6/6/2023 0 Comments Becoming miss burton![]() ![]() Her organization, A New Way of Life, operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children-setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison. Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. ![]() On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. ![]() Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. Susan Burton’s world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. ![]() It is about one woman’s journey to freedom, but it will help free us all.” -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow This is a story about personal transformation and collective power. “Susan’s life story is one our nation desperately needs to hear and understand. One woman’s remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery-and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement. Busboys and Poets 5th & K welcomes Susan Burton for her new book "Becoming Ms. ![]()
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