The Justice Beat Talk Show Season 7 Episode 1: Megan McDrew
Channel: The Justice Beat Talk Show
Date: 2024-02-04

Megan McDrew is the founder and executive director of The Transformative Justice Center which houses the inside-out prison educational exchange program, Exercises in Empathy: Bridge to Redemption. Megan has been teaching sociology at a variety of universities and colleges the last 7 years including UCSC, UC Merced, Monterey Peninsula College and Hartnell College. She also works with the Santa Cruz Public Defender's office assisting with juvenile offender's social history statements. Megan is also a certified yoga practitioner, with a background in teaching trauma-informed yoga at the Marina VA. She is passionate about bringing students and community members into prison on a weekly basis, working to bridge the divide between the incarcerated and the public while providing a space for transformative, wellness focused re-entry services at the Justice Center.