An Opportunity to Learn from Legends
Dear Friends, Over the course of my career, I have had the great privilege to learn directly from restorative justice leaders, Kay Pranis and Howard Zehr. Their deep mastery and authentic living of restorative justice principles and practices inspire me to continue to learn and grow in my journey. November 19 and 20, you also […]
Educators with RJ Experience: Share Your Story with the US Dept.of Ed!
Please take advantage of this opportunity to share your insights about restorative justice practices with the US Dept. of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The department published its Request for Information Regarding the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline June 8th in the Federal Register. This document includes a brief history of department actions since […]
“Nothing can be Changed Until it is Faced.”
In his unfinished manuscript, Remember this House, James Baldwin wrote: “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Baldwin’s observation applies to so many aspects of personal life and society. Doctors must diagnosis illnesses so treatment and healing can begin. People with substance use disorders must […]
OUTSTANDING Guides for Restorative Justice in Education
As you integrate restorative justice into your learning community, remember that there is no single path to achieving integration. Remember also, that this is a journey that takes many schools three to five years. Begin with adopting the restorative philosophy—looking for ways to heal the harm, engaging those most affected in deciding how that healing […]
My Gentle Invitation to Awaken
One of the sweetest parts of my day as a young mother was kissing my sleeping children awake. Slipping quietly to their bedside or wherever they slept, I leaned down and gently brushed their warm, soft cheek with my lips. Murmuring my love, I tried to gently rouse them for whatever lay ahead. Our country […]
To Support Your AMAZING Work
These weeks and months you have been barraged with unreasonable demands, uncertain outcomes, unbearable stress. You have held your students together, held your families together and held our country together while we were falling apart–often in isolation. Whether you have been in your classroom, online from your home or somewhere in between, you deserve more […]
Study Guide for Intro to Restorative Justice: Why it Works
Welcome! Print the following study guide to follow along with the webinar. (I’ll give you the answers along the way and at the end.) This presentation will briefly introduce the restorative justice (RJ) principles to help you understand why restorative justice works in schools, workplaces and communities. Use this sheet to follow along and take […]
We Need a New Ancient Paradigm
October 12th is a big day in the Americas—Dia de la Raza (Race Day) in Mexico and many South American countries, Thanksgiving Day in Canada and, for at least 83 years, Columbus Day in the United States. Here in the US, since 1991 a movement has been growing to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples […]
Study Guide for Intro to Restorative Justice: The Restorative Philosophy–What, How & Why
Welcome! Print the following study guide to follow along with the webinar. (I’ll give you the answers along the way and at the end.) This presentation will introduce the restorative justice (RJ) philosophy and some basic principles of how restorative justice can work in schools. Use this sheet to follow along with this presentation and […]
Glass Half Full
A colleague recently sent me a Hechinger Report column titled The Promise of Restorative Justice Starts to Falter Under Rigorous Research. In this May 6, 2019 piece, Columnist, Jill Barshay offers insights into some rigorous studies The RAND Corporation recently published on RJ in schools. The column suggests these studies of randomly selected schools in […]