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Next, a discussion on bringing victims and their perpetrators together for a mutually beneficial experience. Good afternoon, everyone. Im really thrilled to be danielleere with sared. The program diapers them from prison on the condition that their victim agrees to this ts them from prison on the condition that their victim agrees to this. I want to cover a lot of ground here. I want to start by asking about your own background. And how you came to this work and had to talk about the truly remarkable work you are doing through the common justice solution, which will blow the audiences mind. Let me ask about your background. How do you come to this work . You have got skin in this game in ways that are unusual for somebody in your position. Danielle sure. So thank you, it is an honor to be with you all. I grew up in chicago in the 1980s and 1990s at the height of what we call the crack epidemic, but also the beginning of the emergence of mass incarceration in this country. I saw the rav ....
Corrections. But i did believe that those Early Experiences helped shape and mold that desire in me. And i can say that i never learned that i was an at risk youth until i sat in my First College course in psychology and hearing the definition of at, i thought, i my reality was normal for me. And my mother thankfully helped shape and mold our family unit so even though my father was in prison we had sunday dinners a the prison. Prison was much different then. This was in the 1980s. And every saturday i remember her cooking our sunday dinner and we would take it in a picnic basket to the prison. That was my truth. And by not running from that truth, i was able to grow into the woman that i am now. I obtained my doctorate in psychology and decided that i wanted to help other people that may not have had that supportive network, to help them to rebuild life and see life beyond ....
After her sixth prison sentence in los angeles, she was fortunate in that she was given access to Treatment Services in santa monica. It made her realize if i have access to this service in santa monica, why cant we have it in south l. A. And southcentral l. A. . Now she runs a new way of life. She helped her first clients in an apartment she was able to get after she left the treatment center. We are going to hear about her story as well. Thank you so much for being with us, both of you. Your father was incarcerated and many people after that experience would probably run as far in the other direction as they could and now here you are as the warden of a very large prison in illinois. Why did you decide to follow that path and how was your early experience as a child and how did it inform the way you run a prison now . Nneka im a Firm Believer in god ordering my steps for ....