Restorative Justice and Abolitionist Community Building by Danielle Stoneberg https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice “We are dreaming together, envisioning a free and safe world where we finally turn to each other rather than on each other.” - Marc Lamont Hill, We Still Here, p.112 en-us 2021-02-04 13:41:22 UTC 2026-01-24 00:02:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Criminal Justice Reform Summit: Poverty and the Criminal Justice System dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163672476 From January 27–30, 2021, the American Friends Service Committee, WV Center on Budget and Policy, WV Council of Churches, and Appalachian Prison Book Project hosted the state-wide (virtual) summit on criminal justice reform in West Virginia!

Check out the agenda and session recordings here.

]]> 2021-02-04 13:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163672476 We Do This 'Til We Free Us dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163688886 Celebrate the publication of We Do This 'Til We Free Us with a discussion about prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition, seeking justice beyond the criminal punishment system, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, featuring contributors and organizers from the book.

Watch the event here.
]]> 2021-02-04 13:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163688886 Zehr Institution dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163701855 The Zehr Institute advocates for restorative justice as a social movement, and is also a convener of spaces where knowledge about restorative justice practices and programs can be shared among practitioners and learners, by facilitating conversations and cultivating connections through activities such as conferences, webinars and both in-person and online courses.]]> 2021-02-04 13:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163701855 'I do forgive him as a human' dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163765261 In this news article, Marlee Liss sat face-to-face with her rapist to get the closure she says she needed to move past the assault. Marlee used restorative justice as an alternative to Canada's mainstream criminal justice system to focus on repair rather than punishment. Read more about her experience here.]]> 2021-02-04 14:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163765261 #MeToo Doesn’t Always Have to Mean Prison dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163791645 #MeToo rightly emphasizes victims’ healing and accountability for the people who harmed them. All too often, the prosecutorial route achieves neither. Restorative justice may be a way to achieve both. Read more on the New York Times. ]]> 2021-02-04 14:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163791645 Beyond Reform: Abolishing Prisons | Maya Schenwar dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163826562 The United States has the highest imprisonment rate in the world. But is the problem simply that too many people are incarcerated--or is incarceration a problem, in and of itself? The US prison system, which is grounded in racism and economic injustice, is inherently destructive and must be abolished. Watch this TedX event here. ]]> 2021-02-04 14:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163826562 Restorative Justice International dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163868181 RJI is now a “go-to” place where public officials, criminal justice organizations, businesses, governmental entities, universities, crime victims, and ex-offenders can learn about restorative justice and network globally. Restorative justice is a powerful vision for systemic justice reform that seeks to heal and restore victims of crime, as much as possible, and communities, while embracing offender accountability leading to changed lives.]]> 2021-02-04 14:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163868181 Transform Harm dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163896248 TransformHarm.org is a resource hub about ending violence. We are not an organization. This site offers an introduction to transformative justice. Created by Mariame Kaba and designed by Lu Design Studio, the site includes selected articles, audio-visual resources, curricula, and more.]]> 2021-02-04 14:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1163896248 Ailbhe Griffith Podcast Episode dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1166961179 Today’s podcast is with Ailbhe Griffith in Dublin, Ireland. Ailbhe was a victim of a violent sexual assault in 2005 in Dublin when she was 21 years old. RJI talks with Ailbhe about her choice to participate in a restorative justice meeting in 2014. Listen to the episode here.]]> 2021-02-05 04:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1166961179 The Meeting (Film) dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1166963523 2021-02-05 04:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1166963523 SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS WHO WANT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE HAVE LIMITED OPTIONS dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1166970502 Alternative approaches to rehabilitation and healing still face resistance, even though the criminal legal system’s reliance on punishment has done little to move the needle on addressing sexual violence. Click here to continue reading. ]]> 2021-02-05 05:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1166970502 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1400275876 Rape culture is in the way we think, speak, and move that normalizes sexual entitlement and violence, while de-prioritizing consent. Rooted in patriarchy, power, and control, rape culture can look like street and workplace harassment, unwanted nonsexual touch, victim shaming and blaming, and more. Naming it is the first step to disrupting it.]]> 2021-04-09 15:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1400275876 Perpetuation of Harm by Danielle Stoneberg dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1400379494 In this video I read my poem, ‘Perpetuation of Harm’. In the poem I discuss having a conversation with someone when he wanted to apologize for the harm he had perpetrated years earlier. As the poem depicts, accountability was never taken.]]> 2021-04-09 15:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1400379494 Introduction dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496631158 This project comes in the form of a Padlet that explores the connections between restorative justice, abolition, and community building, emphasizing cases of sexual harm and violence. This platform was selected because it allows me to upload, organize, and share content in real-time to virtual bulletin boards in a way that a paper or PowerPoint presentation would not allow. The original sources are attached to each post. The Padlet includes books, virtual events, journal articles, videos, and resource guides that describe practical ways to use the concepts previously mentioned in repairing harm and conflict and building relationships and community. This curation aims to help viewers understand, as Marc Lamont Hill (2020) puts it, “where we are, how we got here, and how we can arrive at transformative solutions.” (p.7)

