I was invited to Afghanistan for a week-long consultancy in June 2009 with an organization funded by USAID to bolster Afghan-run businesses. The organization is… Read more about The First D: Economic Development in Afghanistan
Of all the programs offered by EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), the 8-year-old STAR program is emerging as the must-do one. Willroy Grant… Read more about The Power of STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience)
Founded initially as a program to assist religious leaders and other caregivers in New York after 9/11, the demand for STAR is growing so fast,… Read more about Expanding Galaxy of STARs
Coming to the Table (CTTT) is on the cusp of becoming a national movement. Thanks to an infusion of funding from the Kellogg Foundation and… Read more about National Focus on Historic Trauma Of Slavery
On Oct. 16, 2008, the United States Sentencing Commission held a “working luncheon” in Washington D.C., where EMU restorative justice professor Howard Zehr was the… Read more about Howard Zehr’s Capital Introduction to Restorative Justice
At age 65, Howard Zehr muses with friends and colleagues about retiring and spending more time on his photography and kayaking, but he shows no signs of… Read more about Howard Zehr Keeps Planting Restorative Justice Seeds
Though contemporary restorative justice began only about 30 years ago, the effectiveness of these practices in reducing violence, incarceration, recidivism, and suspensions and expulsions in… Read more about How Effective Is Restorative Justice?
Four years ago, Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho, MA ’09, was working as the faith-based outreach coordinator for the Division of Corrections in Shelby County, which surrounds Memphis,… Read more about Restorative Justice Network of African Americans
In April 2009, when Forbes magazine labeled Memphis, Tennessee, as the second-most dangerous metropolitan area in the United States (after Detroit), at least a dozen… Read more about Transforming Memphis Little By Little
Getting to know the neighbors took on a new dimension recently at a gathering of residents at a Southeast Memphis apartment complex. Summoned as part… Read more about ‘Talking Stick’ Helps Heal