RRC Gathering in NYC in June! Members of the RRC will meet up for an in-person retreat in New York June 16 – 17 to discuss our research priorities and activities, followed by […]
Together with our colleague, Flor Garcia Mencos from Guatemala, RRC presented at the July 2022 NACRJ conference. It was the first opportunity we had had to be in person after the pandemic, and we relished our […]
RRC will present our work on Restorative Action Research in the upcoming National Association for Community and Restorative Justice conference. Look out for our session there, with two of our Guatemalan sister […]
The Restorative Roots Collaborative and authors of Colorizing Restorative Justice are hosting a follow up to the March 22nd CRJ book talk held by John Jay College and RRC. As promised, this virtual circle is for […]
Join NYC-based authors of Colorizing Restorative Justice – Shameeka Mattis and Rochelle Arms Almengor – along with editor Edward Valandra, in a conversation about the book, newly released last summer. The book’s […]
RRC member Rochelle Arms Almengor, along with 19 other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) restorative justice practitioners and thinkers contributed to the much anticipated book, Colorizing Restorative […]
As an expanded version of our presentation at the PJSA, in October a few of us shared about our PAR project work through the Association for Conflict Resolution, or ACR. See here for the full conference program. […]
Nicole Lavonne Smith, William M. Evans and Rochelle Arms Almengor presented the work of the RRC to date at the Peace and Justice Studies Association virtual conference on Saturday September 26 at 1 p.m. ET. Check […]
RRC’s Nicole Lavonne Smith and her RJ work partner, Suzanne Hitchman, introduced a new podcast that focuses not so much on RJ, but more on their experiences building an authentic friendship across the […]
LTomay Douglas’ WORTHshop Inc. is leading a men’s healing circle starting Saturday September 5 at 12:30 ET and meeting over several weeks. The Sankofa Men’s Worth Circle aims to “help men reclaim what was left […]
RRC’s William M. Evans and his organization, Neighborhood Benches, were highlighted in this write-up from the Chronicle of Philanthropy about where and how to effectively redirect funds that are pulled from police.
Members of RRC are supportive of efforts to increase community care (versus – for instance – community policing). If you need support running community care restorative processes in your neighborhood, feel free […]
With the help of John Jay College’s technology desk, RRC set up and kicked off New York’s first restorative justice listserv. This tool will allow RJ practitioners to co-create and communicate directly with one […]
RRC members are currently researching the impacts of historical trauma on restorative justice practice, both the ways in which these traumas enhance and impede our work with participants in the spaces we hold. We […]