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Discover one man’s journey to change the world in Fight Hate with Love.
As a young man, Michael Ta’Bon’s ex-con father taught him about drugs and crime, and those lessons landed him in prison for 15 years. During his incarceration, Michael promised himself that he would one day start a movement to prevent young people from getting caught in the cycle of violence he found himself in. But those years of incarceration have left him with invisible scars. Handouts related to reentry provided.
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