Creating Heroes Stephen's Way is a nonprofit organization located in Lansing, MI, dedicated to promoting mentoring, literacy, and personal growth for challenged troubled youth and adults in the criminal justice system. Through their youth and young adult program, they provide opportunities for reading, writing, and creating comics, as well as a space for games and socializing. Additionally, they offer a program for young adults and adults that focuses on computer and instructional training, helping individuals with criminal offenses reintegrate into society by providing them with interpersonal and employment skills.
The organization, led by CEO Jerry Norris, operates out of a 9,700-square-foot building that was previously a church, embracing a creative chaos approach and encouraging experimentation. Membership at Creating Heroes Stephen's Way is open to all, with no fees or applications required, and individuals are even allowed to use pseudonyms. The organization's mission is to recognize and encourage the heroic traits in everyday people, particularly those who may feel least heroic, and they rely on grants, private donations, and solicitation for fundraising purposes.
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