Topeka K. sam, board member

Dr. Topeka K. Sam is the founder of The Ladies of Hope Ministries, Inc. and founder and president of EPIC Financial PBLLC, TKS Ventures LLC and Faces & Voices Inc.

Since her release from federal prison in May 2015, Topeka has served as a 2015 Beyond the Bars Fellow and a 2016 Justice-In-Education Scholar both from Columbia University, 2017 Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow, 2018 Unlocked Futures Inaugural Cohort Member, 2018 Opportunity Agenda Communications Institute Fellow, Director of #Dignity for Incarcerated Women Campaign and Senior Advisor for New Yorkers United for Justice (NYUJ).

In December 2020, Topeka received a full presidential pardon for her dedication to helping women turn from a path of despair towards a path of redemption. Dr. Sam has worked and continues to work selflessly and relentlessly in her fight for the dignity, decriminalization, and decarceration of women and girls.