KEVIN SCOTT

DIRECTOR OF JUST INCOME

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Florida, Kevin is a longtime Gainesville resident with a passion for social justice and community organizing. As a 2020-2021 Community Spring Fellow, Kevin helped found Torchlighters Reentry Support and CS Direct. He is now the Project Director of Just Income GNV, the first guaranteed income project in the country by and for formerly incarcerated people. He is an outspoken advocate for criminal justice issues and prisoner rights and has been involved with Florida Prisoner Solidarity since 2016. Kevin has been a pivotal voice in several grassroots campaigns leading to policy changes around the use of prison labor. Kevin also gratefully served as a Guest Ambassador at GRACE Marketplace, a homeless services shelter. Kevin has been to every state but Hawaii, practices Zen meditation, and is the proud father of one genius daughter and two dumb cats.

You can contact Kevin at kscott@csgnv.org