2021 JEFFERSON AWARDS: Rusty Boruff - Living Proof of Doing a "One Eighty"
2021 Jefferson Awards: Rusty Boruff From Marquette Street in Davenport, Iowa, there's an old church in an old neighborhood, but the people here - and the area - are doing a One Eighty. "This is one of the hardest communities when it comes to poverty and crime from south Chicago to east St. Louis. This is it," explains Rusty Boruff. At the center of this community is Rusty, who is living proof of what doing a One Eighty means. "I couldn't shake the addiction that I had in my life and ended up homeless and in jail," he recalls. "But right before I'm getting ready to be sentenced, someone barg...
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