After the organization passed its 25th anniversary this year, Blassingame reflected on the early days of self-sufficiency, the successes and the setbacks, and where he sees Soteria heading.

by Spencer Donovan, Post and Courier

Jackson Lyda shares his experience working at Soteria as a Grant Writer.

Soteria is proud to partner with the Greenville Homeless Alliance (GHA) to provide the land for two tiny homes as a pilot project introducing an innovative, one-of-a-kind initiative to alleviate the affordable housing crisis in Greenville County.

In recognition of #SecondChanceMonth, #TheCultureConnect meets Pastor Jerry Blassingame of Greenville, South Carolina, founder and CEO of Soteria Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization addressing the needs of formerly incarcerated people. The Soteria CDC re-entry program provides transitional housing, both men and women’s facilities, financial literacy, job training, multiple social enterprises, entrepreneurial opportunities, and discipleship.

Put your tools away. A life at Soteria after incarceration offers second chances through structure and responsibility.

The men who live at Soteria’s transitional house are often grappling with their identities once released from prison, and are determined to make more of their lives than the mistakes that landed them there.

After spending 5 months with Soteria, Investigative Reporter, Kathryn Casteel published an article following one of our program participants, Henry Thomas.

Kathryn Casteel from the Greenville News spent the last five months following a handful of men living at Soteria and wrote this article about reentry, the work of Soteria, and the lives we serve.

An Upstate organization that helps men and women coming out of prison is working to rebuild but is facing some roadblocks.

Soteria was featured in Upstate Vibe 365’s Ten at the Top!

We are thrilled to celebrate the opening of Soteria House for Women. Join us this Thursday on August 11th for our ribbon cutting.

We look forward to seeing you there!

An update from our founder, Jerry Blassingame, on the fire than burned our Soteria At Work wood shop.

A fire broke out at a Greenville nonprofit Wednesday evening, according to Deputy Chief Shane Walters, with Parker Fire Department.

According to Walters, no one was inside and there were no injuries.

Founder, Jerry Blassingame said he’s happy no one was hurt but is at a loss for words…

Soteria Community Development Corporation held a drop-in event Tuesday to educate the community on its re-entry program to help people transition back into society after incarceration where local and state state representatives declared April as 2nd Chance Month.

Upstate re-entry program to open new women's facility. Soteria plans to open a transitional house for women in April.

To serve women navigating the obstacles of reentry as they journey back into society, Soteria CDC will open a 16 bed transitional housing facility for women in the Spring.

We are joined today by Jerry Blassingame. He runs a non profit for individuals impacted by our criminal justice system called Soteria CDC. He is here today to tell us about Soteria CDC and to tell us about a Virtual Silent Auction they have coming up October 28.

Jerry Blassingame is founder of Soteria, a Greenville-based nonprofit community development corporation that provides re-entry training to the formerly incarcerated.

How a Greenville native’s Soteria ministry helps men released from prison find their way.

We are in a very difficult time right now: a pandemic, civil unrest, a financial crisis. Our country was already divided due to religious and political beliefs, and now the highly published George Floyd murder makes civil unrest worse. Given all of this, how do we find solidarity within our nation and communities and reclaim the unity our founding fathers shared as they sought freedom from what they felt was oppressive?

Rebuilding a life is never easy, but the current public health crisis has compounded the issues faced by returning citizens. They are already subject to more than 44,000 legal restrictions on things like where they can live and what kind of work they can do, and two-thirds will be arrested again within three years nationwide. Now they are being ordered to shelter in place —unable to complete some of the most basic tasks for starting over. Without swift action from lawmakers, we run the chance of seeing even more disappointing reentry outcomes.