Hey there is Jessica Honegger, founder of the socially conscious fashion brand

Noon Day Collection and this is the Going Scared Podcast where we cover all things social impact,

entrepreneurship and courage. Today I want you to get ready for a really

important episode. Alexander McLean is the founder and director general

of the African Prisons project. Their vision is to empower change makers within

prisons who will use the law to bring justice to some of the world's most

vulnerable through their justice changemaker program. You're gonna learn in detail

about how Alexander entered into the suffering of prisoners living in East Africa.

I'd ask you today to draw a circle of compassion,

not just around yourself, but around the prisoners

that today are living in East Africa.

He does not gloss over how his heart broke and how he came to discover the injustices that are occurring every day to his East African brothers and sisters.

But he really takes us on the journey from how do you go from Broken Heart and from Acts of Mercy

into really creating an organization that is changing the world, that is offering a sustainable solution to the problems

that he saw and that is why I was so encouraged by today's episode.

Alexander is a true leader he's a leader that I would aspire to be like.

Humble, passionate, and today we talk about how sometimes

when we awaken to the injustices of the world. It's easy to be judgmental and it's easy to

want to beat over people's head why they should care. Today I asked him how

do you get people to care?

So if there is an issue that you're passionate about,

if there is a problem in the world that has broken your heart,

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