“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it” are words spoken with potent truth in Rick Warren’s book: Purpose Driven Life. No matter how much we may try, we can’t escape the realities of our past but that doesn’t mean that we have to be bound to it, defined by it or limited by it. This notion rang true for Metamorphosis founder Alicia Cass, October 7th when she accepted the invitation to speak at her alma mater on the topic of abuse and how the department of child and family services responds to it. Having experienced abuse herself as a child that did not involve DCFS resulted in her running away from home and becoming entangled in gang life and street hustles. This special time of impartation gave another instance of her life
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