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Here's an anecdote from Terry Whitfield, a Youth Coordinator with Partnership for Youth in Detroit, Michigan. 48 young people, ages 14-18, that are performing Community YouthMapping in all 5 zip codes in Southwest Detroit. They are identifying and interviewing about opportunities for young people ages 11-18 in the community. The total group is broken down into 5 groups of 8-10 youth per team, with a field supervisor assigned to each team.
On one team the field supervisor was having issues of insubordination with one of the youth staff. One day John (not his real name) was confronted by the field supervisor about constant cell phone usage during work hours. During this initial conversation John refused to comply with the supervisor’s request, and going so far as to be verbally dismissive of the field supervisor and using profanity toward him. The same day John had to use the restroom, but with no restrooms in the immediate area he urinated on the side of an abandoned building. When the issue was confronted by a fellow youth teammate, John’s response further alienated the rest of the team. Upon the team’s return back to the office Whitfield referred to Restorative Practices as a possible intervention strategy and lobbied for its use in this situation. It was approved and scheduled to occur Monday, July 18.
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For those looking for information specifically about restorative justice (RJ) I'd like to point out Restorative Justice Online, an excellent resource provided by Prison Fellowship International's Centre for Justice and Reconciliation. RJ Online's daily blog has excellent news stories, opinion pieces and other articles related to the world of restorative justice from an organization that has done so much to promote alternatives to "crime and punishment." They also have an extensive library, which is fully searchable and currently boasts 10361 publications on restorative justice!
Thanks to PFI for all the excellent work they do.
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I'll be letting everyone here know when new articles have been posted to our eForum, IIRP's online newsletter, which now hosts literally hundreds of articles about restorative practices around the world. This is a huge resource, which is fully searchable.
New Two Part Article
Throughout Latin America there are growing efforts to confront the social consequences of poverty and violence. Restorative practices provides an outlook that is appealing to many who are working to bring people together to resolve problems and transform the nature of society.
This two-part article by Joshua Wachtel discusses how individuals in Latin America are implementing restorative practices in their organizations, schools and communities. Part One discusses Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia. Part Two talks about Mexico and Peru and references work in Brazil.
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The report on the effectiveness of anti-bullying interventions was conducted September 2008 — November 2010 by the Unit for School and Family Studies, based at Goldsmiths, University of London, with support from the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
According to the report, “Restorative approaches provide an effective, flexible range of strategies to prevent and respond to bullying."
Les Davey, CEO of IIRP UK and Vice-Chair of the Restorative Justice Council says, “We owe it to those subject to bullying and harassment to provide an effective and inclusive process which offers a real opportunity to tackle such inappropriate behaviour head on and I firmly believe that a restorative strategy can provide such opportunity.”
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Estamos incrementando nuestros esfuerzos en todo Latinoamérica para hacer frente a las consecuencias sociales de la pobreza y la violencia. Las prácticas restaurativas proporcionan una perspectiva que resulta atractiva para muchos de los que están trabajando con el objetivo de reunir a las personas para que resuelvan sus problemas y así, transformar la naturaleza de la sociedad.
Este artículo de dos partes escrito por Joshua Wachtel discute cómo es que los individuos en Latinoamérica están implementando las prácticas restaurativas en sus organizaciones, escuelas y comunidades. La Parte uno del artículo aborda los casos de Nicaragua, Panamá y Colombia. La Parte dos habla sobre México y Perú y hace referencia al trabajo realizado en Brasil.
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Throughout Latin America there are growing efforts to confront the social consequences of poverty and violence. Restorative practices provides an outlook that is appealing to many who are working to bring people together to resolve problems and transform the nature of society. This two-part article discusses how individuals in Latin America are implementing restorative practices in their organizations, schools and communities. Part one discusses Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia. Part two talks about Mexico and Peru and references work in Brazil.