Learn more about this project and its aim in my prospectus.]]> 2021-05-06 04:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496631158 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496645774 This column provides information on sexual harm and violence, rape culture, and the narratives of who receives justice. ]]> 2021-05-06 04:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496645774 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496656011 Historically, sexual violence has been treated as a recognizable event and the narratives we know to determine if a particular experience is sexual violence or not. We see these narratives take different shapes and forms in our everyday lives from those featured in media, clothing, prevention initiatives, etc. and sometimes, depending on how they were taught and what they include or exclude, these narratives can aid in causing more harm than good thus causing individuals to look for innovative ways can respond to sexual violence (Flynn, 2015).]]> 2021-05-06 04:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496656011 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496664456 Examples of Rape Culture
  • Blaming the victim (“She asked for it!”)
  • Trivializing sexual assault (“Boys will be boys!”)
  • Sexually explicit jokes
  • Tolerance of sexual harassment
  • Inflating false rape report statistics
  • Publicly scrutinizing a victim’s dress, mental state, motives, and history
  • Gratuitous gendered violence in movies and television
  • Defining “manhood” as dominant and sexually aggressive
  • Defining “womanhood” as submissive and sexually passive
  • Pressure on men to “score”
  • Pressure on women to not appear “cold”
  • Assuming only promiscuous women get raped
  • Assuming that men don’t get raped or that only “weak” men get raped
  • Refusing to take rape accusations seriously
  • Teaching women to avoid getting raped instead of teaching men not to rape
]]> 2021-05-06 04:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496664456 Standing Against Rape Culture dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496667671 Every day we have the opportunity to examine our behaviours and beliefs for biases that permit rape culture to continue. From the attitudes we have about gender identities to the policies we support in our communities, we can all take action to stand against rape culture. Here are 16 ways you can do your part.]]> 2021-05-06 04:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496667671 Rape Culture Shapes Whether a Survivor is Believed dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496672616 According to U.S. Justice Department statistics, rape is the nation’s most underreported violent crime.  Survivors fear that juries will believe the perpetrators, not them, and if they pursue justice, they may suffer further physical, economic, or social harm.

