OUR STORY

Our Founder

Developing, Organizing Visions for Everyone (D.O.V.E)

Cameron Clark is the founder and Executive Director of Developing, Organizing Visions for Everyone (D.O.V.E), a non-profit to assist formerly incarcerated individuals to successfully reenter society by providing appropriate case management and support services.

As a former gang member from Compton, California who had a life sentence as a result of gang violence. Cameron was able to take advantage of the rehabilitative opportunities the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation had to offer. He received a business completion and was a part of an innovative group of 50 former lifers to become Drug and Alcohol Counselors credentialed by California Alcohol And Drug Addiction Counselors (CAADAC). While still incarcerated he became a mentor and counseled other inmates about gang addiction and drugs.

After being released from prison he participated in CA Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment Initiative that reallocated funding to the Community Based Organizations for treatments, job training, and housing opportunities. He later became a Resident Services Manager for Community Housing Partnership and while there fought for the Banned the Box proposition which removed the "Are you Convicted?" question on work applications. Presently, he is a Program Manager at East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation ensuring that residents retain their housing.