The What’s Your Anchor Initiative launches Prince George's County Correctional Center, bringing social-emotional learning and job-readiness training to incarcerated individuals. Backed by community support, this six-week program empowers participants to build personalized reentry plans. Learn how this transformative initiative is creating pathways for healing, growth, and successful reentry.

At ONE DC’s Juneteenth Festival in historic Anacostia, Dev (Devin) delivered a powerful blend of live music and mission. Performing unreleased tracks rooted in personal experience, and sharing the vision behind Ship and Anchor, Dev showed how storytelling, culture, and community strategy can drive real change in the fight to personal transform, social impact and system change.

Ship & Anchor celebrates 5 years, CEO's birthday, & journey from prison journals to social impact enterprise with 2024 Anchor Awards!

Film by Ship and Anchor CEO Devin D. Smith wins Best Film in Criminal Justice Reform category at 2023 International Social Change Film Fest!

Heading to the Big Screen We are proud to announce the selection of Letters from America's 3rd World into the Social Change...

In podcast Devin shares lessons gleaned from college detour to prison & journey of his triumphant comeback, and the work it all inspired.

Urban Arts Magazine features Ship and Anchor CEO Devin Smith to discuss his new documentary, Letters from America's 3rd World & the arts.

In an interview with Heart & Soul Magazine, Devin discusses why he started Ship and Anchor, our growing media division, and more.

Program brings students from The Social Justice School to The National Theatre to perform social justice art, advocating for their views.

The personal mantra turned strategic thinking model, navigating business Ships. How Identity, Vision & Shipmates keep companies anchored.

This is a short story about how my journals written from behind prison bars taught me about the business of inspiration.