Amplify RJ (Restorative Justice)

Send us Fan Mail Becky McCammon is a circle keeper, coach, and collaborator and former restorative practice program coordinator at Saint Paul Public Schools. She loves haiku poems, effusive text messaging, and, most especially, having been a middle and high school English teacher for 14 years. Support Becky's Work: restorativelyyours.com Check out our LIVE Events Connect with us! SUPPORT by s...

Send us Fan Mail Professional educator of 30 years, Ms. McNair serves as the Restorative Approaches Coordinator one of the largest school districts in Maryland. She has training in Peacemaking Circles, Conflict Circles, and Restorative Justice in Education. She is the owner of The Restorative Classroom, LLC, which provides services such as Restorative Justice in Education training, building staff...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Cruz is native and his relations are through his mother (Georgia) Assiniboine Sioux, Nakota, and Arapaho. After decades in the California Department of Corrections he serves as the Co-Executive Director of the Ahimsa Collective, an Oakland-based organization focused on restorative justice. In this episode, Richard talks about his shift in mindset after leaving incarceratio...

Send us Fan Mail Tonya Covington is a Trainer, Mediator, Community Health Worker and Health Educator. Tonya has been engaged in training, consulting and coaching on issues of diversity, equity and cross-cultural communication for three decades and is an experienced “cultural humility” trainer.  She has been a Community Health Worker with the New Mexico Shared Strategic Plan Leadership Committee, t...

Send us Fan Mail After 20 + years as an active gang member in the streets of Los Angeles and 12 years of incarceration, Angel has now dedicated his life saving lives by intervening in the vicious cycles of violence some in our community experience. He’s using his negative past to foster positive futures. Check out our LIVE Events Connect with us! SUPPORT by sharing this podcast and leaving a ratin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, learn about restorative "jazz"-tice with David Yusem and how to include care within your classroom. Support David's work at Oakland Unified School District: https://www.ousd.org/Page/12387 Connect with us! SUPPORT by sharing this podcast and leaving a rating or review

Send us Fan Mail Juaquin Mobley is the Vice President of Community Works and co-owner of Community Ties and The Community Barber Shop based out of Colorado Springs. He helps  individuals who were recently incarcerated and/or at risk at becoming incarcerated to realize their true potential. Juaquin was once incarcerated for the better half of a decade and knows all too well how a “helping hand,” as...

Send us Fan Mail Before our FULL conversation with Juaquin Mobley airs tomorrow enjoy this exclusive clip of him sharing how he takes restorative approaches to negotiation. Juaquin Mobley is the Vice President of Community Works and co-owner of Community Ties and The Community Barber Shop based out of Colorado Springs. Juaquin helps those individuals who were recently incarcerated and/or at risk a...

Send us Fan Mail Deb Witzel, M.A., is the host of The RJ Chronicles Podcast , a collection of stories from people who have participated in restorative justice processes and how those processes affected their lives. As the founder of 3 Stories Consulting , Deb shares her nearly 20 years of RJP experience supporting people and organizations in utilizing restorative approaches to move through conflic...

Send us Fan Mail Change of pace today because it's back to school season! In light of that we're sharing the audio from our training on the "8 Key Concepts Every Educator Must Know About Restorative Justice" You can watch the training at: http://tiny.cc/freeRJtraining And please, SHARE with the teachers, educators, and school leaders in your life. APPLY by August 31 for the Fal...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy was the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman for the Department of Juvenile Justice from August 2015 until July 2021. Retired from jobs but not work, Kathy is working with Just Peace, a community restorative justice initiative. Just Peace seeks to spark and broaden Restorative Justice knowledge and experiences throughout Chicago neighborhoods. Support Kathy and learn about the Jus...

Send us Fan Mail Veronica Agard (she/her) is a writer, educator and connector at the intersections of Black identity, wellness, representation, and culture. She experiments with creative healing modalities and puts theories learned into practice. She curated the Who Heals the Healer series and the conference of the same name and facilitates the Ancestors in Training educational project. Her initia...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the first live taping of This Restorative Justice Life, featuring ideas and discussions from the 2022 NACRJ Conference. Support Ashley Ellis: Ashley Shinice Ellis is the co-founder of "The B.R.E.A.T.H.E. Collective" a is a collective of black and brown womyn and girls committed to developing sacred connections and curating sacred space that allow us to Balanc...

