The current approaches to harm according to the philosophical framework of Restorative Justice (RJ) provides us with the origins rooted in indigenous practices and principles where relationships are the foundation -building community and repairing harm as much as possible when a community member is harmed. In addition to the aforementioned, RJ provides a set of guiding questions when engaging in a restorative conference process where all parties involved meet one on one to di

My heart weeps for the soul of this nation, for the families whose children are being murdered because they are black. I was once told that I have a soft spot for black men. I do. I understand that what we see playing out today is a resurgence of what took place years ago during slavery. We often wish survivors of abuse and rape forget what they experienced and say - because it was so long ago- well, so was slavery and here we are seeing it played out in a different way. The

Things I shared with my white friends who remained silent. It’s ok to feel uncomfortable, horrified and utterly disgusted at the atrocious murder of a man, a black man by a white police officer. An officer who was hired to serve and protect. However, it’s not okay to remain silent on such a gross injustice. Being silent during this time is synonymous with being complicit, spiritually united to the hatred that took pride in taking a black man’s life. And for some of you I get