The Team

Layne Pavey, MSW is a Clinical Social Worker who returned to society in 2011 and has created a housing program, Revive Reentry Services, LLC for men and women returning to our community from prisons and jails; and a counseling practice, Revive Counseling Spokane, PLLC where she works as an Attachment-focused EMDR Therapist with individuals and families to heal from trauma. Layne serves on the Executive Committee of Smart Justice Spokane, is a co-facilitator with Community Partners in Transition Solutions (CTPS) and is the founder of I Did the Time, an advocacy group consisting of formerly incarcerated individuals and families. She also serves on the Washington State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights and the Legal Financial Obligation Consortium of the Washington State Supreme Court’s Minority and Justice Commission.

Kurtis S. Robinson is the current Spokane NAACP 3rd Vice President and recent President past. He is a Better Health Together board member and serves on the board for Just Lead Washington. He was a Wildland Fire Fighter for over 11 years and has served with WA DNR and Spokane County Fire District 10. Mr. Robinson is a Certified Peer Support, Recovery Coach, Veterans Recovery Coach, Certified Community Health Worker and Reentry Specialist.He Serves as a Spokane City Human Rights Commissioner and a columinst for The Black Lens newspaper Spokane. He Identifies as a Formally Incarcerated, Multiracial Male and has over 22 years concurrent abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Also he is the first openly Justice Involved individual to serve as a Governor appointed Commissioner to the Criminal Justice Training Commission for Washington State.