Despite the important role that public pressure has played in the #MeToo era, scholars, broadly speaking, have not yet examined how the public understands rape and how it should be punished. However, new research from Susanne Schwarz and colleagues (2020) finds that rape culture bias is not only real, but it shapes how people determine what a believable rape case looks like, who is most likely a rape victim, and in which circumstances rape is less likely to take place.]]> 2021-05-06 04:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496672616 Hashtags Can Build Solidarity dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496691055 The women interviewed by Mendes et al. (2018) described being surprised by public responses to their tweet and support by strangers via direct messages, etc. were viewed as a form of solidarity and support. Hashtags like #BeenRapedNeverReported and #MeToo are making survivors feel heard and doing meaningful and worthwhile work in building networks of solidarity. This solidarity also often transforms into a feminist consciousness amongst hashtag participants, which allows them to understand sexual violence, particularly their own history of sexual violence, as a structural rather than personal problem.  Learn more about the promises and pitfalls of challenging rape culture through digital activism here. ]]> 2021-05-06 04:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1496691055 The Vast Majority of Perpetrators Will Not Go to Jail or Prison dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498098117 According to RAINN, for every 1,000 sexual assaults, only about 230 are reported to law enforcement. That means about 3 out of 4 go unreported. Of those, less than five result in incarceration. In other words, 75 percent of sexual assaults go unreported and 99 percent go unpunished.]]> 2021-05-06 13:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498098117 What is Abolition? dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498130991 According to Critical Resistance “an abolitionist vision means that we must build models today that can represent how we want to live in the future. It means developing practical strategies for taking small steps that move us toward making our dreams real and that lead us all to believe that things really could be different. It means living this vision in our daily lives. Abolition is both a practical organizing tool and a long-term goal.”]]> 2021-05-06 13:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498130991 Survivor Stories dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498151922 Each personal story of violence is unique but together they show a structural problem. Listening to survivor stories is a way to build solidarity and support. It also aids in combatting rape culture. Read survivor stories here.]]> 2021-05-06 13:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498151922 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498249470 Daly (2000) states RJ is a blanket term that describes a range of practices focused on repairing the harm resulting from crime by involving the main parties to the dispute, most notably, by giving the victim and offender key roles in the process and the outcome. It is based on a philosophy that offending needs an appropriate response that doesn't have to require conventional legal methods, procedures, or outcomes. In this process, justice should be flexible enough to respond to the particular demands, personal needs, and potential for individualized action in each case.]]> 2021-05-06 14:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498249470 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498374923 This column describes restorative justice and how it can be used to dismantle rape culture. ]]> 2021-05-06 14:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498374923 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498416406 "The work of transformative justice can happen in a variety of ways. Some groups support survivors by helping them to identify their needs and boundaries, while simultaneously ensuring their attackers agree to these boundaries and atone for the harm they caused. Other groups create safe spaces and sanctuaries to support people who are escaping from violence. There are also community campaigns designed to educate community members on the specific dynamics of violence, how to prevent it, and what community-based programs are available." - Ejeris Dixon ]]> 2021-05-06 14:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498416406 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498419503 "Abolition requires that we change one thing, which is everything. Abolition is not absence, it is presence. What the world will become already exists in fragments and pieces, experiments and possibilities. So those who feel in their gut deep anxiety that abolition means knock it all down, scorch the earth and start something new, let that go. Abolition is building the future from the present, in all of the ways we can." - Ruth Wilson Gilmore]]> 2021-05-06 14:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498419503 Social Work and Abolishing the Family Regulation System dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498512603 Social work, historically and today, has been deeply embedded in systems of carceral control. With social work's legacy of ties to policing and oppressive family regulation through the child welfare system, the social work community is actively imagining and working towards a social work rooted in abolition, turning to traditions of resistance that also characterize its history. This webinar is a third in a series on Abolitionist Social Work organized by the Network to Advance Abolitionist Social Work (NAAASW) in partnership with Haymarket Books, challenging carceral social work through the development and practice of an abolitionist social work.

Watch the event here.]]> 2021-05-06 14:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498512603 Harm Reduction dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498525178 Harm reduction is a critical movement tool used for generations to create change, build long-term relationships, and support healing while working to reduce harm in our community.

Shira Hassan, a long-time harm reduction and transformative justice practitioner, shares her own experiences with harm reduction as a young person in the sex trade to her recent adventures as an instructor of one of social work's most sought after courses (University of Chicago and University of Washington, Seattle).

This instructional and participatory session will provide an overview of harm reduction principles, values and practice - and how it intersects with transformative justice work within a social work context. There is no justice that leaves out people in the sex trade & street economy, drug users and street based young people.

Watch this event here.]]> 2021-05-06 14:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498525178 Abolitionist Social Work: Possibilities, Paradox and Praxis dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498543820 As demands to defund the police often look to social work as an alternative, panelists Tanisha "Wakumi" Douglas, Mimi Kim, Kirk "Jae" James and Cameron Rasmussen discuss the cautions of and possibilities for abolitionist social work.

Watch the event here.]]> 2021-05-06 15:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498543820 Race, Class, and Policing: The Racial Economics of Mass Incarceration dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498557809 Over the last few decades, the US state has thrown millions of people, disproportionately Black and Latino, behind bars in one of the greatest waves of mass incarceration in history.

