A lesson in reading, writing and redemption

For inmate-turned-author Evans D. Hopkins, reading and writing were fundamental to his salvation. “I wrote my way out of prison,” he told a group of incarcerated youths this week. “The pen is more powerful than the sword and the gun.” Hopkins has created a nonprofit group called The Reclamation Movement to reach youth led astray by a culture that glorifies criminal behavior. Read more about Hopkins in this article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.