Restorative Justice & Peacemaking Circles
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I’ve gotten started on a new addition to the Restorative Justice in Schools literature. A book out of a series of packaged school programs. It is book 22 in this series, and you can see the experience and support put into the creation of selling and marketing the book, its app, the authors, etc. Good…
There has been an amazing increase in school-based Restorative Justice Circles. All across the United States, schools, districts, teachers and trainers have emerged. There is an excellent blog at Edutopia, for schools implementing (by Dr Fania Davis). Years of teaching teachers has provided experiences that if I want to leave skills where I train, I…
I’ve been traveling and training and learning more and more what people are calling “Circle” and I am getting more and more concerned that we are missing some key elements. Good work can be done in Circle. Transformation, growth and self-discovery can be multiplied when we keep from a grounded center in the practice and…
St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program (SCVRJP) has delivered 1,000’s of Circles and trained 100’s of people in Restorative Justice Peacemaking Circle process. Circles in kindergarten classrooms, museums, prisons, college campus, fire departments, churches and many at the Restorative Justice Center. As our program demands grown, the need to teach people the art of Circle…
In Restorative Justice Peacemaking Circle process, and every Circle facilitated by SCVRJP, we identify relationship values at the first round with the talking piece.This is extremely important and requires an understanding of how and why that is so important. A teachable lesson emerged recently and can demonstrate why framing the question is so important. Technique…
I have the very good fortune of having a champion of Restorative Justice as a friend and mentor. Kay Pranis was the Minnesota Restorative Justice Planner. She’s seen so much in the field, she’s traveled the world teaching and training. She’s published books, journal articles, and well, she’s a voice of authority to me regardless. It…