Join this webinar led by Spectre’s Charles Post, Peter Ikeler, and Calvin John Smiley who will examine the role of systemic racism in the policing of US capitalism.]]> 2021-05-06 15:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498557809 The Path Forward: Pandemic Policing or Protection? dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498563736 Join members of the COVID19 Policing Project in conversation with Marc Lamont Hill on pandemic policing and new ways forward to safeguard the health and well-being of Black communities most devastated by coronavirus, policing, and economic crisis.]]> 2021-05-06 15:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498563736 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498588905 "The way forward through the raging pandemic and devastating economic crisis doesn’t lie in more surveillance, policing and punishment of marginalized communities – it lies in the demands to stop pouring money and resources into policing and start pouring resources into people and communities." - The Community Resource Hub COVID-19 Policing Project]]> 2021-05-06 15:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498588905 Solidarity: Defending Activism Within and Beyond the University dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498608030 In light of the unwarranted firing of Garrett Felber from the University of Mississippi despite his scholarship and contributions to dismantling the carceral state, a panel of activist academics discuss the implications of the situation and the relationship between the university and social movements.]]> 2021-05-06 15:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498608030 Movement Building and Transnational Freedom Struggles dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498952467 The fourth webinar theme is Movement Building and Transnational Freedom Struggles and will be a conversation about how we can build a global movement for abolition, and the types of shared knowledge, strategies, and organizing an internationalist movement to abolish police and prisons will require. For more on Study and Struggle: https://www.studyandstruggle.com/]]> 2021-05-06 16:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498952467 Heal Justice Practice Spaces Toolkit dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498980049 Our goal is to craft a guide that encourages flexible and regionalized development of HJPS’s with strong local leadership centering black and brown/ disabled and chronically ill/queer and trans voices. This is intended as an accessible and short guide for setting up and managing a practice space, and so much of the relevant philosophy, background, and examples are beyond the scope of this offering. ]]> 2021-05-06 16:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498980049 Survivor Healing Series dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498986233 The series of sessions led by healing practitioners will focus on introducing tools and practices that can help you navigate crisis and trauma, as you begin to rebuild a sense of safety, joy, and overall healing. As survivors, we are resilient and brave and this 7-week virtual series is an opportunity for you to add to the skills and tools that you already have and use every day to navigate your triggers and trauma. Together, we will be learning how our stories can be a tool of empowerment, how we navigate shame and guilt, and how we move in our healing journey towards joy and pleasure. ]]> 2021-05-06 16:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1498986233 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499017214 This column discusses healing and justice from sexual harm and violence. ]]> 2021-05-06 16:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499017214 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499017567 This column discusses abolition and community  accountability. ]]> 2021-05-06 16:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499017567 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499018026 This column includes information on strategies and resources to build community and mutual aid.]]> 2021-05-06 16:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499018026 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499018448 This column contains events and recordings on abolition and community building.]]> 2021-05-06 16:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499018448 Column Description: dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499018605 This column consists of a variety of resources from organizations to books and commentary to podcasts. ]]> 2021-05-06 16:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499018605 Dean Spade and Ciro Carillo: Mutual Aid Strategies dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499387854 People are so frustrated and scared right now, and struggling to figure out what to do. Here’s a new video about how mutual aid projects can help us mobilize and survive the nightmarish conditions we are facing.

