Gotham Stories

These stories feature Gotham alumni who have pushed against brokenness in the criminal justice system, fashion industry, travel industry, healthcare compliance space, non-profit field and the legal industry.

Nashville Gotham Alumni Thomas Hunter and Sheriff Daron Hall saw the criminalization of mental illness in their jail system in Davidson County as an area of brokenness. They created a new system where those detained presenting with mental illness were given the opportunity for treatment at their Behavioral Care Center instead of being jailed.

Three NYC Gotham Fellows formed Poemia, a wedding dress company that creates their product in a redemptive way. These women want to ensure that the dress a woman wears on one of the most special days of their life has been made thoughtfully, responsibly, and ethically by using fibers that have been specially selected based on their social and environmental impact and supporting women and families across our global supply chain by ensuring safe working conditions with a living wage.

Nashville Gotham Alumni Christie Holmes founded Global Community Travel to answer a need in the travel field to help families engage the cultures they are visiting by leaving a positive footprint in their travels and grow greater respect for that culture. Seeing every human in every country as being made in the image of God is key to the work of her organization.

Alumni Christopher Redhage of Nashville’s Provider Trust seeks to have a culture that allows workers to thrive in their field of healthcare compliance. The company is is a great example of how to be a restorative presence in a corporate setting. 

NYC Gotham alum Nena Ugwuomo is the founder of Student Dream, a non-profit that seeks to train young people of color to build wealth. Student Dream uses workshops, after-school programs and online courses to coach students through project based wealth curriculum that covers areas of personal finance, investing and entrepreneurship. 

Revive Justice serves the legal and spiritual needs of low-income Texans with legal aid services and was started by Gotham Fellow alumni Clare Smitham.