Her ‘heart to serve’ paved the way for her mission. Now, she's helping women after prison
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Rebecca told me a major setback'}, {'start': '26.400', 'end': '31.760', 'text': 'actually helped her better help others.'}, {'start': '29.760', 'end': '35.280', 'text': 'I was working at a major insurance'}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'company here in Florida for 19 years and'}, {'start': '35.280', 'end': '39.760', 'text': 'um I was was laid off. After leaving her'}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '41.760', 'text': 'corporate job with a major insurance'}, {'start': '39.760', 'end': '44.559', 'text': "company, Rebecca Davis didn't just"}, {'start': '41.760', 'end': '46.480', 'text': 'pivot. She launched a local movement'}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '49.280', 'text': 'researching how to help other women who'}, {'start': '46.480', 'end': '51.280', 'text': "were way worse off than she was. I've"}, {'start': '49.280', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'always had a heart to serve people. I'}, {'start': '51.280', 'end': '56.800', 'text': 'love people. Um of overlooked'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '58.640', 'text': 'populations and of course women. We fall'}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '60.719', 'text': 'into that C category oftentimes,'}, {'start': '58.640', 'end': '62.719', 'text': "especially if you, you know, you've been"}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '64.960', 'text': 'incarcerated at any point. From that'}, {'start': '62.719', 'end': '67.200', 'text': 'research, the nonprofit Restore was'}, {'start': '64.960', 'end': '69.600', 'text': 'born. And through fundraising, Rebecca'}, {'start': '67.200', 'end': '71.840', 'text': 'built a house for women leaving prison.'}, {'start': '69.600', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'Those determined to have a better life.'}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '76.880', 'text': 'Like Tarlexis from Palm Beach, sent to'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'prison on a drug charge. I knew I wanted'}, {'start': '76.880', 'end': '81.759', 'text': 'more. I deserve more. I knew I was'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'smart. I knew that I had goals. I had'}, {'start': '81.759', 'end': '87.040', 'text': 'dreams. And I knew that I would never be'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '88.960', 'text': 'able to fulfill those goals or needs in'}, {'start': '87.040', 'end': '90.640', 'text': 'back home in that same toxic'}, {'start': '88.960', 'end': '92.240', 'text': "environment. I've been in and out of the"}, {'start': '90.640', 'end': '94.320', 'text': "drug life for so many years and I didn't"}, {'start': '92.240', 'end': '96.479', 'text': 'know you could have so much fun sober'}, {'start': '94.320', 'end': '98.400', 'text': "and laugh so much and just that there's"}, {'start': '96.479', 'end': '100.640', 'text': 'a whole world waiting for you out there.'}, {'start': '98.400', 'end': '103.680', 'text': "And that's Valerie who just got out of"}, {'start': '100.640', 'end': '106.079', 'text': 'prison for the fourth time in February.'}, {'start': '103.680', 'end': '108.079', 'text': 'We have 100% recidivism rate which means'}, {'start': '106.079', 'end': '109.920', 'text': 'they have not returned back for those'}, {'start': '108.079', 'end': '112.479', 'text': "who completed our program. So that's"}, {'start': '109.920', 'end': '114.479', 'text': 'great news. That is fantastic news and'}, {'start': '112.479', 'end': '116.320', 'text': "that's what makes these big corporations"}, {'start': '114.479', 'end': '118.719', 'text': "want to invest correct in what you're"}, {'start': '116.320', 'end': '121.920', 'text': 'doing. The most recent investment in'}, {'start': '118.719', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'Restore, a $400,000 matching grant from'}, {'start': '121.920', 'end': '127.280', 'text': 'the Dolores Bar Weaver Legacy Fund to'}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'build more housing. Since Restore began'}, {'start': '127.280', 'end': '132.480', 'text': 'in 2017, Rebecca has opened two homes'}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '134.800', 'text': 'for formerly incarcerated women. There'}, {'start': '132.480', 'end': '137.200', 'text': 'are now plans underway for a quadlex to'}, {'start': '134.800', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'be built, and the nonprofit has helped'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '141.360', 'text': 'more than a hundred women get back on'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '143.360', 'text': "their feet. Yeah, it's tough, but it's"}, {'start': '141.360', 'end': '145.520', 'text': 'very rewarding to see, you know, when'}, {'start': '143.360', 'end': '147.840', 'text': 'they get their, you know, get their'}, {'start': '145.520', 'end': '149.520', 'text': "driver's license, get their first car,"}, {'start': '147.840', 'end': '151.200', 'text': 'you know, get their apartment, you know,'}, {'start': '149.520', 'end': '153.519', 'text': 'get their jobs, reunite with their'}, {'start': '151.200', 'end': '154.879', 'text': 'family, you know, have $5,000 saved in'}, {'start': '153.519', 'end': '156.560', 'text': 'the bank. My grandmother used to say,'}, {'start': '154.879', 'end': '158.400', 'text': '"If you can touch one soul along the'}, {'start': '156.560', 'end': '160.239', 'text': 'way, then your living is not in vain."'}, {'start': '158.400', 'end': '162.959', 'text': "So, uh, that's just we're just trying to"}, {'start': '160.239', 'end': '164.560', 'text': 'reach one soul at a time.'}, {'start': '162.959', 'end': '166.239', 'text': 'What an amazing story. I want her to say'}, {'start': '164.560', 'end': '168.480', 'text': 'that again. That was really good and'}, {'start': '166.239', 'end': '170.640', 'text': 'such an awesome uplifting conversation'}, {'start': '168.480', 'end': '172.800', 'text': 'with the ladies. Rebecca Davis invited'}, {'start': '170.640', 'end': '175.120', 'text': 'Tar Alexis and Valerie really to show'}, {'start': '172.800', 'end': '177.599', 'text': 'people proof there is hope there are'}, {'start': '175.120', 'end': '178.959', 'text': 'resources for women who have hit rock'}, {'start': '177.599', 'end': '180.840', 'text': 'bottom. Yeah. And one of the questions'}, {'start': '178.959', 'end': '183.440', 'text': 'that popped up for me just how do they'}, {'start': '180.840', 'end': '185.360', 'text': "decide I guess which women they're able"}, {'start': '183.440', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'to help? And it was so interesting to'}, {'start': '185.360', 'end': '190.319', 'text': 'find this out. So just like you go to a'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '192.159', 'text': 'job fair there are re-entry fairs in'}, {'start': '190.319', 'end': '193.959', 'text': 'prison for those about to get out. So'}, {'start': '192.159', 'end': '196.400', 'text': 'Rebecca says for those interested in'}, {'start': '193.959', 'end': '198.239', 'text': "Restore, there's a therapist, a case"}, {'start': '196.400', 'end': '200.319', 'text': 'manager involved in this interviewing'}, {'start': '198.239', 'end': '201.680', 'text': 'process. So they make sure the women are'}, {'start': '200.319', 'end': '203.840', 'text': 'serious about turning their lives'}, {'start': '201.680', 'end': '206.080', 'text': 'around. Right now on our website, you'}, {'start': '203.840', 'end': '208.560', 'text': 'can watch my entire Discover the Joy'}, {'start': '206.080', 'end': '210.799', 'text': 'podcast conversation with Rebecca Davis'}, {'start': '208.560', 'end': '212.560', 'text': "as well as Tarlexis and Valerie. You'll"}, {'start': '210.799', 'end': '215.519', 'text': 'find a link inside the story on'}, {'start': '212.560', 'end': '215.519', 'text': 'newsforjacks.com.'}]