Massachusetts State Senator Eric Lesser represents the First Hampden & Hampshire District. Reverend Burns Stanfield is the Senior Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in South Boston and President of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization.

Maryanne Frangules has been Executive Director of Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) since 1999. She has mentored many recovery community members to use their voice to improve public policy and systems.

Special guest Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans. A veteran of the Boston Police Department since 1982, Commissioner Evans was instrumental in the city's response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Special guests Reverend Dan Smith of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, UCC, and Reverend Kim Odom, the mother of a homicide victim and co-Pastor of True Vine Church in Dorchester, MA.

This episode is on the topic of criminal justice reform with featured guests Massachusetts State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz and Reverend Liz Walker of Roxbury Presbyterian Church.

Welcome to Pulpit on the Common, a brand new podcast on the intersection of faith and public life, brought to you from the birthplace of American Freedom, Boston, Massachusetts. Each episode will feature faith leaders and civic leaders talking about social justice issues that are of the utmost importance.