{"id":954,"date":"2021-09-14T03:06:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T03:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justicevoices.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=954"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:55:21","slug":"ep-9-cedric-frison-of-the-fully-free-campaign-and-readi-chicago","status":"publish","type":"episodes","link":"https:\/\/justicevoices.org\/?episodes=ep-9-cedric-frison-of-the-fully-free-campaign-and-readi-chicago","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 9: Cedric Frison of the Fully Free campaign and READI-Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"954\" class=\"elementor elementor-954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"episodes\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f9ff96 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27f9ff96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12bc10b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12bc10b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cedrick Frison shares wisdom gained from the hard lessons of living life on the streets of the west side of Chicago, including the effects of drug use, the trauma of living with violence both at home and on the street, and going to prison nine times before breaking free from that cycle and becoming the man he is today.<\/p><p>A former high school dropout, he is now completing work on a bachelor\u2019s degree, is a nationally certified addiction recovery specialist, has a home and family, and serves as both a board member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fullyfree.org\">Fully Free<\/a> campaign of <a href=\"https:\/\/heartlandalliance.org\">Heartland Alliance<\/a> and outreach specialist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandalliance.org\/readi\/about\/\">READI-Chicago<\/a> anti-violence initiative. 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