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Future For Felons Update

KASU | By Johnathan Reaves

Published September 11, 2020 at 12:47 PM CDT

Virtual Awards Ceremony September 15th over Zoom

In this interview, KASU News Director Johnathan Reaves talks with Minister Ime Elugbe about the organization that he founded called "Future for Felons". He says the goals are to end discrimination against felons who have served time and are trying to get back on their feet. A virtual awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday, September 15th at 6:30 on the Future for Felons Facebook Page. Click on the Listen button for the entire interview.

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Johnathan Reaves

Johnathan Reaves is the faculty advisor and editor-in-chief for Delta Digital News Service and the former News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.

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