Laverne Taylor

Laverne Taylor

Welcome Driver

Biography

Laverne Dejohnette Taylor, Founder of Sisters Keeper Dignity Trucks, is a dedicated advocate providing essential services to unhoused women and youth in the Bay Area. Formerly the Assistant Director at Five Keys overseeing homeless housing operations and currently facilitating Victim Offender Dialogues at Mend Collaborative, Laverne’s journey includes 26 years of incarceration, culminating in a sentence commutation. Transitioning from prison to freedom, she grappled with anxiety but found solace in a welcome from a Bonafide Welcome Home Driver. A Welcome Back Pack with supplies and a phone opened a world unknown to her. Now, as a Bonafide Welcome Home Driver herself, Laverne extends care to fragile individuals in their transformative moments, embodying the power of resilience and second chances.