About Pathway To Empowerment
Program Overview
Built around Shakila Stewart’s transformational books, confidence-building workshops, and lived experience, this program delivers dignity-centered healing content to 4,000+ correctional institutions nationwide via Edovo’s secure tablets.
What It Offers:
- Self-paced courses on confidence, resilience & reentry readiness.
- Tools for parole prep & purpose-driven reintegration.
- Stories & lessons anchored in lived experience.
Shakila’s journey through foster care and having an incarcerated parent fuels her deep belief that second chances aren’t given — they’re built.
Three Phases of Impact
Scaling Healing from Inside to Out
Phase 1: Digital Expansion
→ Launch curriculum & videos on Edovo, reaching 10,000+ women in year one.
Phase 2: In-Person Engagement Tour
→ Deepen transformation through hands-on workshops inside select facilities.
Phase 3: Community Reentry & Connection
→ Build a reentry network connecting 500 women annually to alumni, mentors, and healing spaces.
Together, these phases build on our current reach—thousands of women already impacted through Chin Up! workshops and performances—and chart a path to scale healing from digital access for incarcerated learners to in-person transformation and lifelong community.