Sheena is the Chief Executive Officer of Clean Slate Initiative, a national bipartisan coalition advancing policies to automatically clear all eligible arrest and conviction records across the United States. Sheena brings over 20 years of organizing and issue advocacy experience to this role. She is deeply committed to ensuring that the individuals, families, and communities most impacted by the justice system remain at the center of the reform movement.

Before joining Clean Slate Initiative, Sheena helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million people experiencing felony disenfranchisement as the Organizing Director for FRRC and Senior Advisor to the Second Chances Amendment 4 Florida Campaign. The successful Amendment 4 Campaign resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights since the women’s suffrage movement. Sheena helped build FRRC grassroots membership from its earliest stage as an email listserv to an active membership organization with over 20 chapters and thousands of members across Florida.

At FRRC, Sheena raised over $15 million, led large-scale voter outreach programs, and trained hundreds of activists. In this role, Sheena oversaw the largest statewide engagement and mobilization of religious institutions in the country, galvanizing more than 800 congregations of faith to support Amendment 4 efforts.

Sheena currently serves on the Advisory Board at the Public Welfare Foundation and the Policing Project at NYU School of Law and on the boards of Live Free USA and the Florida Coalition on Black Civic Engagement. She will be featured in the upcoming docuseries Home/Free and has been featured in Newsweek, Ebony, CNN, PBS NewsHour, and the Orlando Sentinel. Sheena is a gifted storyteller who has given keynote addresses to BET audiences, at the Central Florida Women’s March, to the National Association of Black Journalists, and a Way to Win.

We thank Sheena for not only the impact she’s made on FRRC but the entire criminal justice community.

Sheena is the Chief Executive Officer of Clean Slate Initiative, a national bipartisan coalition advancing policies to automatically clear all eligible arrest and conviction records across the United States. Sheena brings over 20 years of organizing and issue advocacy experience to this role. She is deeply committed to ensuring that the individuals, families, and communities most impacted by the justice system remain at the center of the reform movement.

Before joining Clean Slate Initiative, Sheena helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million people experiencing felony disenfranchisement as the Organizing Director for FRRC and Senior Advisor to the Second Chances Amendment 4 Florida Campaign. The successful Amendment 4 Campaign resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights since the women’s suffrage movement. Sheena helped build FRRC grassroots membership from its earliest stage as an email listserv to an active membership organization with over 20 chapters and thousands of members across Florida.

At FRRC, Sheena raised over $15 million, led large-scale voter outreach programs, and trained hundreds of activists. In this role, Sheena oversaw the largest statewide engagement and mobilization of religious institutions in the country, galvanizing more than 800 congregations of faith to support Amendment 4 efforts.

Sheena currently serves on the Advisory Board at the Public Welfare Foundation and the Policing Project at NYU School of Law and on the boards of Live Free USA and the Florida Coalition on Black Civic Engagement. She will be featured in the upcoming docuseries Home/Free and has been featured in Newsweek, Ebony, CNN, PBS NewsHour, and the Orlando Sentinel. Sheena is a gifted storyteller who has given keynote addresses to BET audiences, at the Central Florida Women’s March, to the National Association of Black Journalists, and a Way to Win.

We thank Sheena for not only the impact she’s made on FRRC but the entire criminal justice community.

Susan Burton is a visionary, inspirational leader of the criminal justice reform movement, author of the award-winning memoir, Becoming Ms. Burton, and founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL). ANWOL’s approach to reentry is internationally recognized as an innovative model that creates welcoming and healing spaces for women to rejoin their communities after incarceration while developing as leaders to work toward liberation.

In 2018, Ms. Burton launched the SAFE (Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom and Equality) Housing Network to replicate the effective and humane reentry model. The network now includes 32 members across the United States, Uganda, Nigeria, and Kenya. It is through this work that she thrives, celebrating the progress of this work, all while knowing how many individual lives she has touched and changed throughout her journey. 

Susan Burton is a visionary, inspirational leader of the criminal justice reform movement, author of the award-winning memoir, Becoming Ms. Burton, and founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL). ANWOL’s approach to reentry is internationally recognized as an innovative model that creates welcoming and healing spaces for women to rejoin their communities after incarceration while developing as leaders to work toward liberation.

