A voice at the table.
Bringing the experiences of veterans and people impacted by incarceration into conversations about reentry, opportunity, and systems change.
Making human connections work in Washington State
Build the network. Share the vision. Change the world.
Bringing people, organizations, and systems together to open doors and move meaningful work forward.
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Advocacy✳Collaboration✳Practical solutions
What we do
Good work starts
with the right connections.
The Andes Network connects lived experience with practical action. From community advocacy to organizational support, the work centers on relationships, dignity, and helping people turn a shared purpose into collective progress.
People working together.
Connecting community organizations, advocates, researchers, and public partners around the work they can move forward together.
Purpose put into practice.
Helping organizations connect the dots through coordination, administrative support, and tools that make everyday work easier.
“In order to ensure meaningful community safety, we have to make sure that every opportunity is given, and every explanation defined, to a person leaving incarceration.”
The person behind it
Rory Andes
Founder, The Andes Network
Experience that connects.
Rory Andes is a Washington State advocate, consultant, and U.S. Army veteran who served two tours in Iraq. His experience navigating life after incarceration shapes a practical, relationship-centered approach to community work, grounded in dignity, accountability, and the belief that people deserve opportunities to rebuild their lives.
Since 2023, Rory has worked in community-based endeavors that connect people, organizations, and public systems. Through The Andes Network, he brings advocacy, coordination, administrative support, and technology together to turn shared purpose into collective progress.
Rory serves as President of the Board of Directors for Communities of Belonging and a board member of the Prison Mathematics Project. He has consulted with countless incarcerated individuals to support post-conviction efforts, provided key witness statements for clemency efforts, and collaborated with Washington State representatives and senators to bring about meaningful change on a range of issues. He also collaborates with the University of Washington’s Huskies for Opportunities in Prison Education, connecting education, reentry, and community support.
He values his collaborations with Washington Voices, Look2Justice, Civil Survival, Living with Conviction, the Black Rose Collective, the Seattle Clemency Project, Washington State Department of Corrections, Just Us Solutions, and many, many others who know what it means to build a better way forward for people. Across this work, Rory seeks to amplify voices marginalized through incarceration, strengthen pathways to belonging, and support communities healing after tragedy. His focus remains on relationships that open doors and practical steps that help people move forward.