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This is part of one of an article on how individuals in Latin America are implementing restorative practices in their organizations, schools and communities. Part one discusses Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia. Part two talks about Mexico and Peru and references work in Brazil.
There are now two IIRP affiliates in Latin America: the Central American Center for Restorative Practices (Centro de Prácticas Restaurativas para Centroamerica), headquartered in Costa Rica — website: www.iirp.edu, headed by Miguel Tello; and the Latin American Institute for Restorative Practices (Instituto Latino Americano de Prácticas Restaurativas), headquartered in Peru — website: www.iirp.edu, headed by Jean Schmitz. The IIRP is moving toward translating all of its trainings, films and books into Spanish and Portuguese.
Throughout Latin America, there are growing efforts to confront the social consequences of poverty and violence. Restorative practices provides an outlook that is appealing to many who are working to bring people together to resolve problems and transform the nature of society.
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This is part of two of an article on how individuals in Latin America are implementing restorative practices in their organizations, schools and communities. There are now two IIRP affiliates Part one discusses Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia. Part two talks about Mexico and Peru and references work in Brazil.
There are now two IIRP affiliates in Latin America: the Central American Center for Restorative Practices (Centro de Prácticas Restaurativas para Centroamerica), headquartered in Costa Rica — website: www.iirp.edu, headed by Miguel Tello; and the Latin American Institute for Restorative Practices (Instituto Latino Americano de Prácticas Restaurativas), headquartered in Peru — website: www.iirp.edu, headed by Jean Schmitz. The IIRP is moving toward translating all of its trainings, films and books into Spanish and Portuguese.
Throughout Latin America, there are growing efforts to confront the social consequences of poverty and violence. Restorative practices provides an outlook that is appealing to many who are working to bring people together to resolve problems and transform the nature of society.
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Este texto es la primera parte de un artículo que trata de cómo los individuos en América Latina están implementando las prácticas restaurativas dentro de sus organizaciones, escuelas y comunidades. La primera parte se enfoca en los esfuerzos que se están realizando en Nicaragua, Panamá y Colombia. La segunda parte [enlace] describe lo que está pasando en México y Perú y hace referencia al trabajo que se está haciendo en Brasil.
Ahora contamos con dos afiliados al IIRP en Latino América: el Centro de Prácticas Restaurativas para Centroamerica, ubicado en Costa Rica - página web: www.iirp.edu - dirigido por Miguel Tello; y el Instituto Latino Americano de Prácticas Restaurativas, ubicado en Perú - página web: www.iirp.edu - dirigido por Jean Schmitz. El IIRP está trabajando para traducir todos sus materiales de capacitación, vídeos y libros al español y portugués.
En toda América Latina, se están haciendo esfuerzos crecientes por hacer frente a las consecuencias sociales de la pobreza y la violencia. Las Prácticas Restaurativas proporcionan una perspectiva que atrae a muchos que buscan unir a las personas para resolver problemas y transformar la esencia de la sociedad.
Miguel Tello es originario de México, actualmente vive y trabaja en San José, Costa Rica. Inicialmente, el Sr. Tello se involucró con el IIRP cuando contactó al fundador del IIRP, Ted Wachtel, para obtener su permiso para traducir al español el artículo de su autoria “Justicia Restaurativa en la Vida Cotidiana” a fin de utilizarlo en una conferencia de la Confraternidad Carcelaria Internacional. Posteriormente, el Sr. Tello se capacitó con el IIRP y después se hizo capacitador de dicha organización.
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Ahora contamos con dos afiliados al IIRP en Latino América: el Centro de Prácticas Restaurativas para Centroamérica, ubicado en Costa Rica - página web: www.iirp.edu - dirigido por Miguel Tello; y el Instituto Latino Americano de Prácticas Restaurativas, ubicado en Perú - página web: www.iirp.edu - dirigido por Jean Schmitz. El IIRP está trabajando para traducir todos sus materiales de capacitación, vídeos y libros al español y portugués.
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