Stacey Borden has a lot to say. After years stuck in a cycle of addiction and incarceration as a result of unaddressed childhood trauma, she’s making up for lost time. Since she began on this pathway in 2008, she’s helped people from her community overturn wrongful convictions through participatory defense, created a safe place for them to live and transition back into the community after their incarceration, and setup programs in partnership with institutions across Boston to help survivors of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and incarceration move towards healing and transformation.

In this episode, she talks about the impact of the heroin epidemic in her community, the influence of her parents on her social justice career, the difference between accountability and punishment, and the fundraising efforts that converted her dream into reality almost overnight.

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This episode was produced by Jordan Thierry of Dream Chase Media; with essential production and marketing expertise from Aranza Garcia and Issac Gsoria.

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