October 12, 2013

The Art of Surviving Prison

Jeff Grant tells the powerful story of his incarceration in Federal prison for a white-collar crime.

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Jeff Grant is a minister, activist, social ethicist and author who earned a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in NYC after his incarceration in Federal prison for a white-collar crime.

Selected by The Nantucket Project as a 2012 TNP Fellow – he gave the kick-off speech at the 2012 Fellows Academy luncheon, a talk that was so powerful Grant was asked to return in 2013 to share his story on the main stage.

Watch the video here.

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