Second Chance Foundation

Dave Durocher Other Side Academy

I am proud to announce we will be performing our inaugural podcast interview with three very special guest this Monday. The first is Dave Durocher Executive Director of the amazing program, The Other Side Academy. This program is saving lives. Dave has done an amazing job turning it into something fantastic but he has a history that, like mine, is not great. He turned his life around in such an amazing way and has made a huge impact. Here is a little about Dave. I will publish where you can listen to this podcast when it is put on the platforms. The following information is directly from the Other Side Academy's website.
Dave Durocher was arrested for the first time at the age of thirteen. By the time he was 38, he had been to prison four times for a total of fifteen years. Dave was arrested yet again, and this time he was facing a twenty-nine-year prison sentence. In what the judge called “the chance of a lifetime” he afforded Dave the opportunity to go to Delancey Street instead of prison but reminded Dave in no uncertain terms that if he didn’t complete his commitment at Delancey Street he would be spending the rest of his life in prison.
Not only did Dave complete his initial two-year commitment, but he also stayed for a total of eight years and became the Managing Director of Delancey’s Los Angeles facility for five of those years, overseeing two hundred and fifty residents and a multitude of vocational training school businesses that funded the operation and provided the training ground for residents to learn how to live a constructive and meaningful life. Dave oversaw a 300% increase in revenue during his tenure over the facility.
Dave is tenacious, interpersonally skilled, a good manager, and an inspiring public speaker. He had helped countless others regain their dignity and their lives before he moved on to enjoy his own success as the person he had become.
Now Dave has moved on to the next chapter in his life as the Executive Director of The Other Side Academy, in Salt Lake City, a two-year Life Skills Academy similar to Delancey Street, where men and women can come to learn about honesty, accountability, integrity hard work, and self-respect. All the traits that will insulate them from a life like the one Dave had and enable them to become the kind of person Dave is today.