S4 | EP 1: MOTHER'S DAY EDITION - CHESA BOUDIN: Harnessing Energy ~ Channeling Negative Experiences into Positive Outcomes

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 4 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series POWERED by The Just Trust

For our 6th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight voices from our community, and uplift our allies working across the field to create a just and equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.

Chesa Boudin is the founding executive director of Berkeley’s Criminal Law & Justice Center. He is an attorney and graduate of Yale College and Yale law school. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He clerked for two federal judges, worked for years as a deputy public defender in San Francisco, and became district attorney of San Francisco in 2020 until his recall in 2022. Boudin’s work has appeared or been profiled in The Yale Law Journal, The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, and many more.

In this episode, Chesa talks about what it was like growing up as a child with incarcerated parents -- his Mom, Kathy Boudin and his Dad, David Gilbert, spent a combined 62 years in prison from the time Chesa was 14 months old. He discusses being raised by his adopted parents in a privileged environment, the challenges he grappled with growing up visiting his biological parents, and the significant resources and supportive community that helped him harness his energy as a child into a resilient adult able to face challenging circumstances.

This episode is dedicated, In Loving Memory of Chesa's biological Mother, Kathy Boudin.

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