Jim's Quotes

Jim Cotterill co-founded 2nd Chance Indiana (as UNITE INDY) in late 2016. After a decade as the founding president of National Christian Foundation Indiana following several years developing a chain of Business Journals across the country, he and his wife, Nancy, were led to serve those coming out of long term incarceration by helping them find and keep jobs that pay a living wage. Jim and Nancy believe that, through the dignity of work, reentrants' lives can be changed and their families can be lifted out of poverty.

Someone Asked: "What are the two worst problems faced by the world today?"
The Wise Man Answered: "I don't know and I don't care."
Crazy as it sounds, the wise man was right.

--Anonymous


"Monday, April 30, 1990. This is the day I was rescued. From what? Myself"

—Robert Shafer


"After being released years ago, I was still a prisoner in my own mind without much needed help"

—Phillips Hollowell


"Our youths are out there killing each other…
How long, how long are we going to let this go on?"

—Arthur Beatty


"If you have zero money coming in, the probability 
of you committing a crime is extremely high"

—Keidrian Brewster


"Easter isn't about colored eggs and bunnies for people in prison…"
—Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship


"There's a big difference between 'I have to work'
and 'I want to work'"

—Fredrick Hatton


"If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run, then walk, if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.


"Most of them were bleeding, and we did nothing to stop the bleeding"
—Phil Moore


"Having a close family member who has been incarcerated is more common than any of us had anticipated"

—Christopher Wildeman, Cornell University


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2nd Chance Indiana
241 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

317-279-6670

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Our mission is to reduce recidivism and rebuild lives through the dignity of work.