The Art of Breaking Free

8 Steps to Reflect, Refocus, and Rise Above Your Circumstances

By Corey L. Marionneaux, Sr.

Foreword & Reflective Commentary by Ashiantii Marionneaux

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Black Men Coalition and furthering its mission!

Before he was Corey Marionneaux, founder and CEO, people knew him as Goon.

Raised by the streets of Chicago, he chased the fast life until it cost him eight years in prison. Behind those walls, his hustle shifted.

Corey became a certified AODA counselor, led groups, and began to see that his pain, if transformed, could become purpose. That is where the vision for Black Men Coalition was born.



When he came home, Corey and his partner, Ashiantii, built Black Men Coalition from nothing but faith, grind, and a paycheck, growing it into a multimillion dollar organization changing lives through housing, employment, education, transportation, financial literacy, and youth baseball.

In this book, he shares an 8-step framework for shifting from a street mindset to a freedom mindset and rising above your past. At the end of each chapter, Ashiantii offers reflections from the family perspective, speaking directly to loved ones, supporters, and those walking alongside someone fighting to change.

The Art of Breaking Free is not just a title, it is a testimony. It is about transforming pain into purpose, mistakes into lessons, and survival into legacy. It is proof that no matter where you come from, what you have done, or what name they used to you, freedom is possible.

This book is his truth, his confession, and his canvas for anyone who wants to improve their life, it thinking about giving up, is living in shelters, is hustling in the streets, is coming home from prison, or is carrying trauma and still daring to hope for more.

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