Lonnie Morris served 44 years inside the California prison system and paroled in 2021. While incarcerated, he created and hosted several television shows and interviewed numerous celebrities, co-founded the Day of Peace, an annual event at San Quentin State Prison to promote peace and harmony among the prison population, co-founded the youth intervention program Real Choices, and was one of only three incarcerated persons to obtain a BA degree in San Quentin’s history. Lonnie worked for SQTV for over 30 years where he produced, edited, and co-wrote several documentaries and a play, Til You Know My Story.  Lonnie considers his most significant accomplishment to be the founding of No More Tears, an organization focused on curbing violence, crime, and restorative healing. NMT began in 2002 with incarcerated and outside community members working to overcome violence, trauma and find healing. NMT has served over 11,000 people and is an established nonprofit. Today Lonnie serves as No More Tears’ founding president.