Georgia Conflict Center's online blog, where we share reflections, interviews, and articles related to restorative justice and restorative practices.
When we’re working as a team, we can start in one direction, but we may end up in a completely different direction by the end of the year.
Read More →“History is asking us to become healers. We are so good at causing harm, at every level. We are experts at that. So I want to thank you for answering history’s call so that we will have a future for the seven generations to come.” - Dr. Fania Davis
Read More →This blog explores restorative approaches to gender-based violence and the relationship between the restorative justice and transformative justice movements.
Read More →This Restorative Justice Life is a podcast series that highlights conversations and storytelling with Restorative Justice Practitioners, Circle Keepers, and others about how they bring Restorative Justice philosophy, practices, and values into their personal and professional lives. Hosted by Amplify RJ founder David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris. Produced by Elyse Martin-Smith.
Read More →Feedback from our trainings helps us strengthen them and gives us valuable insights into the needs of the communities we serve.
Read More →Fremont High students are even helping young students engage in restorative justice practices.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Incarcerated people at two prisons in the Delta will be able to start earning four-year degrees from Mississippi Valley State University this fall for the first time in more than two decades.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Restorative Arlington has partnered with Arlington Public Schools (APS) to support Restorative Justice in Education. Restorative Arlington has allocated over $140,000 to provide direct services to APS, including services for students who have experienced harm as well as restorative justice training for staff and additional resources.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Criminal justice reform advocates are applauding a diversion program created to resolve the hundreds of felony cases that came out of the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden is piloting a restorative justice program in Chelsea District Court and the Charlestown and Roxbury divisions of Municipal Court.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Two unique programs that support Tri-City students are getting nearly $60,000 combined, thanks to proceeds of criminal activity.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Restorative justice was successfully used for one of the first times in Indiana to remediate a legal confrontation.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Shawn Ginwright writes in Yes! Magazine about Four Pivots to Reimagining Justice and Reimagining Ourselves.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →This article, originally published in Fortune.com, explores a range of added challenges related to restorative practices implementation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →A link to an editorial written on 12/28/21 in the New York Times from Michael Eric Dyson, reflecting on Bishop Tutu's approach to apartheid and the limited value of punishment or banishment.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →