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Love Has Everything to Do With It

By Bilphena Yahwon — September 6, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, I stumbled upon Toni Morrison’s 1998 interview with Michael Silverblatt called The Writing Life.  During their conversation, she explored the question of love under duress more specifically “How are we able to love under duress and, when we … [Read more...]

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Good Reads

By Iman Shabazz — August 29, 2022

Nana John Henrik Clarke taught us that in Afrikan traditional cultural systems the concept of justice was maintained through honor and obligation. In other words, it was a cultural imperative for each community member to be what we call today, "restorative." The integrity of … [Read more...]

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Leadership & Learning Series (Part I.)

By Iman Shabazz — August 25, 2022

What is a leader? Leaders are servants anchored within the collective. The relational leader is a representative of the values bestowed by the people. As Dr. Muhammad states, “When we think about transformative leaders, we’re often talking about folks who don’t need the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Leadership & Learning Tagged With: leadership development, restorative justice, restorative practices

Inviting Change on the Restorative Journey

By Yasmeen Davis — April 13, 2020

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek.”                                                   —Barack Obama “All that you touch You Change. All that you … [Read more...]

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The Conversation of Dissent in a Restorative Community

By Chella Drew — February 10, 2020

One of the most common challenges that organizations face when implementing Restorative Practices is what is perceived as resistance to the restorative approach. They ask questions such as “How do we increase staff buy-in?” and “What do we do with ‘negative’ people who are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: community, dissent, education, restoration, restorative justice, restorative practices, skills

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