Bio
Megan Edge is a lifelong Alaskan, born and raised in Anchorage. She is a civil rights strategist and the Director of Integrated Justice, with a background in storytelling, crisis and project management, and restorative justice.
Megan has been at the ACLU of Alaska since 2019, starting as the Communications Director before building the affiliate’s Prison Project – focused on improving conditions of confinement and the criminal justice system, while also addressing the systemic issues that lead to incarceration and death by incarceration.
Before joining the ACLU of Alaska, Megan worked with BP Alaska on its crisis communication team and assisted in the implementation of internal communication strategy and structures to advance projects to transition to clean energy.
She worked for the Department of Corrections under Governor Bill Walker as the Public Information Officer, focusing on the advancement of DOC transparency and accountability initiatives, and on the advancement of prison programs that prioritized healing, peer-support, education, and harm reduction, including solitary step-down, the Spring Creek Restorative Justice Initiative, and reentry prep programs. She also represented the department on the Governor’s Opioid Task Force, tasked with reducing overdose deaths across the state.
Her time at Corrections followed seven years as a journalist, where she worked for local TV and print news organizations.
Megan believes in a theory of change that requires a multi-faceted approach systemic issues, listening to the people most directly impacted by our systems, by meeting the needs of the people (instead of punishing them for having needs), and collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders.
Megan’s family landed in Alaska by way of military placement and stayed because of the unique community and opportunities these lands provide. Her work starts and ends with the love that has been evolving for Alaska since childhood and the people who make it a wonderful place to call home.
