Fall-Winter 2009-10 – Peacebuilder Online

Fall-Winter 2009-10

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One story told in a recent STAR seminar: Denied art supplies, an inmate in a state prison pulled threads out of prison towels and made the angel above, plus many more, to give away.

The Power of STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience)

Jan Jenner

Expanding Galaxy of STARs

Sha Jackson, left, and Amy Potter Czajkowski

National Focus on Historic Trauma Of Slavery

Howard Zehr. Photo by Pushpi Weerakoon.

Howard Zehr’s Capital Introduction to Restorative Justice

Howard Zehr (2nd from left) and co-teacher Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz (far right) with Memphis folks (l to r} Michael O’Neal, Frank Black, Johnnie Hatten, Brenda Alexander.

Howard Zehr Keeps Planting Restorative Justice Seeds

Fania E. Davis, founder & director, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

How Effective Is Restorative Justice?

Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho, MA ’09, at the Division of Corrections of Shelby County, Tennessee

Restorative Justice Network of African Americans

Memphis has blended many influences, as the Memphis-rooted music of Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Johnny Cash shows.

Transforming Memphis Little By Little

Jasmine Tiana Holmes

‘Talking Stick’ Helps Heal

Jean Handley holds her dog in her living room, where a few pieces of art salvaged from her new Orleans home can be seen, along with newly produced items. Her Memphis house remains sparsely furnished, as she pieces together her post-Hurricane Katrina life.

Turmoil To Renewal: Jean Handley’s Saga

Eric Ham, policy director for the 3D Security Initiative, under the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol

Influencing Public Policy With Ham’s Helping Hands

Barry Hart and Tim Ruebke

Cherishing Community Mediation