The elders in our community-based restorative justice program are frustrated that younger organizers keep bringing up how traditional circle processes might not work for people who've experienced historical trauma from those same traditional structures.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community is grappling with how to honor ancestral wisdom while acknowledging how that wisdom must evolve to address contemporary harms.
“Where Are You with Restorative justice — theory and practice?”
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