Restorative Justice On The Rise

An interview with Lucy Jaffe on the ground at the European Forum for Restorative Justice Conference, June 2023, on how those impacted by harm and conflict can be and are empowered by restorative justice. Why me? Transforming Lives through Restorative Justice, Director Lucy Jaffe is the Director of the UK charity  Why me? Transforming Lives through Restorative Justice.  She has built the organisati...

ONGI ETORRI: A Conversation with Jorge Elias Ollero Peran Board Member of the European Forum for Restorative Justice and Co-Host of the 2023 EFRJ International Conference. On location for the EFRJ Conference, June 22, 2023 in Pamplona, Spain. In this 22 minute conversation with Jorge Peran, we hear the essential elements from him as to how RJ is universal, and how it is essential to speak face to...

Restorative Justice: Insights and Stories from My Journey Interviews with and essays by Dr. Zehr?— plus, for the first time, details and photos from his personal journey. Here, Howard Zehr offers his most complete view of Restorative Justice as an approach to all of life. Zehr made his initial contribution in the area of criminal justice by pointing out that victims are sidelined in the Western ju...

(in partnership with Van Jones/CNN & REFORM Alliance)

(in partnership with Van Jones/CNN & REFORM Alliance)

(in partnership with Van Jones/CNN & REFORM Alliance)

(in partnership with Van Jones/CNN & REFORM Alliance)

(in partnership with Van Jones/CNN & REFORM Alliance)

(in partnership with Van Jones/CNN & REFORM Alliance)

Guests: Panel Discussion with Edward C. Valandra, Skye Bowen, Belvie Rooks and Eric Butler

Guests: Seema Gajwani & Roman Haferd of the Office of The Attorney General, District of Columbia Website

Guests: Lindsey Pointer & Kathleen McGoey Guests Book Website

Guests: Edward C. Valandra, Wa?bli Wap?áha Hokšíla, Editor of Colorizing Restorative Justice & Edwin Keener of the Kessler-Keener Foundation Guest Websites: www.livingjusticepress.org and www.kesslerkeenerfoundation.org

A Conversation with JEFF BROWN, former attorney. Lead Host: J. Kim Wright and co-host Molly Rowan Leach. Highlight from the archives. Born in Toronto, Canada, Jeff Brown did all the things he was supposed to do to become successful in the eyes of the world. He was on the Dean’s Honor List as an undergraduate. He won the Law and Medicine prize in law school. He apprenticed with top criminal lawyer...

In this mini-interview we spoke with Anthony from Brooklyn, NY, whose work as a youth facilitator in his school is expanding to training others. He shares his opinion on what restorative justice is, and what it look and feels like. Anthony also speaks to a workshop he attended during the conference called "Finding Power in Darkness". From the NACRJ conference in Oakland, CA. 2017

Honoring the roots of restoration and transformation starts with acknowledging ancestral wisdom. Jerry Tello is Co-Founder of the National Compadres Network and Director, National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute and author of the new book, Recovering Your Sacredness In this potent keynote, thanks to the NACRJ and RJOY Oakland for the conference in 2017 in Oakland, "Moving Restorative Justic...

From the NACRJ 2015 Conference, Cornel West gives an extraordinary, poetic, rhythmic keynote. Credit: NACRJ , Production & Edits RJ on The Rise.

From Oakland, June 2017, an interview with Rangimarie Naida Glavish on perspectives and practices from New Zealand in what is now called 'restorative justice'. This interview was an honor and was deeply sacred to us. 2017 National Conference hosted by  RJOY   NACRJ Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish is a highly respected Iwi and Community Leader. Naida is currently employed as the Chief Tikanga Advisor...

"Real Time Evolution and Crisis as Birth", from 2009 In 2009, the late and extraordinary Dr. Barbara Marx Hubbard spoke at a conference we produced with an extraordinary and devoted community team in Boise, ID. Dr. Hubbard was a candidate for Vice President and an author of multiple best sellers outlining our moment in time--crisis--as a natural element of conscientious growth. This is a special,...

In this keynote from 2009 in Boise, Idaho, at the Living in The Fire of Change Conference, James O'Dea recounts in extraordinary detail the power of dialogue, listening, and the imperative of restorative justice, healing justice. Originally titled "Roots and Stars", we wanted to illuminate the fullness of this hour as a prophetic message for us all during these times. Packed with humor, storytelli...

In 2016 Eric Luecking was the first to hear the unthinkable. His brother, Matt (pictured to the right, at left; Eric at right), was dead, murdered. The big brother that lived as an inspiration to so many was gone, just like that. Since that life-altering day in October 2016 Eric has worked to further the possibility of VOD & restorative justice program implementation and is a national speaker...

Panel Discussion with Subject/Cinematographer & SOROS Justice Fellow (2018) Troy Williams, Producer, Social Justice Advocate and Attorney Erin Kenway, and Former Los Angeles Public Defender and 1st Filmmaker to have access to VOEG Processes* at San Quentin, Director Katherin Hervey.  Website:  www.theprisonwithin.org

Video Interview plus PODCAST/mp3 With Ram Tiwari, the  Nepal Forum for Restorative Justice's  Chairman, UN & OJJDP Adviser/Working Group Member & RJ Advocate in Nepal In this very special and intimate discussion with Ram Tiwari, we take a deep dive to look at the historical context of community justice in Nepal, and discuss how Ram and others have catalyzed community-owned and community-ba...

A Conversation with  Zach Norris , author of  We Keep Us Safe , praised by  Just Mercy 's Bryan Stevenson  with a  Foreword from Van Jones . Zach is Executive Director of  Ella Baker Center  and Co-founder of  Restore Oakland "After 20 plus years working to bring humanity and healing to our criminal legal system, I developed a framework to help understand and transform the policies and practices t...

Mini-interview from the NACRJ (National Association of Community and Restorative Justice) conference in Denver USA (June 2019). In this special short, SaulPaul tells us about his experiences as a formerly incarcerated young black man and how it shaped his extraordinary work and music. SaulPaul was a keynote performance featured at this year's (2019) NACRJ conference in Denver, CO and his performan...