JIMMY RUMSEY works with at-promise youth in California’s Santa Ana Unified School District as a Restorative Practice Intervention Specialist. His own life experiences with a dysfunctional family, incarceration, violence, and gangs have helped him serve as a positive mentor to youth who have endured similar life circumstances. He is highly respected in the community for his commitment to helping others heal from their own life traumas. His wife, Tasha, stood beside him as he went from being a risk to himself and others to being a valuable contributor to his community. Jimmy is also a devoted father of five children.
Dr. Alan D. Zimm is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he heads a section in the Aviation Systems and Advanced Concepts Group. He is a former officer in the US Navy, completing his service as a Commander, and holds degrees in Physics, Operations Research, and Public Administration with a concentration on Policy Analysis and Strategic Planning.
Ken Dickson is the author of Detour from Normal, The Road to Amistad, and Aim for Justice.
Detour from Normal is the shocking true story of how our broken medical and mental health care systems rob Ken Dickson of his life as a respected engineer and devoted family man, and land him in a high-security psychiatric ward reserved for the most dangerously mentally ill. What is most disturbing is that what happened to him could happen to anyone.
In The Road to Amistad, an unprecedented psychological change catapults people from all walks of life into an extraordinary new level of human consciousness. For most, this leads to confusion and heartache, but for some, it is their calling. Their lives would be idyllic if not for a ruthless killer bent on
