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Forgiving the Man Who Killed My 3-Year-Old Son
We were the first participants in the pilot restorative justice program at the Colorado Department of Corrections. Raymond had to demonstrate accountability for what happened, genuine remorse and a willingness to repair the harm that he has caused. For ...
<b>Restorative Justice</b>: Re-storying What Happened in Boston
In essence, the restorative process invites us to sit in circle, and, as a community affected by crime, determine how to best meet the needs of those involved. Restorative justice rejects one-size-fits-all models and prefers creative processes to ...
Shouldn't Muslim Clergy Condemn Lahore Attack?
At this writing, not a single major Muslim spiritual leader --- in Pakistan or anywhere else --- has openly condemned the violence, much less the law under which the sanitation worker was charged. It is perhaps understandable why. "Two prominent ...
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Gratitude and (of All Things) <b>Politics</b>
The answer is that politics, which has certainly gotten (and often deserved) a bad name, is also a profoundly important source of insight which the pursuit of spiritual wisdom desperately needs. How is that possible? Political movements may be the ...
How The Pursuit Of Animal Liberation Activists Became Among The FBI's <b>...</b>
Though what the FBI now calls "eco-terrorism" predates September 11, 2001 by at least two decades, since the events of that date, both the laws on the books pertaining to political activism and the implementation of those laws by police and federal ...
In the Name of Islam, Release the Christian Girl
Though the mistreatment of the young Christian girl highlights the massive injustice of the Pakistani blasphemy laws (the punishment of which, often mistakenly attributed to Islamic law, were implemented by militant dictator Gen. Zia), they ... In ...
When "Stop and Frisk" Becomes "Stop and Hurt"
How are we working to transform a prison system that's more about retribution than reform, that's more about the profits of private prisons than restorative justice? Thankfully, there are a number of organizations working hard to change current NYPD ...
Is It Time to Boycott Boystown?
Organizations like GenderJUST have long been fighting to enact Restorative Justice models in Boystown and make the neighborhood a safe space for the marginalized, and the recent We Are Halsted event sought to bring the issue of youth homelessness to ...
An Ecology of Love
For them, life, nature and the universe are governed by inexorable laws that are fundamentally indifferent to our existence. We are biological creatures. We are born .... Danny Cohen: The Time for a Spiritual Judaism Is Now. Traditional Jewish theology ...
Global Spirit: Music, Sound and the Sacred
In this TV/web series we try to bring together guests from different cultural and spiritual traditions that have never before met. We also try to create an ..... Russia NGO Law: Human Rights Groups Decry Measure Signed By Putin · Russia · Obama Romney ...
