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		<title>Your social media and your restorative justice elevator speeches should vary.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/your-social-media-and-your-restorative-justice-elevator-speeches-should-vary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lets start with social medai:
You can connect Facebook and Twitter, so your tweets are your Facebook.  I did that for awhile, but felt I had two purposes for each.  Facebook, is me, it had to be I got deactivated last fall, for acting too much like a business.  I wish I did better with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1645&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer gratitude, a community member responds to the &#8220;we were bored&#8221; explanation.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/volunteer-gratitude-a-community-member-responds-to-the-we-were-bored-explanation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Circle Keeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circle Process]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t do Restorative Justice without community members.  I believe they bring in collective wisdom.  I train our volunteers on aspects of Restorative Justice, and request they show up with their best selves.
I focus on Restorative Justice Accountability as being:

acknowledging you caused harm
understanding that harm from anothers point of view
recognizing where you had choices
take steps [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1641&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restorative Justice is a Social Justice catalyst!</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/restorative-justice-is-a-social-justice-catalyst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Circle Keeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circle Process]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the good fortune of speaking on a panel.  The focus was social justice, we were given the task to define this, and explain it relevant to our Pledge of Allegiance &#8221; . . . with liberty and justice for all . . . &#8220;.  I was in the middle of the line up so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1639&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging keeps me grounded, it forces me to practice what I preach.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/blogging-keeps-me-grounded-it-forces-me-to-practice-what-i-preach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chatting with a friend, who is active on Facebook.  She said when you post what you are doing for the day, it helps you keep accountable to doing it.  I related to that, and experienced it recently, one degree deeper.  I&#8217;ve been challenged to live by a blog post I authored.
The last post, before this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1631&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We are as strong as our weakest relationships.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/we-are-as-strong-as-our-weakest-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consider for a moment your most conflicted relationship.  Who are you at conflict with right now? Today, at this moment.  The person maybe part of your inner circle of connections, your child, spouse, friend or coworker.  Maybe you have a more distant relationship that is in conflict, a boss, an ex-wife, an old boyfriend.
Conflict is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1602&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning by teaching, and teaching Circle allows equal growth.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/learning-by-teaching-and-teaching-circle-allows-equal-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Circle Keeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Circles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college class restorative justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love my college students, the ones I have taught for 3 sessions of Introduction to Restorative Justice and one semester of Advanced Restorative Justice.  What I appreciate most is that I have grown as a professional by teaching.
I have had fun.  My love of Circles drew me to teach at the college level.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1622&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restorative Justice is about change and transformation.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/restorative-justice-is-about-change-and-transformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Bikram Yoga, (my blog links, one with a video) the poses are held for 30 or 60 seconds.  As you feel your body tense and you are struggling to hold the pose (in the 104 degree room).  The teacher will say &#8220;change&#8221;.  As smoothly as possible, you move to the next position or the pause [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1611&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our motives, our fears and walking in light vs dark.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/our-motives-our-fears-and-walking-in-light-vs-dark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might be a bit of an &#8216;arm chair&#8217; quarterback perspective.  Here&#8217;s my belief and my blog post today:
You remain motivated by fear, when you continue to walk in the dark.
I just started reading Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, by David Hawkins.  It was one of those odd occurances where something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1608&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review:  Taking Restorative Justice to Schools &#8211; J. Holtham</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/book-review-taking-restorative-justice-to-schools-j-holtham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Taking Restorative Justice to Schools, by Jeanette Holtham is the most recent addition to a School-Based Restorative Justice advocate or practitioner&#8217;s toolkit.  The book is a brief, concise and comprehensive review of Restorative Justice in the School setting.
In the hands of an administrator, the authors &#8220;real life experience&#8221;, voice was apparent.  I read the book from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1604&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Having a process to repair harm is really important.</title>
		<link>http://circlespace.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/having-a-process-to-repair-harm-is-really-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Miner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often times, the process of participating in a Circle or Community Conference means a lot to community members and victims attending.  I am often times impressed with how having the discussion, removes a great deal of weight in the room.  Weight off the shoulders of the offender, for the harm caused.  Weight off of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circlespace.wordpress.com&blog=4810355&post=1599&subd=circlespace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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