Eddie Bocanegra is the Co-Executive Director for Youth Safety and Violence Prevention for the YMCA of Chicago. He was featured in "The Interrupters," a 2011 award-winning documentary about the ground-breaking work of CeaseFire Chicago. He is the recipient of the Governor's "Hero Award" for his work as a violence interrupter, and in 2015, he received his masters degree from UChicago's School of Social Service Administration. Before all of these amazing accomplishments, Eddie spent 14 years in prison after being convicted for murder at the age of 17. Eddie will share the story of his life, focusing on his work to prevent others from engaging in the same kind of violence he once
engaged in himself.