Restorative Justice Resources – Peace Resource Center of San Diego

Books and Articles

Alexander, M. (2012) The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Clifford, A. (2013) Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles (free download) http://centerforrestorativeprocess.us2.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=2a42883105ac554285a9bfa47&id=a37456ef67
Community Coalition Infographic: Are Our Children Being Pushed Into Prison? http://cocosouthla.org/inforgraphics
Costello,R., Wachtel, J & Wachtel, T. (2009) The Restorative Practices Handbook for Teachers, Disciplinarians and Administrators
Rethinking Schools Editors (Fall 2014) Restorative Justice: What it is and is not
Shiff, M. (2013) Dignity, Disparity and Desistance: Effective Restorative Justice Strategies to Plug the “School to Prison Pipeline https://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/resources/projects/center-for-civil-rights-remedies/school-to-prison-folder/state-reports/dignity-disparity-and-desistance-effective-restorative-justice-strategies-to-plug-the-201cschool-to-prison-pipeline/schiff-dignity-disparity-ccrr-conf-2013.pdf
Wachtel,T.(2013) Defining Restorative. http://www.iirp.edu/pdf/Defining-Restorative.pdf
Zehr, H. (2015) The Little Book of Restorative Justice

Video

American Kids and the School to Prison Pipeline youtube.com/watch?v=04pcSyzwoTg
Can A One Minute Video Change How We See For-Profit Prisons? good.is/articles/how-companies-make-money-off-prisoners
Fixing Juvie Justice (aired 8-13-2013) pbs.org/program/fixing-juvie-justice
Introducing Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdoWo1D3sY

Organizations

Restorative Justice: What You Can Do

Learn and Share:

Download the Fix School Discipline Community Toolkit and follow the recommended steps. http://fixschooldiscipline.org/community-toolkit
View and share free webinars from the Zehr Institute: http://zehr-institute.org/webinars
Organize a book study group on The New Jim Crow. Study guide is available for $3.99 at http://www.newjimcroworganizing.org
Are you a teacher or resident of San Diego County? Anthony Ceja provides Restorative Practices trainings (Intro to RP, Effective Use of Circles in Schools, and Restorative Conferencing) to San Diego County schools. He also provides technical assistance and support to schools attempting to implement RP in their school. Contact: ACeja@sdcoe.net
If you are a parent/guardian/teacher/mentor, help children to develop a feelings vocabulary using real life situations, movies, television, and literature. Help children understand the idea of making things as right as possible when harm has been done. One vocabulary example: http://www.parentmap.com/article/name-that-emotion-developing-an-emotional-vocabulary

Advocate:

Attend San Diego Unified’s School Board Meeting to speak about the need for dedicated funds for training and full implementation of a Restorative Initiative. Training of school police, in addition to teachers, counselors and administrator training is essential. http://www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information
Sign the petition for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act https://www.change.org/p/pass-the-juvenile-justice-and-delinquency-prevention-act

Volunteer:

Join Mid-City CAN’s Peace Promotion Momentum Team. Contact: Sandra Rodriguez srodriguez@midcitycan.org
Be a community representative for Restorative Community Conferences in City Heights or Southeast district. Contact: Mayte Benitez mbenitez@ncrconline.com or Francisco Carbajal fcarbajal@ncrconline.com
Help at the R-JMP Restorative Justice Mediation Program in various ways, including becoming a co-facilitator. sdrjmp.org
Be a support at the Center for Community Cohesion. Needs include receptionists, office staff, community organizers, co-facilitators, and more. Contact: Tasha Williamson twilliamson@ncrconline.com