Send us Fan Mail Joe has been the victim of two separate violent anti-gay hate crimes and what began as a personal healing response to the trauma, he has transformed into professional involvement in the field of community and restorative justice. Since 2010, Joe has actively helped schools implement peer mediation programs and school-wide restorative practices. As a private consultant beginning in...

Send us Fan Mail Jill Strauss, PhD, teaches Conflict Resolution and Communications in the Speech, Communications and Theater Arts Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY). Her research involves Restorative Practices and the visual interpretation of narrative and difficult histories. Jill is co-editor of Slavery’s Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation (Rutgers U...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel is director of the undergraduate Social Work program at UNC-Greensboro. He received his PhD in Educational Leadership with a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies from the UNC-Greensboro in 2008.  In the Pedagogy of Cirlces, Daniel breaks down tangible ways to bring RJ circles into teaching social work and more! Connect with us! SUPPORT by sharing this podcast an...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Carl Stauffer is a senior expert on reconciliation for the U.S. Institute of Peace with 30 years of experience in 37 countries as both a practitioner and academic. His previous work has included directing the Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice at the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and serving 16 years in South Africa as program direct...

Send us Fan Mail Ted Lewis is a Restorative Justice trainer and consultant with the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking at the University of Minnesota. Contact, Learn More, Support Ted! Website: Restorativechurch.org Projects: Support the Center for  Restorative Justice and Peacemaking Fund at University of Minnesota Duluth Get your copy of “Listening to the Movement” https://wipfands...

Send us Fan Mail Mia Mingus is a writer, educator and trainer for transformative justice and disability justice . She is a queer disabled Korean transracial and transnational adoptee raised in the Caribbean. She works for community, interdependence and home for all of us, not just some of us, and longs for a world where disabled children can live free of violence, with dignity and love. You will m...

Send us Fan Mail Elena’s work includes creating programs, research, and events that promote socially just solutions to public safety problems. She partners with community members and agencies, law enforcement, detention facility staff and inmates, as well as universities and government in an effort to implement socially just policies and practices that are beneficial to all. You will meet Elena (0...

Send us Fan Mail Marlon J. Chamberlain is an advocate for people directly impacted by the justice system. Marlon brings over 20 years of lived and professional experience to his work at Heart Alliance. Marlon has an established track record of creating effective coalitions. Previously, he served as the Englewood Project Manager with the READI Chicago Program at Heartland Alliance. Prior to that, h...

Send us Fan Mail Joel Friesz was introduced to the field of restorative justice in 2005 and felt an immediate connection. His introduction was by way of his role as a part-time restorative conferencing facilitator serving victims of crime and youth involved in the juvenile justice system. He currently serves as the Executive Director of NACRJ. In this episode, Joel shares his ideas for creating a...

Send us Fan Mail Vanessa McNorton grew up and continues to live on the south side of Chicago in the Historic Bronzeville community. Vanessa is deeply committed to working with the community, intergenerationally, to be in the right relationship wherever and whenever called.  You will meet Vanessa (6:31), hear some anecdotes about her time in schools (15:21), and her experiences with circle processe...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Viets (she/her/hers) is a Restorative Justice practitioner both in community and in Chicago Public Schools. With an emphasis on using the arts to “reach, teach, and heal,” she has worked as a multi-disciplinary teaching artist and arts administrator for children and families for the past 30 years. You will meet Jenny (0:55), hear about her connections to the arts (3:43)....

Send us Fan Mail Originally from the Bay Area, Trisa Edmonson is an educator, artist, advocate, and change maker. Her background is largely focused on young adults with carceral involvement.  You will meet Trisa (0:55), hear about her life's work in education and justice (13:20),  the importance of meeting people where they're at (20:40), exploring the impact and conflict among young peo...