Dear John xxxxxx, 

My name is Cesar Zuniga, and I am proud to be a member of ARC's Hope and Redemption Team (HART), former California life prisoners who go back into California prisons to provide hope and rehabilitative programs to currently incarcerated people.
 
Last week I participated in a one-of-a-kind experience: the Sacramento Kings played a basketball game with the men inside Folsom State Prison as part of Play for Justice, presented by the REPRESENT JUSTICE campaign.

Before the game, our team led a roundtable discussion with the men inside, the Kings, and formerly incarcerated members of the Represent Justice campaign. As we entered the room, no one knew who the men in suits were or why they were here until they saw me, who walked in last. Once they recognized me as someone who had been incarcerated with them, they let their guard down and began to open up about what they were experiencing. We listened to the men in blues speak about their transformation, the work they've done on themselves, their pain, triumphs, growth, and yearning for freedom. Their honesty and introspection set the stage for the night and opened the space up for us all.