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Liberation of Leaders Fellowship
A 12-week transformational program helping justice-impacted individuals rebuild, lead, and thrive.
The Liberation of Leaders Fellowship creates opportunities for individuals impacted by incarceration to reclaim confidence, reconnect with purpose, and build a future grounded in stability, leadership, and self-determination.
Through personalized support, mentorship, group coaching, and political education, fellows receive guidance navigating challenges related to housing, employment, transportation, mental health, record expungement, and civic engagement.
About the Fellowship Program
Leadership Begins With Liberation.
The Liberation of Leaders Fellowship is a 12-week transformational program designed to help justice-impacted individuals rebuild, lead, and thrive.
Our approach recognizes that successful reentry requires more than access to resources. It requires meaningful relationships, opportunities for personal growth, and a community that recognizes the value of lived experience. Fellows receive personalized support as they navigate challenges related to record expungement, housing, employment, transportation, mental health, and civic engagement.
Our Approach
How We Work
Through one-on-one mentorship, group coaching, and political education, participants reclaim confidence, reconnect with purpose, and move from survival to self-determined success.
One-on-One Mentorship
Individualized guidance that helps fellows identify goals, navigate barriers, build confidence, and strengthen their personal and professional development.
Group Coaching & Community
Shared learning and supportive relationships that encourage accountability, connection, healing, and collective growth.
Political Education & Leadership
Opportunities to develop civic awareness, understand systems affecting justice-impacted communities, and turn lived experience into meaningful leadership.
Rooted in healing, justice, and leadership, this fellowship centers well-being as power and lived experience as leadership.
This isn't a course—it's a calling.
Who We Serve
Opening Doors. Not Building Barriers.
The Liberation of Leaders Fellowship was created to serve justice-impacted individuals from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities— those disproportionately impacted by mass incarceration, systemic inequity, and generational disinvestment.
This focus is grounded in lived experience and a commitment to addressing racial disparities within our legal system.
But equity doesn't mean exclusion.
T.O.N.E. U.P. welcomes all justice-impacted individuals, regardless of race, background, or identity. If you've served your time and you're ready to rebuild your life, this space is for you.
Our Mission
Building Power. Not Pity.
Our mission is to heal and elevate the leadership potential of those impacted by incarceration by creating systems of support led by those who've lived it.
Justice-impacted people don't need saving. They need platforms.
Where Fellows Go From Here
From Fellowship to Leadership.
For some participants, the fellowship becomes the beginning of a new leadership journey. Some of our most committed fellows have joined the T.O.N.E. U.P. paid team—leading outreach, mentoring others, and helping grow the mission.
Connect With T.O.N.E. U.P.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Whether you're seeking reentry support, exploring the Liberation of Leaders Fellowship, or looking for guidance as you rebuild, we're here to connect you with the resources and support you need. Complete our short contact form, and a member of the T.O.N.E. U.P. team will review your information and follow up about next steps.
You don't have to navigate this journey alone. We're here to walk alongside you.