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November 2018
Responding Restoratively: An Introduction to Restorative Principles and Practices
Responding Restoratively: An Introduction to Restorative Principles and Practices November 2nd-4th, 2018 9:30-5:00pm Columbia School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Ave 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…
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Knife Skills Screening and Discussion
Knife Skills focuses on the launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio. The high-class French restaurant is staffed almost entirely by men and women just out of prison. Most have never cooked or served before, and have barely two months to learn their trade. In this improbable setting, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion featuring: Thomas Lennon – Director of Knife Skills,…
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Just Societies Speaker Series: Imani Perry
The Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Columbia University presents the Just Societies Speaker Series, the signature initiative of Dean Fredrick Harris. The final JSSS event of the Fall 2018 semester will be a featured talk from Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Professor Perry's lecture is entitled "Black Letters and the Law" and will take place in the East Gallery of Maison Française on the afternoon of Thursday,…
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What Does Justice Look Like?: Innovation in Prosecution
A panel discussion sponsored by the Center for Justice at Columbia University and Center for Contemporary Thought Thurs. Nov. 15 6:30 - 8:30pm 107 Warren Hall, Columbia Law School 1125 Amsterdam Ave (cross W.115 St.) Panel: Lucy Lang - Executive Director, Institute For Innovation in Prosecution, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Adam Foss - Founder and President, Prosecutor Impact Christopher Ervin - Founder, Lazarus Rite Re-Entry Academy Jarrell Daniels - Center for Justice Moderator: Elias Alcantara, former White…
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The Empathic Facilitator: Leading A Transformative Group Process
** This Training is Sold Out** The Empathic Facilitator: Leading A Transformative Group Process November 30th and December 1st - 9:00am - 5:00pm The Empathic Facilitator is a two-day training for anyone who leads groups and wants to develop the skills to lead a transformative 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. This fall we…
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Justice Long Overdue: Lessons Learned
Justice Long Overdue: Lessons Learned from the Successful Release of People Serving Life in Prison in Maryland and New York and Why More People Must Come Home Thu, December 6, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST REGISTER HERE Add to Calendar LOCATION The Riverside Church 490 Riverside Drive Room 540 New York, NY 10027 View Map Life sentences are causing people to die in prison, and tearing families and communities apart, creating hopelessness, and upholding U.S. legacies of racism…
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HEALING THROUGH PAIN GALA
A day-long event that honors 25 parents and 25 siblings of victims of violence. We share food, performances, speeches, art - in the memory of those we lost. At the end we leave knowing that there is a community of people who understand our pain and stand with us. Through this, we gain the strength to be proactive in our personal lives and in our communities instead of resigned to the unfairness that has marked our lives. REGISTER TODAY…
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Full Circle: Reclaiming and Reconnecting to Our Restorative Practices
Full Circle: Reclaiming and Reconnecting to Our Restorative Practices with Whitney Richards-Calathes February 1-3, 2019 9:30-5:00pmColumbia School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam AveThis 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…
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New Books in the Arts & Sciences and Justice Forum: Celebrating Recent Work by Bruce Western
Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison By: Bruce Western In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In these circumstances, how do former prisoners navigate reentering society? In Homeward, sociologist Bruce Western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. Drawing from in-depth interviews with over one hundred individuals, he describes the lives of the formerly incarcerated and demonstrates how poverty, racial inequality, and…
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