From a young age, Kacie equated success and perfection with being loved. This led her to work hard. She graduated high school with honors, earned degrees in political science and international relations, and even worked for a member of Congress.
At age 26, Kacie ran for a seat on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. She won and became one of the city’s youngest-ever elected officials and the first Black woman to represent her ward.
But she still felt she needed to earn people’s approval.
After a newspaper article described her as the “best-dressed city politician,” she felt she had to live up to that title and decided to misuse campaign funds.
While spending lavishly on a lifestyle she couldn’t afford, her mom gave her a magazine that contained a prayer about being filled with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Kacie said that prayer in her dimly lit apartment, and the Spirit convicted her of what she had done. She knew the media coverage would be intense if she came clean, and she might even face prison time.
But she also knew everything would be all right with the Lord at her side.
Kacie had to pay restitution and resigned from the board. She felt redemption by participating in advocacy and prison ministry.
When the COVID-19 pandemic kept her from being able to volunteer inside prison, she began thinking about how she could continue to serve the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated.
She underwent training, learned how to share her story, and sharpened her advocacy skills. Kacie learned how to use her story to bring about change in our country’s laws and advance justice that restores. When Kacie signed up to become a Justice Ambassador, she joined a community of like-minded individuals who advocate alongside one another.
When you volunteer to become a Justice Ambassador, you will be specially trained and equipped, just like Kacie, to:
Develop relationships with lawmakers to encourage support for justice reforms.
Write letters to editors of local papers.
Share stories of impact and raise awareness on social media.
Facilitate discussions using Prison Fellowship's Outrageous Justice®, a six-lesson curriculum on topics of crime and incarceration.
Host awareness-building events.
Leverage Christian values found in Scripture.
Justice Ambassadors are volunteers who inspire the Church, change the culture, and advance justice that restores. Start the process today and get more information on joining our team of Justice Ambassadors.
