Category Archives: On the Road Together – Book

Teacher: “I didn’t know half those stories”!

The power of a restorative justice circle is amazing.  Simply amazing. In a Safe Teen Driving Circle, students are facing each other, they contribute values to the center, they share who they thought of to pick their value.  Each voice

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Gripping story of teen drinking and driving . . . another lesson.

The Door County Wisconsin Sheriff’s Department and local coalition produced this video, the story of Karen and Amanda.  It’s real and it hits me because I work with situations like this at SCVRJP.  I help speakers like the ones in this

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Deep Brain Learning book review and applications to Restorative Justice

I snapped this photo last night with my cell phone.  The lights of the Christmas tree blurred out the tabs on the side.  I tabbed 48 places in this book. This was my Saturday night date, this book, Deep Brain

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Why I am writing a book on Safe Teen Driving Circles.

I had to title the blog in present tense.  To say I am doing this.  I am writing a book on Safe Teen Driving Circles. The number one cause of death for people 16-24 is car crashes.  Depending on the

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Twitter as a restorative community, get in action to make it happen.

I am a twitter-er.  A twitterbee.  Right now I am following 600 people and I have almost 400 people following me.  I follow people based on interests in Bikram Yoga, Nonprofit, Restorative Justice and personal growth.   I have few writing

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On the Road Together: Safe Teen Driving Circles engaging law enforcement

Written for the upcoming book: On the Road Together: Safe Teen Driving Circles. At SCVRJP as part of a Driver Improvement Class, which is a diversion course for traffice violation, a Safe Teen Driving Circle is held and a River

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I want to pick up my childs life, right where they left off. – surviving parents

Parents who have lost a child are my friends.  Not lost, like I don’t know where they are.  Lost as in deceased, suddenly from a car crash, deceased.  I want the future book “On the Road Together: Safe Teen Driving”

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The powerful experience of a ‘safe teen driving’/restorative justice Circle.

I have to be honest.  This morning I told a friend I wasn’t really looking forward to my days agenda.  She called me at 7:30 AM and we got to visit before my day started.  I explained that I was doing

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Great article explaining Restorative Justice – Marilyn Armour

I met Marilyn while I was taking Mark Umbriet’s week long severe crime and violence training.  That was in 2005. When I saw her again in 2007, I reinforced how much her presentation on “meaning making” shaped my work.  At

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Writing restoratively, and changing the world.

I didn’t know how focusing on writing was going to change me.  It’s been a huge impact to try and develop writing skills.  It’s been a process of uncovering something that’s been there all along.  Kind of a paradox, something

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