{"id":993,"date":"2021-11-03T23:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justicevoices.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=993"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:52:30","slug":"ep-12-eddie-bocanegra-of-readi-chicago","status":"publish","type":"episodes","link":"https:\/\/justicevoices.org\/?episodes=ep-12-eddie-bocanegra-of-readi-chicago","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 12: Eddie Bocanegra of READI Chicago &#8211; A Video Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"993\" class=\"elementor elementor-993\" data-elementor-post-type=\"episodes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e4e2825 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e4e2825\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73499b9a\" data-id=\"73499b9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e59c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78e59c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"text-2xl font-bold mt-1 text-text-200\"><b>Eddie Bocanegra Video: His Journey from Gang Violence to READI Chicago<\/b><\/h1><h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-200 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">\u00a0<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eddie Bocanegra grew up in Little Village on Chicago&#8217;s west side. His neighborhood felt like a combat zone. At 14, Eddie joined a street gang for protection, identity, belonging, and respect. By 18, he went to prison for a gang-related murder committed in retaliation for a friend&#8217;s shooting. The victim turned out to be neither from the neighborhood nor a gang member &#8211; simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After serving 14 years in prison, Bocanegra transformed his life. He earned a master&#8217;s degree in social work. Today, he serves as Senior Director of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">READI Chicago<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandalliance.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heartland Alliance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>About READI Chicago<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">READI (Rapid Employment and Development Initiative) partners with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanlabs.uchicago.edu\/labs\/crime\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Chicago Crime Lab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The program combines:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive behavioral intervention services<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paid transitional employment<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These interventions help those most at risk of street violence &#8211; over a third of whom have survived shootings. READI Chicago creates space between impulse and action. It helps participants channel their responses into constructive, non-violent behaviors and invest in lawful employment. The program works.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Childhood Trauma and Violence<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his conversation with Justice Voices host David Risley, Eddie Bocanegra shares his early experiences with violence. He experienced trauma in two places that should protect children: home and school.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 13, he witnessed the killing of a neighborhood youth. He experienced the trauma of watching someone die. This trauma went unrecognized and unaddressed during his formative years.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Breaking the Cycle<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now married to a professor of social work and father to seven children, Eddie Bocanegra devotes his life to helping others with similar backgrounds. The population he serves faces significant challenges:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">82% have experienced violence as victims<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">37% have survived at least one shooting before joining READI Chicago<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h2><b>Understanding &#8220;Violentization&#8221;<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussion explores criminologist Lonnie Athens&#8217; concept of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/justicevoices.org\/podcast\/ep-4-violentization-part-1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">violentization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.\u00a0 They examine Yale sociologist<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.yale.edu\/people\/elijah-anderson\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elijah Anderson\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, research from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code of the Street<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about defensive violence. Many youth cultivate violent reputations because they would rather be aggressors than victims.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>The Neuroscience of Trauma<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bocanegra describes how chronic trauma from repeated exposure to violence affects young brains. Brain scans reveal the damage. He compares the PTSD suffered by youth in violent communities to the trauma experienced by military combat veterans.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Shifting from Punishment to Problem-Solving<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Risley and Eddie Bocanegra discuss why we cannot simply punish our way out of problems that create violent people and communities. 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