MANUP Rehabilitation Services

05/27/2024

Everyone knows Lewis & Clark, but did you know that there was a black man who was also part of the expedition? His name was York.
As William Clark's slave from boyhood, he participated as a full member of the expedition and was present when the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean.

York was known for his skill in scouting, hunting, field medicine, and manual labor in extreme weather conditions. Lewis had noted in his journal how York had saved him from certain death from a grizzly bear during the expedition. The Native Nations treated York with respect, and he played a key role in diplomatic relations, mainly due to his dark skin.

After the expedition returned, every member received money and land for their services, every member except York. York asked Clark for his freedom based upon his good service during the expedition, and Clark refused. York pleaded to be reunited with his wife, who was a slave in Louisville; he even offered to work in Louisville and send Clark all his earnings. Clark still refused, and sold York to a brutal master in 1811, where he remained a slave at least until 1816. No reliable information has been published on York after that year. Today I honor York, a man history books, until recently, have forgotten.

02/15/2024

It is better to be THOUGHT a fool, than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt!

02/08/2024

Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space lies our freedom to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and freedom !

01/14/2024

M-Made in the image and likeness of God.
A-given Authority and an Assignment.
N-Negated, but not forsaken.
U-the Unique Son of God.
P-repositioned for Purpose.

01/04/2024

His phone rang in church by accident during prayers.
The Pastor scolded him.
The worshippers admonished him after prayers for interrupting the silence.
His wife kept on lecturing him on his carelessness all the way home.
You could see the shame, embarrassment and humiliation on his face.
He never stepped foot in the church again.
That evening, he went to a bar.
He was still nervous and trembling.
He spilled his drink on the table by accident.
The waiter apologized and gave him a napkin to clean himself.
The janitor mopped the floor.
The female manager offered him a complimentary drink.
She also gave him a huge hug and a kiss while saying, "Don't worry man. Who doesn't make mistakes?"
He has never stopped going to that bar since then.
Lesson:
Sometimes our attitude as believers drives souls away from Church. Our attitude breaks our relationships, destroys our families.
You can make a difference by how you treat other people, especially when they make mistakes. Stay blessed family and friends

My God!

04/25/2023

The Sentencing Project today released a new report, “Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights,” which finds that restoring voting rights for people with felony convictions can improve community safety. The report highlights that having the right to vote or the act of voting is related to reduced recidivism for Americans who have been involved with the criminal legal system. Voting rights restoration also influences justice-impacted individuals' perception of themselves as community members and of their ability to remain crime-free.

The report features a number of studies which underscore the beneficial effects of restoring voting rights for all Americans who have been convicted of a felony. It finds that:
Having the right to vote and the act of voting are related to increased public safety. People whose voting rights were restored post-incarceration had lower recidivism rates than their counterparts in states that continued to restrict voting rights post-incarceration.
Having the right to vote shapes community re-entry experiences and is linked to intentions to remain crime-free. In multiple studies, many justice-impacted individuals reported that losing their voting rights made them feel like outsiders, and connected their right to vote to their intention and perceived ability to remain law-abiding.
Excluding people from voting based on their conviction offense does not advance public safety. Research shows that banning people from voting ostracizes them, is psychologically harmful, and negatively affects their perceptions to remain law-abiding.
This report comes as some states are moving to protect and expand the vote for justice-impacted individuals. In 2023, Minnesota and New Mexico restored the right to vote for over 57,000 justice-impacted persons who are on felony probation or parole. In 2020, Washington, DC, became the third jurisdiction in the continental United States where individuals incarcerated for a felony conviction can vote.

04/19/2023

04/01/2023