About
Craig Stanland is a keynote speaker and the author of "Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life After Prison."
He emceed the inaugural 2024 conference and returned to open the 2025 program.
Elsewhere on this story
- Craig Stanland on Nightmare Success Nightmare Success episode: Craig Stanland, Prison Walls to Purposeful Living
At the White Collar Conference
Craig Stanland opened the first White Collar Conference as emcee. He described facing his own case alone until a neighbor connected him with Jeff Grant, and framed the day as a path from isolation into a healing community.
“A healing community allows you to be seen, heard, and perhaps most importantly, understood within your experience.”
Watch at 0:37
“When we feel seen, heard, and understood in our experience, we can heal.”
Watch at 0:49
Chapters
- 0:00 Craig Stanland opens the White Collar Conference
- 1:54 Jeff Grant welcomes the audience
- 4:40 Brent Cassity introduces David Israel
- 8:12 Getting his confidence back after being charged
- 13:09 Owning your story
- 18:49 A business idea that started in prison
- 21:41 From a prison recipe to O Magazine
- 26:33 Saying "why not" and taking action
- 30:16 Hiring people coming home from prison
- 32:48 What he learned and his closing advice
With Jeff Grant, Brent Cassity and David Israel
Join us in fall 2027.
The fourth annual White Collar Conference is planned for fall 2027, virtual on Zoom and open to all.