Restoring lives.
Rebuilding communities.
Ending mass incarceration.
What is Guided By Purpose?
Guided By Purpose Reentry Initiative, Inc. (GBP) is a grassroots, justice-impacted-led 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing restorative justice through healing, accountability, repair, and community transformation. We organize, strategize, and mobilize alongside justice-impacted people, communities, and organizations to address harm, strengthen relationships, and build pathways toward ending mass incarceration.
Grounded in the belief that lasting safety comes through restoration—not punishment—we work both inside and outside prison walls to support personal growth, successful reentry, violence prevention, and community healing. Through restorative justice practices, civic education, leadership development, and community organizing, we equip people with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to become agents of change in their families, neighborhoods, and institutions.
By centering lived experience, collective responsibility, and community wisdom, GBP helps cultivate leaders who transform harm into healing, strengthen communities, and create lasting change. Together, we are building a future rooted in dignity, belonging, and justice for all.
Our Services
Our services are designed to educate, empower, and restore.
Pre-Entry Youth Mentorship
Prevention is just as important as reentry support. By intervening early, we aim to stop the cycle of incarceration before it begins.
Civic Education and Community Organizing
We organize and advocate for major policy solutions to mass incarceration.
Consulting
With our lived experience and research background, we bring practical, knowledge-based solutions that are often overlooked.
Restorative Justice
Creating pathways to healing through accountability and communal justice.
Community Catering & Small Business Network
Supporting Local Businesses. Strengthening Our Communities.
At Guided By Purpose, we believe community investment includes creating opportunities for the people and small businesses that serve our neighborhoods.
We are building a network of local caterers and food entrepreneurs interested in providing services for community gatherings, nonprofit events, trainings, and initiatives advancing justice, healing, and community empowerment.
As opportunities arise, GBP will draw from this network to identify potential catering partners and subcontractors.
Own a catering or food service business? Join our network and help us keep resources circulating within our communities.
Register Your Business Here:
Registration is free and does not guarantee future contracts or referrals.
Support Our Work
Your financial support keeps our work alive.
Donations help us provide:
Free Pardon Assistance
Civic Engagement Workshops
Restorative Justice Circles, Workshops, & Trainings
Restorative Reentry Programs & Services
Community Organizing: Strategize, Mo
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