Cecilia Conley

Outside Designed Conviction the Magazine Cecilia Conley

Dear friends and family, If you are coming across this magazine for the first time, I would like to welcome you to the platform that provides an outlet for the positive works that transform lives. We're giving hope, inspiration, and breathing life into those who don't have the opportunity. If you're turning back in, I just want to welcome you back and thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting what we are doing. This is not easy and comes with great struggle through crucibles and hardships. Many sacrifices have been made to make this possible. I would like to thank those responsible for making this possible. My wife Cecilia has built this with me from the ground up, taken my concept, believed in the dream and breathed life into it. Along the way, we've built a team and I would like to give recognition to Candace, AKA Salty Candace, Eduardo, and Sara, who not only work hard but believein the concept. We are growing and are excited for what is to come. We're celebrating the one year anniversary, a huge milestone in our sister publication Inside Designed Conviction The Magazine. I would like to give a word of gratitude to our loyal sponsor, Jerry Logan, who has believed in us since day one and graciously supported the cause in a big way. The idea of social enterprise is relatively new, but it's sucha big concept that even global giant SAP has a belief thatsocial enterprises are a solution to poverty and solving the world's problems. The most significant piece is that 50% of the profits are reinvested into the social cause, as is our promise. If you're holding this in your hand and want to support a worthwhile cause, becoming a sponsor of Designed Conviction would be a great way to do so. As you turn the pages. I encourage you to engage and reach out to us. We are creating acommunity, one in which we support positive change, and I strongly believe in the motto, art changes lives. I am living proof as I am serving life without the possibility of parole sentence. I'm able to say I didn't just waste my life away, rotting in prison. Through art and love, I have changed my perspective then followed that with education. The boy who was 20 years old, sentenced to die in prison has become a man to be proud of. Is there redemption?