ex-District...
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 29, Guests: The Entrepreneurs, David Israel & Spencer Oberg of GOOD PLANeT FOODS
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant It’s the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. _______________________ Podcast Ep. 29, Guests: David Israel & Spencer Oberg Today on the podcast we have David Israel and Spencer Oberg, two successful...
YouTube Video: Jeff Grant Co-Hosts on Founders Focus Podcast with Scott Case, How Do You Scale Without Losing Your Soul? Thurs., Apr. 1, 2021
How Do You Scale Without Losing Your Soul? When you’re scaling your business, how do you bring other people in while keeping what makes your community special? As founders, we’re often building the plane while we fly it. Staying true to your values while you scale can...
YouTube/Podcast: Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Guest, Glenn E. Martin Gets Real! Founder/Sr. Consultant, GEM Trainers and Founder/Past President, JustLeadershipUSA, Fri., Apr. 16, 2021
On Friday, Apr. 16, 2021, 9 am, Glenn E. Martin gets real! Glenn, Founder and Senior Consultant at GEMTrainers/GEM Real Estate and Founder and former President of JustLeadershipUSA, was our guest on Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant - The...
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 28, Guests: Fraud Investigators, Kelly Paxton & Brian Willingham
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant It’s the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. _______________________ Podcast Ep. 28, Guests: Kelly Paxton & Brian Willingham Today on the podcast we have Kelly Paxton and Brian Willingham, two private...
White Collar Support Group 250th Meeting & Reunion! Online on Zoom, Open to All Fellow Travelers. Mon., Mar. 29, 2021, 7 pm ET, 6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT, 1 pm HST
White Collar Week Podcast: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group. The support group meeting on this podcast is different than most, because all of the 16 group members appearing have agreed to share their names, faces and very personal stories in an effort to...
Recent Blog Posts
Guest Blog: The Perfection Syndrome, by Fellow Traveler Basia Skudrzyk
Basia Skudrzyk is a member of our online White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. _______________________ When a reporter asked Thomas Edison, “How did it feel to fail 10,000 times? Edison replied, “I didn’t fail 10,000 times. The light bulb...
Award: Fellow Traveler Chandra Bozelko is 2020 Sigma Delta Chi Award Winner – Society of Professional Journalists
Congratulations to Journalist and Fellow Traveler Chandra Bozelko on winning this prestigious award. Chandra is a member of our online White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. _________________________ "In online column writing, the winner is...
Amazon Smile: Progressive Prison Ministries is now a Participating Nonprofit in the Amazon Smile Program. Thank you for Registering!
Amazon Smile: Progressive Prison Ministries is now a participating nonprofit in the Amazon Smile program so that, at no cost to you, we will receive a donation of 1/2% of your purchases. Thank you for using this link to register: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-5472724
Just Released, by Jeff Grant: The Story of My Release from Prison 14 Years Ago Today, June 5, 2007. An Excerpt from My Book, “Down & Out in Greenwich CT: The Art of Surviving Prison”.
Chapter Twelve Just Released Watkinson House was a huge brick Federal Style house that used to be the mansion of the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Connecticut. Once a fashionable address, it was located directly across the street from the headquarters the...
Guest Blog: I Want to Feel Normal Again, by Michael Neubig
Michael Neubig is a member of our online White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. I read this important post on his LinkedIn page, and thought he truly captured the spirit of of our group and movement. I reached out to him and in our...
Reuters: Jeff Grant ‘Let Go of the Outcome’: How this Felon Beat Addiction and Won Back his Law License
By Jenna Greene, Reprinted from Reuters.com, May 21, 2021 When lawyers through greed or hubris or desperation become white-collar criminals - sent to prison and disbarred - their stories often feel like car crashes. We gape at the wreckage of their lives and move on....
Guest Blog: Craig Stanland, Author of Blank Canvas/ Author Craig Stanland Interviewed on White Collar Week Podcast with Jeff Grant
Congratulations to our friend Craig Stanland on the publishing of his first book, "Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life After Prison"! Craig is a powerful example of how to come back from the depths of professional and personal destruction and despair, survive and...
Jeff Grant is Practicing Law Again: Announcing the Formation of GrantLaw, PLLC
Announcing the formation of GrantLaw, PLLC, providing private general counsel and legal crisis management services to high net worth individuals & families, real estate organizations, closely held companies, and the white collar justice community....
American Bar Association Criminal Justice Magazine, Spring ’21 Issue: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Progressive Diversion & Reentry, by Jeff Grant and Chloe Coppola
This article imagines a cohesive, integrated system that shepherds people through and beyond their criminal justice issues and incentivizes the community to assist them. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Progressive Diversion & Reentry, “Problem-to-Pardon” Case...
Guest Blog: Predictions For Future PPP Fraud Prosecution By DOJ, by David Bouchard, Esq.
This article by David Bouchard is one of the most thorough and incisive pieces I have read about the potential scale of SBA Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud prosecutions over the next few years. I reached out to David and he gave us permission to republish it....
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Book Excerpt: Madoff Talks, by Jim Campbell / Author Jim Campbell Interviewed on White Collar Week Podcast with Jeff Grant
Jim Campbell has been an incredible friend to the white collar justice community, bringing unbiased and non-sensationalized truth and light to complicated subject matter. He has brought compassion and empathy to people going through the most difficult times of their...
DOJ Press Release: Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud
We've never before reprinted a Department of Justice press release. This one is worth reprinting in full. - Jeff Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 26, 2021 Historic level of enforcement action during national...
Bozelko Column: Infrastructure Plan Should Include Prisons and Jails
Chandra Bozelko writes the award-winning blog Prison Diaries. You can follow her on Twitter at @ChandraBozelko and email her at outlawcolumn@gmail.com. She is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets online on Zoom on Monday evenings. - Jeff By Chandra...
The Cookie Thief, A Poem by Valerie Cox
The Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,...
Criminal Justice Cafe Podcast: Jacqueline Polverari Interviews Bill Livolsi, Ep. 5
In this episode, Jacquie has a discussion with Bill Livolsi, who was released from a Federal prison camp a year ago due to Covid-19 protocols. Jacquie and Bill are both members of our White Collar Support Group that meets online on Zoom on Monday evenings. Criminal...
Video: White Collar Support Group 250th Meeting Reflections: Progressive Priests
Our White Collar Support Group meets online on Zoom on Monday evenings. We will celebrate our 250th weekly meeting on Monday, March 29, 2021, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT; all Fellow Travelers are invited. _________________________ I am so grateful the good Priests of the...
White Collar Support Group 250th Meeting Reflections: Fellow Traveler Michael Kimelman, New York
Mike Kimelman is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets online on Zoom on Monday even Whittemoreings. We will celebrate our 250th weekly meeting on Monday, March 29, 2021, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT; all Fellow Travelers are invited. _________________________...
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