人物景深｜Defy Ventures

As long as you put it in the right place, everyone is a genius.

 

Defy Ventures 組織認為，唯有建立與增強受刑人的自我信心，才有幫助其開啟新生活的可能。因此，他們建立了一套「Growth Mindset」的教育課程，提供厚厚四大本關於CEO的理論書本，每次課後都有功課要複習，而期末也必須有一個最終成果，展現給 Defy Ventures所邀請的各講師或願意提供工作機會的公司老闆們，從而真正建立完整的自我價值。

Defy Ventures 也有一群熱情的志工，透過讓志工與受刑人相互認識，使志工有機會近距離地與受刑人長時間相處，志工離開監獄後，就會像個大使的角色，分享其所聞所見給更多人，進而可以幫助連結人、物資，甚或工作機會。
換言之，Defy Ventures 提供兩種服務：
1. 建立自信與硬實力的教育課程
2. 賦歸社會後的人脈資源
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那有多少人成功更生呢？
在與 Defy Ventures 的對談中，團隊不斷地聽到「humanity」這個字，他們相信，分享好的(但未必成功)故事，比提供單純的成功數據，更能改變大眾的刻板印象，也更可以慢慢地看到他們作為一個「人」的樣貌：願意貢獻餘生服務他人。
也呼應了這句名言：「把人放對位置，每個人都可以是天才。」
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美國對於受刑人/更生人有極可能再犯的刻板印象，與台灣相似；也同樣面臨賦歸社會後、隨即被貼上負面標籤而引發的一連串更生困境，例如一份穩定的工作，彷彿出來之後又要面對第二個監獄。先前團隊在與更生保護會的訪談中也提及，除了社會上的刻板印象外，受刑人/更生人本身對自我也帶有自卑與輕視的態度，因此去期待或要求他們改變心態，建立新的生活，就又會是一道阻礙。
而本次與Defy Ventures的訪談，令團隊大開眼界，尤其是導入教育與資源引流的初衷與服務，團隊深信台灣的監獄也可以人才濟濟，而他們經驗豐富的服務模式也將作為團隊未來行動方案的設計參考。
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The organization “Defy Ventures” we interviewed this time is very different!

Defy Ventures believes that only by building and enhancing the self-confidence of the prisoners could it be possible to help them start a new life. Therefore, they have established a set of “Growth Mindset” education courses, providing four thick theoretical books about CEOs.

There is homework to review after each class, and there must be a final result at the end of the term, which is presented to Mentors invited by Defy Ventures or the company bosses who are willing to provide job opportunities. By doing so, it could truly establish complete self-worth.

Defy Ventures also has a group of enthusiastic volunteers. By letting the volunteers and the prisoners get to know each other, the volunteers have the opportunity to get along with the prisoners at close range for a long time. After the volunteers leave the prison, they will act as ambassadors and share with them, which can help connect more, supplies, or even job opportunities.

In other words, Defy Ventures provides two services:
1. Educational courses to build confidence and gain knowledge
2. Network resources after releasing back to society, such as job opportunities

However, how many people have successfully rehabilitated?

In the conversation with Melissa O’Dell, Vice President, Programs of Defy Ventures, we kept hearing the word “humanity”. They believed that sharing a good (but not necessarily successful) story could change the public’s stereotype more than merely providing successful statistics. Slowly see them as a “person”, who is willing to contribute the rest of one’s life to serve others.

It also echoes this famous saying, “Put people in the right place, everyone can be a genius.”

Americans have a stereotype on inmates/rehabilitated persons that they are highly likely to commit a crime again, which is similar to Taiwan, and it seems like they are in the second prison again; it also faces a series of rehabilitation dilemmas triggered by negative labels after releasing back to society, such as a stable job. In previous interviews with the Rehabilitation Protection Association, the team also mentioned that in addition to social stereotypes, the inmates/rehabilitated persons themselves also have an inferiority and contempt attitude towards themselves, so expecting or requiring them to change their mindsets and build new ones would be a big challenge for them.

To sum up, the interview with Defy Ventures really surprises us, especially the introduction of the original intention and service of education and resource drainage. The team believes that Taiwan’s prisons could also be filled with talents, and their experienced service model would also serve as one of the team’s future action plans as a reference.

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