Month: June 2020
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Q&A: Training Restorative Justice Facilitators to Understand Structural Inequities
Q: How can I help the facilitators I train in my program to understand the structural dimensions of crime? I worry that they are too focused on the interpersonal dimensions of crime and are ignoring the larger harms and roots of conflict in race-, class-, and gender-based systemic inequities. A: This is a common issue…
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June Restorative Teaching Tool – An Activity Based on DiAngelo’s book White Fragility
This month’s Restorative Teaching Tool is inspired by Robin DiAngelo’s book White Fragility. In recent weeks, Kathleen and I, like many people, have recommitted ourselves to continued education, deep personal reflection, and action as we intentionally work to be antiracist. It is often uncomfortable and always vulnerable, but we know this is what we need…
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United Nations Roundtable on Restorative Pedagogy
Last month, I was honored to be invited to be part of a roundtable on Restorative Pedagogy hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Here is a description of the roundtables from the UNODC press release. “From criminology, psychology and political studies degrees, to university courses for the social workers, lawyers…
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Short Interview on Restorative Justice
Thank you to the Sage and Sassy Sisterhood for asking me to do this short interview on Restorative Justice. You can watch the full interview here:
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As School Contracts with Police are Called into Question, Consider Restorative Justice
We are in a time of immense change in our country and one thing that is being reconsidered is the role of police and punitive sanctions more broadly in schools. Research has shown that the presence of police and punitive sanctions in schools often drives students —particularly minority and poor students—out of school, resulting in…
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Restorotopias – A Conversation with Lindsey Pointer
Brunilda Pali recently posted an interview with me on her site, Restorotopias. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation! Bruna is a role model for me in the restorative practices field, so I was thrilled when she mentioned the idea of an interview. For any RJ practitioners that may be reading, we touch on a few tricky…
Lindsey Pointer, PhD 