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In Remembrance

On June 11, 2018, Chicago's retorative justice community lost a beloved ally, colleague, and friend, Ora Schub, who passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Many considered her as a 'grandmother' of Chicago's restorative justice movement. Ora was also a former president for National Lawyers Guild Chicago.

On Saturday, August 25, at 4:30 to 7:30 pm, a memorial service will be held at the South Shore Cultural Center (7059 S. South Shore Drive) in Chicago.

To learn more about Ora's life and contribution to the Chicago area, as well as an award she received from the NACRJ...

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In Remembrance

Aug. 16, 2018 - We are deeply saddened by the news today that Aretha Franklin has passed away.  For many of us, her music is literally the sound track of our lives.  Her most recognized song R-E-S-P-E-C-T became a powerful anthem calling for respect, dignity and inclusion of all people.  It was then and is still a call for deep societal change to repair and heal destructive patterns of historical harm, racism, discrimination and bias within our society.  NACRJ works every day to promote the vision she expressed through her song.  We mourn her passing but are deeply thankful for the life and vision she shared with the world.

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Announcements

Over the last month NACRJ Members voted on candidates for two open "At Large" positions on the Board of Directors.  It was a historical election because it was the first one where we had a slate of competitive candidates competing for the open positions. 

We congratulate Teiahsha Bankhead and Lee Rush who were elected.  Their three year term of office begins on June 15, 2018.   

While Morris Jenkins, Jalyn Roe and Joe Brummer were not elected we are deeply grateful to them for their service and their willingness to stand for election.  We know that each of them will continue to serve the mission and vision of NACRJ as we develop the association.

Morris Jenkins has served on the Board since the founding of the association.  For the last five years, he has been a thoughtful and steady voice on the Leadership Team.  He is deeply respected and valued. He will be missed. 

Morris - for all you have done to guide and develop NACRJ into the vibrant association we have become - THANK YOU!!   

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Schools and Youth

RESTORATIVE PRACTICE CONSORTIUM • ONTARIO CANADA 2017

The Restorative Practice Consortium of Ontario Canada has recently released a 255-page resource document for applying restorative practices to schools. The Restorative Practice Resource Project is packed with colorful charts, articles, and presentation materials for helping schools navigate their way into a holistic approach to implementing RP in schools.

The Restorative Practice Consortium is also making this material free of copyright, and encourages the sharing of this content to help spread the work of restorative practices in North America. Thank you Canada!

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Legislative News

Restorative Justice Legislation, Practices and Victim Services

A new report is now available which provides current and relevant proposed national and state legislation, practices, and victims' services relating to restorative justice. With respect to the 12 states included in this report, summaries and weblinks to the proposed legislation and articles are included as well. If you have any information to be included in this report, please send that to Dr. Sandra Pavelka at Florida Gulf Coast University: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  NACRJ is thankful for the ongoing work of Dr. Pavelka to keep us current on new developments in the area of RJ legislation at federal and state levels. A significant benefit to this service is that state stakeholders can draw from each others' initiatives and language.