We are all both people and professionals. This is blog about Restorative Justice and Circle process, my professional life.. Yet I find myself sharing personal experiences, and also coined a term ”over-blogging”. And here I am with what I think is a valuable tool, wanting to share it. If you are a better person, you naturally are [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 30, 2008
Article posted in from a Facebook Friend
Restorative Justice:
A Dream of Restoration and Transformation
Artika Tyner
I have a dream that we won’t have to talk about ‘restorative justice’ because it will be understood that true justice is about restoration, and about transformation. I have
a dream. – Dr. Howard Zehr
Once a crime has occurred the question then becomes: How do we address the crime [...]
December 29, 2008
Media experiences link to Circle Process
Book Draft Excerpt – On the Road Together: Safe Teen Driving Circles will be published by Living Justice Press, anticipated release, late 2009.
Using Circles with young people appeals to the generations comfort with media. The cross over stems from the youths relationship to media. I myself, can barely remember life before the internet and cell [...]
December 28, 2008
Celebrating a Year with the River Falls Chamber
SCVRJP was founded in 2001. In January of 2008 SCVRJP was award the 2007 River Falls Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award.
In the photo from left to right, Bill Rasmussen, me, Alison Page & John O’Boyle. Bill & Alison are still on the board.
It’s been on of my favorite accomplishments. For one, [...]
December 27, 2008
Connecting to another – pracitioner skills – tip of the week
Today
Search
if we are not able to connect with other
One of the features of wordpress blog sites, is the ability to see what entered as a ’search’. What you see above is the search entered today, that led a blog reader here.
I have no way of knowing who this was, or how to follow up. But I [...]
December 25, 2008
Marley & Me, bring the tissues!
I LOVED this movie!
I knew I was going to the movies on Christmas Day. My daughter is with her Dad, and it’s a little tradition when I spend time alone. So many movies looked good, 7 pounds with Will Smith, and Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button.
But I saw Jennifer Aniston on Oprah, and she didn’t [...]
December 25, 2008
Valuing a relationship to your own learning.
Restorative Justice is an evolving field. I believe that we as practitioners/advocates, scholars have a responsibility to the field. This responsibility takes many forms. Here’s my list.
1.) To ourselves, to use the principles in both personal and professional. Walk the Talk. Living congruently. Know yourself, and what better way that with addressing your own harms [...]
December 24, 2008
100th post – a story about cactus & community
THANK YOU!!!! Yes the readers here are a major contribution to me continuing to blog. Please leave a comment and let me know what you like reading about.
Side story – over the summer we updated my daughters room. We were shopping for a little accent and decided to get several small cactus. We got a [...]
December 23, 2008
The power of keywords, internet searches and working alone.
When I started at SCVRJP in 2005, as an employee (technically before that I was a board member) one of my first major accomplishments was to get us a webpage. I used a do it yourself site, and taught myself how to load documents and update pages. Well fast forward from 2005 to 2008 and [...]
December 19, 2008
Knowing our own skills and boundaries
A fellow Restorative Justice practitioner emailed today. She had recieved a referral dealing with a loss of life. She was looking for some help, support and guidance. I coached her to the best of my skill and ability.
The referral was well intented, but did not seem to generate from the victims, and that is always [...]
