Getting Grant Ready
A Free Online Resource to Unlock Funding: Getting Grant Ready empowers organizations to craft compelling grant proposals aligned with their missions and secure the funding needed to sustain their programs.
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The Future of Public Safety is Now
A Blueprint for Community-Centered Public Safety Policing, prosecution, and prisons have not made our country safer. In fact, they have the opposite effect, especially in Black and Brown communities, by inflicting harm through punishment. That’s why the movement to put community at the center of public safety is gaining powerful momentum. It succeeds because it…
Read MoreWhat is Restorative Justice Diversion?
A Community-Based Approach Restorative Justice Diversion (RJD) is a community-based approach aimed at healing harm and preventing criminal charges. It involves diverting cases to community-based organizations (CBOs) for restorative justice processes instead of pursuing criminal charges. Are you interested in starting a restorative justice diversion program in your community? Check out this step by step…
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Pathways to Healing: Bogalusa Community Conversations
A Free Online Resource to Unlock Funding: Getting Grant Ready empowers organizations to craft compelling grant proposals aligned with their missions and secure the funding needed to sustain their programs.
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The EJUSA Difference
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What is an Authentic Apology?
In restorative justice work, an authentic apology can be pivotal in healing and rebuilding relationships. Unlike a superficial apology, an authentic one demands sincere remorse, acknowledgment of harm, and a commitment to making amends. It honors the dignity and humanity of both the person harmed and the person responsible. This blog delves into the elements…
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People are asking…
From cost to innocence to unfairness, here are answers to some of the toughest questions about the death penalty.
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What is Trauma?
Trauma is insidious, yet its impact is often misunderstood. It harms individuals, while remaining pervasive in the policies and practices that shape our justice system.
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The Death Penalty in the United States
The death penalty fails, at every level, to bring true justice. What it doesn’t do is heal those impacted by violence (including the person who acted violently), or create accountability that repairs harm.
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The Closure Myth
Proponents claim that the death penalty brings closure to the families of murder victims. But countless families of murder victims experience greater trauma at the hands of this lengthy and complex process.
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How Geography and Race Influence the Death Penalty
Are individuals sentenced to death truly the “worst of the worst” – or simply those with the worst lawyers, the wrong geographic location, or the wrong skin color?
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Trauma is Everywhere
Today’s justice system inflicts substantial trauma upon millions, while refusing to provide the healing that any of those impacted need.
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