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LIVING THE GOOD LIFE
The

Transformative

Justice Center

Empathy in action:
Bridge to redemption

stories related to empathy-building topics. The life-
altering experience impacts not only the inmates but
also the volunteers in a positive way.
Megan is a sociology professor. She has taught for
the past seven years at UCSC, UC Merced, Monterey
Peninsula College, and Hartnell College. She also works
with the Santa Cruz Public Defender’s office, assisting
with juvenile offenders’ social history statements.
Megan is a certified yoga practitioner with a background
in teaching trauma-informed yoga at the Marina VA.
as well as CTF, where she currently teaches yoga 2x a
egan McDrew, founder and executive week. She has been working with the incarcerated for
Mdirector of The Transformative Justice over 20 years to help facilitate positive change through
Center, which houses the inside-out prison self-awareness for the incarcerated.
educational exchange program Empathy in Passionate about bringing students and community
Action: Bridge to Redemption, hosted a ribbon members into prison, Megan works to bridge the
cutting at the newly opened Center. The Center divide between the incarcerated and the public
is located at 439 Tyler Street in Monterey, through educating people about incarcerated lives at
where members of the public can find out more the Transformative Justice Center and through her
information about the prison program. Empathy in Action program.
Empathy in Action takes local residents,
ages 18 and older, into the prison system on If you are interested in volunteering your time to help the
a weekly basis to bridge the divide between incarcerated through Empathy in Action or learn more
the incarcerated and the public. The program about the Transformative Justice Center, Megan invites Worship Service
provides a safe space to help the incarcerated you to drop by the Center or contact her through their
find deeper meaning and peace in their lives website, www.transformativejusticecenter.org. Sundays 10:00 AM
despite living a life in prison. Volunteers from Followed By Coffee Hour 11:00 AM
the community go into the Correctional Training Let’s celebrate the great things happening
Facility (CTF) in Soledad as a group to engage in the community! Contact Laurie. 301 Corral de Tierra Rd, Salinas
in weekly discussions with inmates, sharing life Martin@n2co.com or phone 272-4620.
goodshepherdcorral.com

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