Archive: News

• Georgetown Pivot Program Celebrates 2022 Graduates

  The fourth cohort of the Georgetown Pivot Program walked the graduation stage on June 30.

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• Pivot Fellows’ Entrepreneurship Skills Shine at Pitch Competition

  Pivot Fellows showcased their business plans to a panel of judges at the annual Pitch Competition.

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• Tony McCright: Entrepreneur, Reentry Leader Opens Doors

  A 2020 graduate of the Pivot Program, Tony is supporting reentry initiatives across the country and uplifting his own community.

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• Amber Crowder: Destigmatizing and Humanizing Stories of Incarceration

  With her social media following and business, Amber Crowder is creating safe spaces for her community.

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• Muhammad Al-Mahdi: Reentering the Workplace in a Tech World

  When Muhammad Al-Mahdi was released from prison in 2020, he had never seen an iPhone, used Amazon, or scrolled on a Facebook feed.

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• Pivot Fellows Begin 2022 Internships

  Each spring after five months in the program, Pivot Fellows begin internships to gain hands-on professional experience. 2022 Fellows began their internships with companies including DICK’S Sporting Goods, Deloitte, and Walmart.

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• Through Design Thinking, Pivot Fellows Reimagine DC’s Penn Social

  Georgetown Pivot Fellows presented a flurry of creative ideas for revamping a downtown D.C. business, putting their new skills to the test in a real-world design thinking challenge. Over the last

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• Maya Moore: Mindset, Music, and the Power of Listening

  Today, Maya Moore finds herself in a Pivot Program classroom, taking classes on business, leadership, professional development, and entrepreneurship. It’s a dramatic change in circumstances from where she was just one year ago. When Moore returned home after her incarceration, she made a promise to herself: She would never go back to prison.

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• Joe Houston: Entrepreneurship and Giving Back

  Launching a Fitness Movement Even before joining the Pivot Program, Joe Houston was already a CEO.  Houston founded WEFITDC, a fitness and wellness company, in 2020 to address underlying health

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• Pivot Hires Experienced Reentry Policy Advocate as New Assistant Director of Program Management

  The Georgetown Pivot Program welcomed Dr. Crystal Francis to the leadership team as Assistant Director of Program Management. Prior to joining Pivot in October, Francis worked for over fourteen years

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