JOURNAL NEWS ON MSN: From prison to running a nonprofit, this Yonkers man hopes to change lives

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John Cabrera and Jonathan Alvarez, co-founded 914United, which focuses on education and mentorship in underserved communities. Here they are pictured at the backyard of Alvarez’s apartment, Nov. 18, 2021. Alvarez spent his last few teenage years and all of his 20s incarcerated.

Jonathan Alvarez started a support group and volunteering with My Brother’s Keeper when the pandemic hit.

That’s when Alvarez and John Cabrera, a lifelong friend, decided to help however they could. They raised money and started buying food and PPE and donating to essential workers.

People started to recognize them and the work they were doing.

“We just didn’t have a name yet,” Alvarez said.

That work was the basis for what became Alvarez and Cabrera’s nonprofit, 914United, which focuses on providing education and mentorship to underserved communities in the Lower Hudson Valley….

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