In 2018, Ms. Burton launched the SAFE (Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom and Equality) Housing Network to replicate the effective and humane reentry model. The network now includes 32 members across the United States, Uganda, Nigeria, and Kenya. It is through this work that she thrives, celebrating the progress of this work, all while knowing how many individual lives she has touched and changed throughout her journey. 

Tania has been working in the movement for over half her life. Tania became involved with FRRC after meeting one of our organizers at an event in Miami about a year ago. She has been volunteering ever since in the southwest Miami area.

She was passionate about helping people after witnessing her family go to jail. As a teen, she helped her brother with his case, filing modifications, and other paperwork. She didn’t realize that it would lead her down a long path of assisting community members in filing paperwork with the courts, writing resumes, and doing voter registration. 

Tania also has her gun violence prevention nonprofit and is the National co-chair for Young Lords, a grassroots movement. Thank you for making Miami and your community a better place.

Tania has been working in the movement for over half her life. Tania became involved with FRRC after meeting one of our organizers at an event in Miami about a year ago. She has been volunteering ever since in the southwest Miami area.

She was passionate about helping people after witnessing her family go to jail. As a teen, she helped her brother with his case, filing modifications, and other paperwork. She didn’t realize that it would lead her down a long path of assisting community members in filing paperwork with the courts, writing resumes, and doing voter registration. 

Tania also has her gun violence prevention nonprofit and is the National co-chair for Young Lords, a grassroots movement. Thank you for making Miami and your community a better place.

Tracey’s been an FRRC Manatee County Chapter Leader for nearly four years and is currently an Executive Board member for the NAACP-Manatee County. She graduated from the Manatee Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program in March 2023 and has won various awards.

We thank Tracey for turning her pain into purpose. She did not let her journey with the criminal legal system stop her from helping others.

Tracey’s been an FRRC Manatee County Chapter Leader for nearly four years and is currently an Executive Board member for the NAACP-Manatee County. She graduated from the Manatee Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program in March 2023 and has won various awards.

We thank Tracey for turning her pain into purpose. She did not let her journey with the criminal legal system stop her from helping others.

Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Tuwanan is not new to advocacy. Advocacy has been a part of her life since she was a kid. She started volunteering at seven years old and has been giving back ever since.

Tuwanan is currently a Chapter Leader in Orlando and started volunteering with FRRC about four years ago after hearing about the organization at another event. She knew at that moment this was where she was meant to be. Giving people a second chance was essential to her because she had relatives that had been incarcerated. When Tuwanan isn’t volunteering, she’s working in the legal field.

Thank you, Tuwanan, for your commitment and determination to improve the lives of everyone around you.

Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Tuwanan is not new to advocacy. Advocacy has been a part of her life since she was a kid. She started volunteering at seven years old and has been giving back ever since.

Tuwanan is currently a Chapter Leader in Orlando and started volunteering with FRRC about four years ago after hearing about the organization at another event. She knew at that moment this was where she was meant to be. Giving people a second chance was essential to her because she had relatives that had been incarcerated. When Tuwanan isn’t volunteering, she’s working in the legal field.

Thank you, Tuwanan, for your commitment and determination to improve the lives of everyone around you.

As a formerly homeless person, she has a unique perspective and passion for helping people. Helping returning citizens is a passion for her because she has several family and friends impacted by the criminal legal system.

Pauline volunteers with the Miami-Dade chapter and has served in many ways, even going door-to-door to get people’s petitions signed during the Amendment 4 Campaign. She is the Director of Housing and Care Services for Better Way of Miami. Better Way has been providing services for over a quarter century and has earned a reputation of being one of South Florida’s most respected recovery agencies. She has held volunteer leadership positions at critical agencies, including the Homeless Trust, Community Action Agency, Citrus Health, and many more.

Thank you for being a superstar volunteer!

As a formerly homeless person, she has a unique perspective and passion for helping people. Helping returning citizens is a passion for her because she has several family and friends impacted by the criminal legal system.

Pauline volunteers with the Miami-Dade chapter and has served in many ways, even going door-to-door to get people’s petitions signed during the Amendment 4 Campaign. She is the Director of Housing and Care Services for Better Way of Miami. Better Way has been providing services for over a quarter century and has earned a reputation of being one of South Florida’s most respected recovery agencies. She has held volunteer leadership positions at critical agencies, including the Homeless Trust, Community Action Agency, Citrus Health, and many more.

Thank you for being a superstar volunteer!