Restorative Justice
http://restorativejustice.org/
Angela Davis. “Freedom is a Constant Struggle.”
http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/11/25/transcription-angela-davis-freedom-constant-struggle-closures-continuities/
Fania Davis. The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation, Justice and Peacebuilding Series, Good Books, 2019, Kindle Edition
Fania Davis resources at Yes! Magazine
https://www.yesmagazine.org/authors/fania-davis/
Circles. Produced and directed by Cassidy Friedman, a documentary featuring the work of Eric Butler at Ralph J. Bunche High School, Oakland. Lionsgate, 2019. Amazon Prime Video. (1 h 21 min)
YouTube Videos by Cassidy Friedman
“Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools: Tier One. Community Building Circle.” Cassidy Friedman. 9 Oct. 2012, YouTube. A pair of students at MetWest High School, an Oakland public school in Oakland, Calif., facilitate a community-building circle in their classroom. (9 min 31 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKhcQrLD1w
“Restorative Welcome and Re-entry Circle.” Cassidy Friedman. 22 Apr, 2013. YouTube. Filmed at Bunche High School, this video is a collaboration between Oakland Unified School District and Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth.
The video combines footage from the circle with interviews of the re-entering student and the circle (13 min 59 sec). https://youtu.be/uSJ2GPiptvc
“Students Transform Tense Oakland School Board Meeting Over Budget Cuts into A Circle.” Cassidy Friedman. 28 Jan., 2019, YouTube.On Jan, 23, 2019, #Oakland #RestorativeJustice facilitators Eric Butler and Cece Jordan helped students transform a room filled with hundreds of protesters – who came to fight the Oakland Unified School District board over expected budget cuts – into a peace circle. The event was unprecedented in school board history (8 min 32 sec). https://youtu.be/puRlwOmtFUA
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