In New Orleans, where traditional responses to domestic and sexual violence often fall short, Beyond Harm is charting a different path. This small but powerful organization is expanding its programs to address violence and trauma. EJUSA will partner with Beyond Harm and accelerate their growth, providing funding and critical supports needed to help organizations like… Continue reading Building Support Survivors Need
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Facilitating Empathy and Accountability
Jen Pagan (she/her) is a Restorative Approaches Specialist with the Center for Restorative Approaches facilitating restorative circles and training school faculty and staff in restorative approaches. Sierra Scott recently sat down with Jen to talk about restorative justice practices and what it is like to facilitate restorative justice circles. Can you describe what restorative justice… Continue reading Facilitating Empathy and Accountability
Healing in Community
You may have heard the news last December about a new development at Equal Justice USA: the Restorative Justice Project. Our Restorative Justice Project is a groundbreaking endeavor aimed at fostering healing and accountability within communities across the nation. At EJUSA, we firmly believe that restorative justice offers an impactful approach to building communities and… Continue reading Healing in Community
Are Life Sentences a Merciful Alternative to the Death Penalty?
Reimagining Justice This Month: March 2021 Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. Are Life Sentences a Merciful Alternative to the Death Penalty?, Mother Jones Virginia’s recent repeal of the death penalty was both a reckoning with a… Continue reading Are Life Sentences a Merciful Alternative to the Death Penalty?