]]> 2021-05-06 17:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499387854 Project NIA dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499452970 Project NIA is a grassroots organization that works to end the arrest, detention, and incarceration of children and young adults by promoting restorative and transformative justice practices. They believe they can transform harm into healing by building connections and opportunities in our communities. Through education, research, and advocacy, they create avenues to address harm productively, rather than relying on the police and criminal legal system. ]]> 2021-05-06 17:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1499452970 Prison Activist Resource Center dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500187042 PARC is a prison abolitionist group based on Oakland, California committed to exposing and challenging the institutionalized racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, and classism of the Prison Industrial Complex]]> 2021-05-06 21:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500187042 The People’s Plaza dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500203425 The People’s Plaza occupation was started by community members in response to the national movement for Black lives, following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor that sparked protests nationwide.  They continue to put on rallies, events, and direct actions that call for justice and equity, specifically a recognition of and a response to anti-Black racism. Their original goals and demands were to 1) defund the police, 2) demilitarize the police, and 3) remove Confederate symbols across the state. While continuing to advocate for these goals, they have also expanded our mission to include community work such as civic engagement, a mutual aid network, and coalition building. ]]> 2021-05-06 21:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500203425 Mutual Aid dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500223143 According to Big Door Brigade,
mutual aid projects are a form of political participation in which  people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing  political conditions, not just through symbolic acts or putting pressure  on their representatives in government, but by actually building new  social relations that are more survivable.  Most mutual aid projects are  volunteer-based, with people jumping in to participate because they  want to change what is going on right now, not wait to convince  corporations or politicians to do the right thing.]]> 2021-05-06 21:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500223143 Big Door Brigade dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500236426 This website emerged when group of people based in and near Seattle, Washington who knew each other through organizing and activism on issues that include criminalization and imprisonment, anti-fascism, rural organizing, social services, anti-racism, queer and trans movement building, and more  began meeting in June 2016 to reflect on the political moment and share useful readings. ]]> 2021-05-06 21:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500236426 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500296739 2021-05-06 21:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500296739 Creative Interventions dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500309059 Creative Interventions was founded to shift education and resources back to families and communities. Established in 2004, the project aimed to place knowledge and power among those most impacted by violence. Creative Interventions sought to make support and safety more accessible, stop violence at early stages of abuse, and create possibilities for once abusive individuals and communities to evolve towards healthy change and transformation.]]> 2021-05-06 22:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500309059 Part One: Where Life is Precious, Life is Precious dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500366021 2021-05-06 22:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500366021 Part Two: From Carceral Divestment to Community Reinvestment dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500367590 2021-05-06 22:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500367590 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500381422 2021-05-06 22:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500381422 Abolitionist Materials and Resources dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500385029 As Ruth Wilson Gilmore describes, "...Abolition is building the future from the present, in all of the ways we can." It can encompass a number of themes: police violence, mass incarceration, immigration justice, etc. This document contains material and resources for those interested in abolition and learning more. By no way is it an exhaustive list rather it is a cumulation of absolition resources found and share. In other words, similar to solidarity and abolition, it is the result of group effort and a labor of love. It has been separated into types of format.]]> 2021-05-06 22:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500385029 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500397002 To begin, it is important to understand that rape culture, which normalizes and justifies various forms of sexual harm and violence, is situated in a culture of violence, which continues to be perpetuated and protected at deep costs.]]> 2021-05-06 22:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500397002 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500401189 An innovative response to rape has emerged from interrupting the narratives of who is deserving of justice, sexual violence, and victims' needs is the use of restorative justice (RJ) processes.]]> 2021-05-06 22:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500401189 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500715805 The powerful letter "Emily Doe" wrote to address Brock Turner went viral around the world. Here she reads the words herself.]]> 2021-05-07 01:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500715805 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500728354 2021-05-07 01:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500728354 Pod Mapping dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500734048 During the spring of 2014 the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective (BATJC) began using the term “pod” to refer to a specific type of relationship within transformative justice (TJ) work. We needed a term to describe the kind of relationship between people who would turn to each other for support around violent, harmful and abusive experiences, whether as survivors, bystanders or people who have harmed. These would be the people in our lives that we would call on to support us with things such as our immediate and on-going safety, accountability and transformation of behaviors, or individual and collective healing and resiliency. To learn more about pod mapping and map out your own pod, click here.]]> 2021-05-07 01:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500734048 Transformative Justice Case Studies dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500742630 These are some of the case studies the BATJC uses in our transformative justice (TJ) Study and TJ Labs. They are inspired by real-life situations in our intimate networks and communities that many of us have been asked to respond to. They are very useful small group activities to do with your pod, friends, roommates, family, neighbors, coworkers or other community members interested in TJ.]]> 2021-05-07 01:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500742630 Community Accountability dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500755949 According to INCITE, community accountability can be about directly addressing violence as well creating on-going practices within our relationships and broader networks that are opposed to oppression and violence. Networks of people can develop a community accountability politic by engaging in anti-violence/anti-oppression education, building relationships based on values of safety, respect, and self-determination, and nurturing a culture of collective responsibility, connection, and liberation. Community accountability is not just a reaction — something that we do when someone behaves violently — it is also proactive — something that is ongoing and negotiated among everyone in the community. This better prepares us to address violence if and when it happens. ]]> 2021-05-07 01:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500755949 You Can’t End Violence With More Violence: Shifting From Incarceration to Accountability dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500775519 Below is an excerpt from a conversation with Mariame Kaba, Shira Hassan, and Sarah Jaffe. 
"We have to complicate this conversation around sexual violence and see all the different ways that it is used as a form of social control across the board, with many different people from all different genders and all different races and all different social locations. If we understand the problem in that way, we have a better shot at actually uprooting all of the conditions that lead to this and all of the ways in which sexual violence reinforces other forms of violence. Our work over a couple of decades now has been devoted to complicating these narratives that are too easy, these really simple narratives around a perfect victim who is assaulted by an evil monster and that is the end of the story … [it] doesn’t take into consideration the spectrum of sexual violence, therefore minimizing certain people’s experiences and making others more valid." - Mariame Kaba]]> 2021-05-07 01:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500775519 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500810033 Efforts like the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Healing Circle, a community justice initiative geared toward reconciliation, illustrate that reclamation is possible. By establishing a healing justice practice grounded in Anishnabe teachings, the Hollow Water community has developed a means to interrupt cycles of intra-community abuse and incarceration.]]> 2021-05-07 02:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500810033 THE SENTENCING OF LARRY NASSAR WAS NOT ‘TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE.’ HERE’S WHY. dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500813553 "...in a truly transformative model of justice, we would not allow those harms to be shielded by powerful people or institutions. We would insist on focusing not just on individuals but also the institutions and structures that perpetuate, foster, and maintain interpersonal violence. In Nassar’s case, this would include the administrators at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics who ignored initial disclosures of sexual assault and took no actions to stop his violent behavior. Judge Aquilina’s ruling accomplished none of these aims." - Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba]]> 2021-05-07 02:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500813553 COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500824225 The storyteller describes activating community networks to build her safety and agency when her police officer partner acts violently.]]> 2021-05-07 02:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500824225 Episode 95: How to Do #MeToo Without Prisons (2 of 2) dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500830715 Is it possible to combat sexual violence and support survivors without  sending perpetrators to prison? Dr. Alissa Ackerman, a sex crimes policy expert and rape survivor, thinks so. In part two of two episodes reconsidering mainstream feminism's reliance on the criminal justice system, Dr. Ackerman outlines a powerful alternative to prison punishment called restorative justice and why she's living proof that it works.]]> 2021-05-07 02:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500830715 Episode 94: How to Abolish Prison Like a Feminist (1 of 2) dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500835092 Recent calls to defund police and abolish prisons have raised the question: But what about rapists? In part one of two episodes exploring that question, prison abolitionist Maya Schenwar presents the case for looking outside the criminal justice system for safety and connects the dots between abolition and feminism.]]> 2021-05-07 02:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500835092 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500840298 Survivors want safety & support:
  • A study of survivors and service providers found that: (1) survivors were looking for options other than punishment for the abuser, options that were not necessarily focused on separation from the abuser; (2) survivors feared that once they were involved in the criminal justice system, they would lose control of the process; and (3) survivors were reluctant to engage the system because they believed that it was complicated, lengthy, and would cause them to suffer more trauma.
  • A majority of survivors describe housing, health care, income and immigration status as things that would enable them to prevent, avoid, escape and mitigate violence
]]> 2021-05-07 02:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500840298 The Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500864202 The Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective (BATJC) is a community group based out of Oakland, CA working to build and support transformative justice responses to child sexual abuse. We envision a world where everyday people can intervene in incidences of child sexual abuse in ways that not only meet immediate needs but also prevent future violence and harm.]]> 2021-05-07 02:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500864202 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500874804 Spring Up cultivates a culture of consent and liberty for all through storytelling, transformative justice and popular education.

