About
Gina Pendergraph is a leader in the White Collar Support Group, active in its related women's groups and meetings, and one of the primary moderators of the Justice Impact Support Forum. She draws on her own experience as a justice-impacted person to support others going through the system.
On the 2025 White Collar Conference panel on restoration through community she talked about why she always picks up the phone, and about staying connected to people who are still inside.
At the White Collar Conference
Gina Pendergraph explained why she always picks up the phone, how the White Collar Support Group and the Justice Impact Support Forum welcome people without judgment, and how she stays connected to women in federal facilities by mailing books and crochet patterns.
“What's kept me picking up the phone is that somebody did it for me.”
Watch at 7:30
“Letting people know that we're not judging them is a good first step.”
Watch at 16:40
“Healing happens in community.”
Watch at 29:24
Chapters
- 0:00 Drew Chapin introduces the panel
- 3:09 Pamela Winn on going from surviving to fighting
- 6:49 Gina Pendergraph on why she always picks up the phone
- 8:33 Michael Gaines on pride and asking for help
- 11:00 Building trust in a support community
- 16:58 Pamela Winn on RestoreHER and the First Step Act
- 22:06 The Women's Care Act
- 25:58 Gina Pendergraph on staying connected to people inside
- 29:55 Hopes for the next ten years
With Drew Chapin (moderator), Pamela Winn and Michael Gaines
Join us in fall 2027.
The fourth annual White Collar Conference is planned for fall 2027, virtual on Zoom and open to all.