Lowering Crime by Building Community
The transition from schoolteaching to restorative justice practitioner was not a big leap for Rebecca Stone (MA ’11). She had worked in a therapeutic boarding… Read more about Lowering Crime by Building Community
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The Restoration of James Madison University
I have seen many negative, harmful incidents go through restorative processes and come out the other side with transformed students and community members. This is… Read more about The Restoration of James Madison University
Partnering With Police To Do Restorative Justice
In the summer of 2010, a Massachusetts man who had just retired from 33 years of policing – the last 17 as a police chief… Read more about Partnering With Police To Do Restorative Justice
Grads in India go to Hot Spots
Ashok Gladston Xavier brought a heart-wrenching documentary film with him when he returned for a brief visit to EMU on June 30, 2011. Shown to… Read more about Grads in India go to Hot Spots
Disaster and Peace
Mohammad Ishaq Israr used to be a schoolteacher. But in 2005, when northern Pakistan was devastated by a major earthquake, Ishaq rushed to help and… Read more about Disaster and Peace
Just CARL
Raised in war-torn Vietnam for his first 11 years, Dr. Carl Stauffer ’85 (MA ’02) experienced few doubts during his formative years as to where… Read more about Just CARL
African Police Officer Seeking Alternatives
At the end of his first year as a Fulbright scholar at CJP, Abou Ag Ahiyoya of Mali said he has been impressed with CJP’s… Read more about African Police Officer Seeking Alternatives
“I needed a healing form of justice.”
by Doreen Ruto, MA ’06 In May 2001, a federal court in New York convicted four suspects of the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy… Read more about “I needed a healing form of justice.”
What Have We Learned?
Restorative justice is fragile. It hinges on people taking determined steps to relentlessly pursue their healing despite the pain it may bring. It challenges us… Read more about What Have We Learned?
An Iowa boy teaching (and learning) peacebuilding in Ethiopia
Nearly three years ago, in the fall of 2008, I had just started the four-year saga known as “the dual-degree program” at EMU, between the… Read more about An Iowa boy teaching (and learning) peacebuilding in Ethiopia