]]> 2021-05-07 02:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500874804 Just Practice dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500894664 JUST PRACTICE is a training series for activists, movement builders, community members, and non-profit workers who want to deepen their harm reduction skills and transformative justice practices.]]> 2021-05-07 02:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500894664 Amplify RJ dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500908987 Amplify RJ (Restorative Justice) exists to teach people Restorative Justice philosophy, practices, and values by sharing fundamental knowledge across digital platforms, providing interactive learning experiences, and sharing stories of people that are doing the work in various contexts around the world.]]> 2021-05-07 02:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500908987 dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500912369 This workshop is Tuesday, May 11, @ 4PM PST/6PM EST]]> 2021-05-07 02:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500912369 Common Justice dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500921161 Common Justice develops and advances solutions to violence that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration.
Locally, they operate the first alternative-to-incarceration and victim-service program in the United States that focuses on violent felonies in the adult courts. Nationally, they leverage the lessons from our direct service to transform the justice system through partnerships, advocacy, and elevating the experience and power of those most impacted.
]]> 2021-05-07 02:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500921161 Reimagining Violence Prevention dms0072 https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500937231 Ashley Southall of The New York Times leads a discussion about the powerful programs and techniques that activists and organizations in New York and other cities have employed to foster safety in their communities -- without police involvement. From practicing "violence interruption" to advocating for policies that directly address contributors to gun violence, the panel features pathbreaking experts who have worked on the front lines and behind the scenes to reimagine safety for all. ]]> 2021-05-07 03:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dms0072/restorativejustice/wish/1500937231