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Slavery in The 21st Century

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About <strong>The</strong> Author<br />

John C (Jack) Johnson III<br />

Founder & CEO<br />

Jack was educated at Temple University, <strong>in</strong> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Rutgers<br />

Law School, <strong>in</strong> Camden, New Jersey. In 1999, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue<br />

greater opportunities to provide Advocacy and Preventive Programmatic services for atrisk/<br />

at-promise young persons, their families, and Justice Professionals embedded <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Juvenile Justice process <strong>in</strong> order to help facilitate its transcendence <strong>in</strong>to the 21 st <strong>Century</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re, along with a small group of community and faith-based professionals, “<strong>The</strong> Advocacy Foundation, Inc." was conceived<br />

and developed over roughly a thirteen year period, orig<strong>in</strong>ally chartered as a Juvenile Del<strong>in</strong>quency Prevention and Educational<br />

Support Services organization consist<strong>in</strong>g of Mentor<strong>in</strong>g, Tutor<strong>in</strong>g, Counsel<strong>in</strong>g, Character Development, Community Change<br />

Management, Practitioner Re-Education & Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, and a host of related components.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Foundation’s Overarch<strong>in</strong>g Mission is “To help Individuals, Organizations, & Communities Achieve <strong>The</strong>ir Full Potential”, by<br />

implement<strong>in</strong>g a wide array of evidence-based proactive multi-discipl<strong>in</strong>ary "Restorative & Transformative Justice" programs &<br />

projects currently throughout the northeast, southeast, and western <strong>in</strong>ternational-waters regions, provid<strong>in</strong>g prevention and support<br />

services to at-risk/ at-promise youth, to young adults, to their families, and to Social Service, Justice and Mental<br />

Health professionals” everywhere. <strong>The</strong> Foundation has s<strong>in</strong>ce relocated its headquarters to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and been<br />

expanded to <strong>in</strong>clude a three-tier mission.<br />

In addition to his work with the Foundation, Jack also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law & Bus<strong>in</strong>ess at National-Louis<br />

University of Atlanta (where he taught Political Science, Bus<strong>in</strong>ess & Legal Ethics, Labor & Employment Relations, and Critical<br />

Th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g courses to undergraduate and graduate level students). Jack has also served as Board President for a host of wellestablished<br />

and up & com<strong>in</strong>g nonprofit organizations throughout the region, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g “Visions Unlimited Community<br />

Development Systems, Inc.”, a multi-million dollar, award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g, Violence Prevention and Gang Intervention Social Service<br />

organization <strong>in</strong> Atlanta, as well as Vice-Chair of the Georgia/ Metropolitan Atlanta Violence Prevention Partnership, a state-wide<br />

300 organizational member, violence prevention group led by the Morehouse School of Medic<strong>in</strong>e, Emory University and <strong>The</strong><br />

Orig<strong>in</strong>al, Atlanta-Based, Mart<strong>in</strong> Luther K<strong>in</strong>g Center.<br />

Attorney Johnson’s prior accomplishments <strong>in</strong>clude a wide-array of Professional Legal practice areas, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Private Firm,<br />

Corporate and Government post<strong>in</strong>gs, just about all of which yielded significant professional awards & accolades, the history and<br />

chronology of which are available for review onl<strong>in</strong>e. Throughout his career, Jack has served a wide variety of for-profit<br />

corporations, law firms, and nonprofit organizations as Board Chairman, Secretary, Associate, and General Counsel s<strong>in</strong>ce 1990.<br />

www.<strong>The</strong>Advocacy.Foundation<br />

Clayton County Youth Services Partnership, Inc. – Chair; Georgia Violence Prevention Partnership, Inc – Vice Chair; Fayette<br />

County NAACP - Legal Redress Committee Chairman; Clayton County Fatherhood Initiative Partnership – Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal<br />

Investigator; Morehouse School of Medic<strong>in</strong>e School of Community Health Feasibility Study - Steer<strong>in</strong>g Committee; Atlanta<br />

Violence Prevention Capacity Build<strong>in</strong>g Project – Project Partner; Clayton County M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Conference, President 2006-2007;<br />

Liberty In Life M<strong>in</strong>istries, Inc. – Board Secretary; Young Adults Talk, Inc. – Board of Directors; ROYAL, Inc - Board of<br />

Directors; Temple University Alumni Association; Rutgers Law School Alumni Association; Sertoma International; Our<br />

Common Welfare Board of Directors – President)2003-2005; River’s Edge Elementary School PTA (Co-President); Summerhill<br />

Community M<strong>in</strong>istries; Outstand<strong>in</strong>g Young Men of America; Employee of the Year; Academic All-American - Basketball;<br />

Church Trustee.<br />

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