Restorative Justice on PBS

One of the students who in my SSU class on Restorative Justice called me today and mentioned that she had recently watched an episode of Masterpiece Theater in which Restorative Justice played a part. It is in the Inspector Lewis Series; the episode is called “The Point of Vanishing. Turns out you can watch it [...]

Juvenile Offender Sentencing to be Reviewed Nov 9 by US Supreme Court

Should juvenile offenders be sentenced to life in prison without parole? The US Supreme Court will be looking at this issue soon. Here’s an opinion written by former Republican senator Alan Simpson, of Wyoming–also a former juvenile offender. What’s your opinion? Take the poll, and if you feel moved please add a comment about your [...]

Mean Girls: More on Cyberbullying

Hank Flannery, a longtime friend of our agency, forwarded me this article on cyberbullying, published months ago in the Press Democrat. It highlights the “Mean girls” phenomenon.  

Restorative Schools action by SF School Board

Lots of buzz lately about San Francisco School’s mandating expanded use of alternatives to suspension and expulsion at all district schools. Restorative Justice and related practices are included. I did a google search on “San Francisco Schools Restorative Justice” and quite a few articles were returned. Here’s one to get you started. My dedicated readers [...]

Mainstream press for restorative justice

A brief article appeared in this weekend’s Parade Magazine. Read at their website here. Interesting to see how well a journalist can write an effective elevator statement for restorative justice–which is what this article amounts to (you’ll read it in under a minute). Also interesting to see, yet again, the same success data appear that [...]

160,000 kids skipped school today–an impact of bullying

160,000. That’s the size of a small city. It’s a lot of kids skipping school because of the emotional and physical risks of bullying. I got that figure from the video embedded here.   This is one of a great many videos on bullying on Youtube. Did you know that YouTube is now the second-largest search [...]

Training Opportunity

Dominic Barter will be giving some trainings in Oakland in November, hosted by Bay Area Non-Violent Communications Network. It’s a great opportunity to be trained by one of today’s leading innovators in restorative justice. I’ve found Dominic’s model to be tremendously helpful.  More info here.