Mar 26, 2020 | Messages from Mika, News and Updates
RJIs COVID-19 Reflections Dear Community, First of all, how are you doing? (Hint, there’s no right answer.) Over the past week and a half my inbox has been flooded with messages from organizational leaders attempting to be reassuring, informative and/or...
Jan 3, 2020 | News and Updates, Restorative Justice Programs, Seeking Restorative Justice
A National Portrait of Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence The Center for Court Innovation recently released a report that documents how restorative approaches are currently being applied to intimate partner violence (a.k.a. domestic violence) in the...
Dec 4, 2019 | News and Updates, Podcasts and Other Media, Restorative Justice in Other US Cities
San Francisco’s Progressive DA is an Advocate of Restorative Justice NPR recently aired an interview with Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s newest District Attorney, who narrowly won the race on a platform of radically overhauling how that office handles crime...
Oct 31, 2019 | News and Updates
In September, a group of New Yorkers gathered to discuss the possibility of applying to host the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in New York in 2023. Please join us for a second gathering where we hope to widen our circle and...
Oct 10, 2019 | News and Updates, Restorative Justice in Other US Cities, Seeking Restorative Justice
RJ Program used in police beating case aims to bridge divides In 2018, leaked body camera footage showed an Asheville, North Carolina, police officer beating and using a stun gun on pedestrian Johnnie Rush. Last month, former officer Chris Hickman pleaded guilty to...
Sep 6, 2019 | News and Updates, Podcasts and Other Media, Restorative Justice Programs, Seeking Restorative Justice
Repairing Justice In case you missed it, over the Summer WNYC’s On The Media aired a three-part series called Repairing Justice. The first segment, Repairing Justice: The Prosecutor, takes a closer look at the “progressive prosecutor” movement — from...
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