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March 2019
The Empathic Facilitator
The Empathic Facilitator is a two-day training for anyone who leads groups and wants to develop the skills to lead a profound change process. The principles and practices learned in this training can be adapted for a range of settings and groups whether you regularly facilitate workshops, team meetings, or offer one-on-one coaching. We explore four experiential modules through theory, practice, and reflection. The modules are designed to build on each other, deepening the experience with each section completed. The two-day…
Find out more »April 2019
Punishing Trauma: The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration
Punishing Trauma: A Conference on the Collateral Consequences of Incarceration Although the problem of mass incarceration has recently received more wide-spread scrutiny, the negative consequences of incarceration on children, families, and communities still receive less attention and remain under addressed and poorly understood. Punishing Trauma aims to provide an interdisciplinary space for conversations between academic researchers and community-based practitioners who study, work with, and confront these pressing concerns. Academic perspectives must be in conversation with community perspectives for justice to…
Find out more »May 2019
Responding Restoratively: An Introduction to Restorative Principles and Practices
This is an introductory training to the principles and practices of restorative justice and restorative approaches to conflict resolution. Participants will learn the ethos of restorative approaches including underlying theory and values as well as experience and learn some foundational tools to respond to conflict and harm in a restorative way. Participants will learn how to facilitate restorative community building circles and less formalized restorative responses. Cost: $250 Limited scholarships are available. For questions or to apply for a scholarship…
Find out more »June 2019
Justice Ambassadors Youth Council Grand Summit
RSVP TO [email protected] Click here to download a copy of the Justice Ambassadors Grand Summit press release.
Find out more »September 2019
Teach In: Ending Life Imprisonment & Parole Justice
Join us for a Teach In on Ending Life Imprisonment & Parole Justice. Speakers include Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis from the Sentencing Project, Saleem Holbrook from the Abolitionist Law Center and the Coalition to End Death By Incarceration, and Jose Saldana from the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign. Wednesday September 19th 12:15 – 1:45pm Columbia School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Ave, Rm C03 This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC This event is organized by…
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Ending Life Imprisonment A Conversation with: Saleem Holbrook (The Abolitionist Law Center) Marc Mauer (The Sentencing Project) Ashley Nellis (The Sentencing Project) Jose Saldana (The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign) Moderated by Nicole Porter (The Sentencing Project) Join us for a conversation about ending life imprisonment including a discussion of the recently released book The Meaning of Life: A Case for Abolishing Life Sentences, and a dialogue about national and local advocacy and organizing efforts to end life…
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FROM THE INSIDE OUT: The Power of Language to Incarcerate
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019 Time: 9 AM – 7 PM Location: The Andrew Freeman Home 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452 Event Description: The Center for Justice at Columbia University and The Confined Arts presents From the Inside Out: The Power of Language to Incarcerate, a one-day justice conference in New York City that will meet and resist linguistic methods of dehumanization, which foster implicit and explicit biases about people in the criminal justice system.The mission of the…
Find out more »October 2019
Responding Restoratively: An Introduction to Restorative Principles and Practices
Responding Restoratively: An Introduction to Restorative Principles and Practices October 25-27, 2019 9:30-5:00pm Friday Location The Osborne Association 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd, Suite 108 New York, NY 10027 Saturday and Sunday Location Columbia School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Ave, Rm 301 New York, NY 10027 This is an introductory training to the principles and practices of restorative justice and restorative approaches to conflict resolution. Participants will learn the ethos of restorative approaches including underlying theory and values…
Find out more »November 2019
Full Circle: Reclaiming and Reconnecting to Our Restorative Practices
Full Circle: Reclaiming and Reconnecting to Our Restorative Practices November 8th-10th, 2019 9:30-5:00pm Columbia School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Ave This three day experience is an opportunity for those who identify as a people of color to collectively explore restorative/transformative justice and circle practice and philosophy. It is an invitation to reconnect with our indigenous roots, our ethnic identities, and our cultural practices. How do we ensure that restorative action is always in alignment with racial justice? How do…
Find out more »December 2019
Justice Ambassadors Fall Policy Presentation and Certificate Conferral
Justice Ambassadors is a platform for 18 to 24 year olds who’ve been previously justice-involved and youth residing in New York City, to participate in an eight week, structured classroom setting with city officials to hold conversations about challenging community issues, including poverty, trauma, racial inequality, and to co-develop policy proposals. The program’s components are: 1) personal change - participants complete a 3-5 page statement that identifies an aspect of themselves they wish to improve and change, 2) community change…
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