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DFS co-founder funds NI justice projects
Original Source By John Frank-Keyes Irish-American billionaire and co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers group Chuck Feeney is set to match British government funding for community-based restorative justice projects in Northern Ireland right across the political spectrum. It is the first time the UK government…
Author: Travel Retail Executive News Digest
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To Keep Kids Out of Trouble—And Prison—Teach Them to Understand Their Emotions
A restorative circle at MetWest High School in Oakland, Calif. Image by Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth and Oakland Unified School District. After teaching students to understand and talk through their conflicts, schools in Denver and Los Angeles have seen major reductions in disciplinary action.…
Author: YES! Magazine
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Communities for Just Schools Fund Newsletter: July 2015
The Communities for Just Schools Fund (CJSF) is a new national donor collaborative that supports constituency-led organizing efforts to create positive and supportive school climates, which affirm and foster the success of all students. Building upon the groundbreaking initiatives of the Just and Fair Schools…
Author: Communities for Just Schools Fund
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On ‘The Case for Big Government’
By Gara LaMarche. It’s bold of Jeff Madrick, a journalist who writes about economics in The New York Review of Books and elsewhere, to title this book “The Case for Big Government.” Despite the colossal failures of government in recent years — from the inadequate…
Author: Brennan Center for Justice
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US billionaire due to match CBRJ funding
Original Source By Barry McCaffrey An American billionaire yesterday announced that he is to match British government funding for community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) projects. Over the next three years American billionaire Chuck Feeney and the NIO will jointly provide £600,000 funding for community-based restorative justice…
Author: Irish News
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How Did This High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times to Graduating Valedictorian?
https://youtu.be/fM-nO7muBrg High school student Damon Smith had been suspended more than 20 times before entering Ralph Bunche High School in Oakland, an alternative high school for chronically expelled students. After working with Eric Butler, a restorative justice counselor at the school, Damon left behind the…
Author: The Nation
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Discipline with Dignity: Oakland Schools Try Talk Circles
By Fania Davis, YES! Magazine As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers helping to shut down the school-to-prison pipeline. ‘Punitive justice asks only what rule of law was broken, who did it, and how they should be…
Author: The Christian Science Monitor
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Letter from Belfast: In a Time of Strengthening Peace, Communities and Advocates Raise Their Voices for Social Justice
Time was, not too long ago, that sectarian violence ruled Belfast, but in recent years the bombs have largely fallen silent. The more rare outbursts of violence – such as the March killings of two British soldiers ambushed during a pizza delivery – have been…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: April 2013
Watch this quick video to learn about the Just and Fair School Fund’s grant awards, and the youth, parents, congregations, and teachers they support around the country. Feature The Just and Fair Schools Fund is pleased to announce $3.8 million in grants over two years…
Author: Just and Fair Schools Fund
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Senate Hearing on Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline Shows Need for Federal Action to Reform School Discipline
Edward Ward, a youth leader with Chicago-based community organization Blocks Together, testified at the hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, on the school-to-prison pipeline. >>Watch the full hearing Positive Discipline Approaches Should Replace Suspension, Expulsion and Arrest…
Author: Dignity in Schools Campaign