{"id":51574,"date":"2022-03-09T13:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=51574"},"modified":"2022-04-29T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:00:57","slug":"howard-zehr-and-barb-toews-ma-00-publish-still-doing-life-22-lifers-25-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2022\/howard-zehr-and-barb-toews-ma-00-publish-still-doing-life-22-lifers-25-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Zehr and Barb Toews MA \u201800 publish \u2018Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howard Zehr<\/strong>, distinguished professor of restorative justice at Eastern Mennonite University, and co-author <strong>Barb Toews MA \u201800<\/strong> will talk about their book \u201cStill Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later\u201d in a webinar hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zehr-institute.org\">Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free event will be Wednesday, March 16, from 12-1:30 p.m. EST. The book, with a release date of March 15, is published by The New Press. <strong>All webinars will be livestreamed on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zehr.Institute.Restorative.Justice.EMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zehr Institute Facebook page<\/a>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJP_EMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CJP&#8217;s Twitter account<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recording of the webinar will also be available after the event at the organization\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors are also participating in an online event in Washington state, where Toews is professor of criminal justice at University of Washington. On Monday, March 21, at 6 p.m., the co-authors are featured guests on <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/howard-zehr-and-barb-toews\/\">Town Hall Seattle<\/a>. They will discuss the implications of the American criminal justice system and the consequences of life sentences. ADDED 4\/19: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HgxVKTcq3ww\">LINK TO Town Hall Seattle WEBINAR.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s for another event the authors participated in, hosted by the Pennsylvania Office of Victim Advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"March 2022 - Monthly Monday Night Meet Up\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sIZ-G9VDo-8?start=540&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers 25 Years Later\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bC-FlxU5uRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, Zehr published <em>Doing Life <\/em>(Good Books), with portraits of individuals serving life sentences without the possibility of parole at a prison in Pennsylvania. Twenty-five years later, Zehr revisited many of the same individuals and photographed them in the same poses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book presents the two photos of each individual side by side, along with interviews conducted at the two different photo sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/review\/still-doing-life-22-lifers-25-years-later-1786499\">Read a review from The Library Journal.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zehr has published other similarly formatted books offering intimate perspectives on people harmed by violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2001, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Transcending\/Howard-Zehr\/9781561483334\">Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims<\/a> (Good Books) featured portraits and stories of 39 victims of violent crime. Many of these people were twice-wounded: once at the hands of an assailant; the second time by the courts, where there is no legal provision for a victim&#8217;s participation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My hope,&#8221; says Zehr, &#8220;is that this book might hand down a rope to others who have experienced such tragedies and traumas, and that it might allow all who read it to live on the healing edge.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2011\/08\/what-will-happen-to-me-speaks-to-children-of-prisoners\/\">Read a 2011 <em>Peacebuilder<\/em> article on Zehr\u2019s book <\/a>\u201cWhat Will Happen to Me?\u201d featuring photos of 30 children whose parents are incarcerated, along with the children\u2019s thoughts, plus some reflections by their caregivers. <strong>Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz<\/strong> is the co-author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard Zehr, distinguished professor of restorative justice at Eastern Mennonite University, and co-author Barb Toews MA \u201800 will talk about their book \u201cStill Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2022\/howard-zehr-and-barb-toews-ma-00-publish-still-doing-life-22-lifers-25-years-later\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Howard Zehr and Barb Toews MA \u201800 publish \u2018Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12503,12537,12499],"tags":[14693],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-51574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjp","category-star","category-spi","tag-zehr-institute-for-restorative-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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