^{“Trauma is where the truth is. Sometimes you don’t know you’re walking in the darkness. You gotta reach in and get to the trauma because you won’t get to the healing. “}

Try for the truth.

Dr. Stacey Borden

Dr. Stacey Borden is founder and Executive Director of New Beginnings, an organization serving women leaving incarceration. She’s a storyteller who holds the legacies of women before and after her.

Stacey shows up with conviction and energy in each room we’ve shared with her. She taught us what it looks like to be open to change, to fight for it, and to say when you need rest.

^{The project: We worked with Stacey as part of a statewide co-creative process to develop a reentry council with the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.}