Markus J. Watts has been named the next Racine Vocational Ministry executive director. Markus brings more than 20 years of demonstrated experience as an educator, business services consultant, and administrator in the nonprofit social services sector. He has a solid...
Program participant Jessica Cortes and her friend Kaitlin Aiken were honored by the Racine County Sherriff for helping save the life of a highway accident victim. The two assisted at the scene of a crash in the fall of 2023, providing CPR on one of the crash victims...
Meet upstart farmers Martice and Amy Kroll-Scales of Scales Family Farm, a two-acre farm plot within Fondy Farm at Mequon Nature Preserve. Martice is a former RVM participant who is passionate about getting people of color a renewed relationship with growing food.
Hope came to RVM in 2013. She was homeless, struggling with an addiction to heroin and in financial crisis. When Hope started participating in RVM’s training program, she was unsure she could succeed and could not picture a plan for herself. After several years of...
A love for the streets and the lifestyle that goes with that, led Yahynass to spending the last 15 years in prison. In and out, no stability, no care for life, and no care for himself. Life was about getting what he needed, whether legal or not. In 2021, after...
Prince came home from prison in February of 2017. He had just finished serving a 21-year sentence. During his incarceration, he decided enough is enough. He voluntarily participated in institution programming to enhance his understanding of the world today. National...
Dartavian’s return to Wisconsin and into our program has led him to job & financial security, personal fulfillment, and community involvement.
Anton House is a doctor of United States history, earning his doctorate from Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, after serving time in prison for drug peddling…
RACINE — When greeted by Carl Fields, with his easy smile and gentle demeanor, one might never guess he’d spent 16 years in the Wisconsin prison system. Today, Fields spends his days working as the program manager of Racine’s Hospitality Center — and he spends his...