PIE Talk Podcast: PEER TALK SERIES: Jeremy Boone.

🎙️ PEER Talk on PIE Talk Podcast From Survival to Service Featuring Jeremy Boone Mentor • Restorative Justice Practitioner • Community Leader What if the place that took away your freedom became the place where you found your purpose? In this powerful episode of PEER Talk on PIE Talk Podcast, Coach B sits down with Jeremy Boone, whose remarkable journey spans from entering the Washington State Department of Corrections at just 16 years old to returning home after serving 21 years—not simply as a survivor, but as a respected mentor, restorative justice practitioner, and community leader. While incarcerated, Jeremy refused to let his circumstances define him. He earned his Associate’s Degree through Ohio University, became a trusted mentor within the Washington State Reformatory, and spent more than 14 years helping transform prison culture through leadership, accountability, and service. Together, Coach B and Jeremy explore: 🔹 Growing up behind prison walls 🔹 Finding purpose while still incarcerated 🔹 The power of education and self-development 🔹 Building healthy prison culture through mentorship 🔹 The work of the Concerned Lifers Organization and the Black Prisoners Caucus 🔹 Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) and restorative justice practices 🔹 Collective Justice–NW HEAL Circles and the importance of accountability 🔹 Founding Men Facilitating Change and mentoring others toward transformation 🔹 The realities of returning home after 21 years 🔹 Continuing the journey through Peer Support and community leadership This conversation isn’t about prison—it’s about possibility. Jeremy shares how leadership doesn’t require a title, how healing begins with accountability, and why some of the greatest acts of service happen long before anyone notices. His story challenges the belief that a person’s worst decision defines the rest of their life and demonstrates what can happen when people are given opportunities to grow, learn, and lead. Whether you’re a Peer Professional, mentor, justice advocate, educator, correctional professional, or someone searching for hope after hardship, this episode is a powerful reminder that transformation is possible. “Freedom isn’t just walking out of prison. Sometimes freedom begins the moment you decide to become the person you were always capable of being.” If this conversation inspired you: 👍 Like this video 💬 Comment: What part of Jeremy’s story impacted you the most? 📤 Share this episode with someone who believes in second chances. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss another PEER Talk on PIE Talk Podcast conversation. About Jeremy Boone Jeremy Boone entered the Washington State Department of Corrections at age 16 and returned home after serving 21 years. During his incarceration, he earned an Associate’s Degree through Ohio University, became a respected mentor, restorative justice practitioner, and facilitator, and spent more than 14 years helping cultivate positive prison culture through mentorship and accountability. Jeremy is a trained facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) and Collective Justice–NW HEAL Circles, a long-standing member of the Concerned Lifers Organization, a long-term guest of the Black Prisoners Caucus, and the founder of Men Facilitating Change, a mentoring initiative focused on healing, accountability, and personal transformation. Today, he continues serving his community while pursuing his Peer Support certification. About PEER Talk PEER Talk on PIE Talk Podcast, hosted by Coach B, features authentic conversations with Peer Professionals, community leaders, advocates, and changemakers who have transformed lived experience into meaningful service. Real People. Real Talk. Real Impact. One Conversation at a Time. #PEERTalk #PIETalk #CoachB #JeremyBoone #FromSurvivalToService #PeerSupport #RestorativeJustice #Reentry #AlternativesToViolenceProject #AVP #CollectiveJusticeNW #HEALCircles #ConcernedLifers #BlackPrisonersCaucus #Mentorship #Leadership #SecondChances #CommunityHealing #LivedExperience #HopeDealer #PeopleImpactEmpowerment