Opportunity Justice founder Tommy Safian is known for his unique analysis and innovative approaches, including his incisive critique of many reform initiatives and his common-sense solutions to repair broken systems. Tommy has presented at public forums across the United States, including the Social Innovation Summit, the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University, NYU’s Wagner School for Public Service, New Lab, and Opportunity Collaborative. Audiences have responded to both his personal stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and creativity and his insights into the unmet challenges and unexplored solutions of modern society

Speaking topics include:

What Criminal Justice System?: A Failure of Purpose, Consensus & Accountability
Wasted Time:  Reducing Recidivism Through a New Culture of Entrepreneurship in Criminal Justice
Massaging The Metrics: Data Manipulation in the Criminal Justice Economy
Otherness & Reform: The Conundrum of Language, Perception & Systems of Power
Before The Fires: New Lessons & Legacies from the Tulsa Massacre
The Opportunity Matrix: How Purpose-Driven Small Business Development Builds Healthy, Sustainable Communities
Missing the Boats: Why the NGO Mantra “Teach a starving person to fish” Keeps Economic Development Adrift
Unsafe At Any Speed: A Crash Course in Funding Nonprofits to Scale Programs