The Rebirth of Sound; FREE TO DREAM™’s signature music rehabilitation program, has entered a powerful new chapter, finding a home with a younger generation of participants. The highly acclaimed initiative has officially launched at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, bringing creativity, healing, and opportunity to system-impacted youth. On March 18, Scott Budnick, film producer and founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, joined Common and a group of dedicated program mentors to

The successful launch of Rebirth of Sound at VSP marks a powerful expansion of creative education and for system-impacted individuals. Common addressing participants during the Rebirth of Sound program at Valley State Prison (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 2025). In a groundbreaking collaboration between FREE TO DREAM™ , Valley State Prison (VSP), Hollywood producer and justice reform advocate Scott Budnick , and the California Department of Correc