Charles Peyton Daymon shares a direct, hope-filled message of faith, second chances, and practical transformation—helping people move from where they have been toward who they can become.
Charles’s testimony moves through hardship, destructive choices, incarceration, faith, and a life redirected toward service. While behind bars, he committed himself to spiritual growth and to the belief that a different future was possible.
After his release in 1997, Charles could not sit still. He constantly thought about the men and women who were struggling after incarceration, uncertain about what to do next or how to rebuild their lives. One question stayed on his mind: What can I do to help others move forward without returning to a correctional institution—or to a life behind bars?
That question became a calling. Charles returned to correctional facilities as a volunteer, this time carrying the hope, practical guidance, and testimony that had changed his own direction. His concern for people navigating reentry grew into a long-term mission of encouragement, accountability, discipleship, and transformation.
A message shared in county jail reframed what Charles believed his life could become.
He used his years in federal prison to study, mature in faith, and prepare to serve others.
Unable to ignore the uncertainty many people face after release, Charles went back behind bars as a volunteer to help others prepare for reentry, make constructive choices, and avoid returning to incarceration.
Charles connects lived experience with a faith-centered framework for responsibility, resilience, forgiveness, and lasting change.
Encouraging incarcerated men and women to recognize their worth, take responsibility, and pursue a transformed life.
Bringing a credible, candid story of adversity and renewal to churches, nonprofits, conferences, and community organizations.
Supporting people and families through a message grounded in compassion, accountability, and the possibility of a new beginning.
A communication-centered program helping individuals and families move from guarded conversations toward greater understanding, stronger relationships, and more positive outcomes.
A communication-centered program helping individuals and families move from guarded conversations toward greater understanding, stronger relationships, and more positive outcomes.
Pause, identify what is true, and choose words that can move the conversation forward.
Communicate needs, fears, hopes, and responsibilities with clarity, courage, and respect.
Recognize the person beyond the past and focus on the trust, connection, and future that can be rebuilt.
An upcoming series built around reading letters and messages to and from people affected by incarceration. Episodes will connect those who are still inside or early in reentry with voices of people who have walked in their shoes and are now living positive, productive lives.
Each presentation can be adapted for faith communities, correctional settings, leadership gatherings, youth audiences, or community events.
How identity, faith, and daily decisions work together to move a person from intention to lasting transformation.
Maintaining conviction when circumstances, fear, grief, and old patterns compete for control.
Turning hope into action through responsibility, healthy thinking, disciplined choices, and a supportive community.
Reframing difficult experiences without minimizing them—and using hard-earned lessons to lift others.
Explore a first-person written testimony and an audio dramatization that trace the turning points behind Charles’s ministry.
Read Charles’s account of incarceration, faith, release, grief, forgiveness, and the commitment to return behind bars as a volunteer.
Listen to the dramatized story of the encounter and choices that changed the direction of his life.
The 106th Avenue Project draws its name and inspiration from Psalm 106—a powerful account of struggle, remembrance, mercy, and restoration.
The name represents the belief that a person’s mistakes do not have to define the rest of their life. Through faith, accountability, mindful communication, and compassionate support, individuals and families can heal, rebuild, and move forward with purpose.
The 106th Avenue Project exists to help people see beyond the bars, beyond the past, and beyond the labels—recognizing the person, the potential, and the possibility of a restored life.
Use this inquiry form for speaking engagements, Words Without Bars programs, podcast collaboration, ministry partnerships, correctional outreach, media appearances, or community events.
A faith-centered speaking, reentry, communication, and prison-outreach ministry.
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