Volume Six: Ashley Diaz Mejias

Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 4 p.m.

Ashley is an author, pastor, mother, wife, and so much more.\xa0
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Ashley began challenging systemic bias while working as the educational director for a small nonprofit after college graduation.\xa0

She co-pastors Voices of Jubilee, a worshiping community in the Bon Air juvenile detention center in Richmond, VA.\xa0 This community includes 24 incarcerated youth, correctional officers, returning citizens, former corrections officers, and those longing for the liberating Word of the Gospel.\xa0

She also works on the team growing the Richmond Community Bail Fund, which received over $1M in donations in a 6 week period in mid-2020.\xa0

Ashley shares her grief and hope for the "beautiful. rowdy. prisoners."
\xa0She talks about not being original or being a superstar.

https://www.voicesofjubilee.org

https://rvabailfund.org\xa0