Hello, we’re Diana, a childhood friend of Greg Mingo's niece Ava, and Ana, Greg’s long-time friend.  On September 16th, after 40 years in prison, Greg Mingo is coming home! In Gov. Cuomo's last days in office, he commuted Greg's 50-to-life sentence, and Greg and his family are so happy that he will finally be home.   While Greg is thrilled to come home and will thankfully be able to live with his loving sister Evonne Nemes and her husband, he will need to buy clothing, purchase a car so he can get to his job, and save money so he doesn’t need to work for the rest of his life. Greg will also be working with his lawyers at The Legal Aid Society toward his exoneration, to have his innocence proven once and for all. For 40 years, Greg has worked tirelessly in prison as a counselor, a teacher, and a paralegal, having a profound impact on the lives of people both within and outside of prison. Because of his incarceration, though, he has earned less than a dollar per hour -- barely enough to cover his basic necessities inside prison.  And to make matters worse, he was <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10133.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">unable to collect social security benefits while in prison</a> . At 68 years old, Greg has not had the opportunity to save money for a home, to build an emergency fund, or to save money for his retirement.


Please give whatever you can so that Greg can make a smooth transition home. All money will go directly to Greg's sister Evonne, who will ensure that Greg has all the support he needs.


 


Background:


In 1981, Greg was wrongfully accused and convicted , along with two others, in a robbery and double murder that took place in Queens one year earlier. Despite initially being offered a plea deal, Greg maintained his innocence the entire time. There was no physical evidence in the case against Greg, and his court-appointed defense lawyer failed to present an alibi witness who had agreed to testify on his behalf.


While in prison, Greg served as a peer counselor, legal research instructor, and led numerous workshops on aggression replacement training and domestic violence prevention. He completed college-level courses that transformed his world view and fueled his aspirations for the future.


Inspired by his story, in 2020 CUNY law students assisted Greg with filing a clemency application, and more than 144,000 people signed a Change.org petition created by his niece Ava calling on Gov. Cuomo to free her uncle. On his last day in office, Gov. Cuomo announced the commutation of Greg's sentence, and after 40 years in prison, Greg is finally coming home.


Thank you for your support!


 

<iframe media_type="0" media_id="tl8qSD1Fhs0" class="youtube-replace" title="YouTube video player" style="margin-bottom:20px;width:560px;height:315px;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tl8qSD1Fhs0/?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1"></iframe>

Carol Amelia MacIntire

Anonymous

Caroline Healy

Michael Sause

Casandra Hyland

SHANA FARRIE

Kara Walters

Claire Stapleton

Terence Edelman

Joan Esposito

Michele Meyers

Tiffany Thompson

Bridget Kelly-Larsen

Tara Cook

Help Greg Mingo's return after 40 years in prison

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Help Greg Mingo's return after 40 years in prison

Still $5,989 to go. Help us build momentum.