Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism.
For survivors of torture, justice means education, WBEZ
For survivors of police torture in Chicago, repair meant more than a financial settlement. It meant educating the city’s youth on the realities of police abuse in the city, and its relationship to systemic racism and discrimination. A dramatic theater piece about police torture serves as a critical part of that education.
Youth Caught In Crosshairs of Cycles of Gun Violence. Is Anybody Listening?, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Child deaths due to gun violence are highest across the South. Community members, advocates, and clinicians have come together throughout the region to understand the root causes of violence, the trauma it causes, and how to provide care for the often-ignored groups of Black and Latino children who are at highest risk of exposure to violence.
‘Violence interrupters’ target 2 Milwaukee neighborhoods, part of Blueprint for Peace Initiative, Journal Sentinel
Community-based efforts that embrace the use of violence interrupters have had proven success in a number of cities, including Boston and New York. Now Milwaukee hopes to replicate that success in two of its neighborhoods. This will be the city’s second effort after an initial try experienced funding and training problems.
“If I can continually give back to her, that’s my lifelong mission”, CBS
The Restorative Justice Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School is one of many programs focused on providing crime survivors the support that they need to heal in the aftermath of violence and trauma. But what many don’t discuss is the potential for restorative justice to bring healing to everyone involved in the process, including those who have committed harm.
