Charles Tracy Restorative Justice Think Tank

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Join us at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square between 10am and 5pm where we will read aloud the names of the men, women, and children confirmed to have died at the hands of N**i Germany and its European collaborators between 1933 and 1945.

The utter magnitude of the Holocaust shook the very foundations of modern civilization. Moreover, as we sadly know, genocide continues elsewhere in the world to the present day. In our interconnected world, how might remembering this atrocity contribute to our understanding of our responsibility to one another? At the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, we study the Holocaust to examine our connections to each other. We study the Holocaust to sustain the memory of millions whose murders silenced their human voices, in the name of inhuman hatred. Such remembrance bears witness to the destruction of European Jewry and demands that we raise an obligatory moral and political voice against contemporary acts of racism, injustice, and cruelty—wherever and whenever they occur.

On Yom HaShoah – 77 years after the liberation of Jews and others – we hold the memory of six million Jewish victims and millions of other victims of the Holocaust in our hearts. On this day we honor survivors both locally and everywhere on our precious, endangered planet.

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Step Inside the Circle Unaddressed childhood trauma changes how we respond to the world and when triggered, we make choices that sometimes have devastating consequences including domestic…

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Ilhan Omar Asks For Restorative Justice For The Man Who Threatened Her Life Ilhan Omar Asks For Restorative Justice For The Man Who Threatened Her Life Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Email Vaidya Gullapalli Nov 20, 2019 Spotlights like this one provide original commentary and analysis on pressing criminal justice issues of the day. You can read them each day in...

New York Could Become First State To Be Completely Done With Private Prisons New York State has been leading the way in flexing its muscles with respect to the private prison industry. Let’s take a look at what these three policies in concert mean, and what may come next as Bill S5433 goes to the Assembly and ultimately the Governor for approval as soon as this week.

Looking forward to seeing people at the conference this month. Registration is still open

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I really enjoyed Deanna VanBuren's TED talk about what our society looks like if we approach it restoratively and don't build prisons. Thanks Jordan B. for sharing this. Jordan has been working in the pop up village in Oakland.

What a world without prisons could look like Deanna Van Buren designs restorative justice centers that, instead of taking the punitive approach used by a system focused on mass incarceration, treat crime as a breach of relationships and justice as a process where all stakeholders come together to repair that breach. With help and ideas from in...

Van Jones to host new CNN series focused on 'restorative justice' CNN on Wednesday said political analyst Van Jones will host a series launching this month that offers "a rare glimpse into the restorative justice process" of those who have committed "a life-altering crime."

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Opinion | Reckoning With Violence We must face violent crime honestly and courageously if we are ever to end mass incarceration and provide survivors what they truly want and need to heal.

Interested in becoming a facilitator for restorative dialogue? Check out this upcoming training opportunity with the City of Beaverton Center for Mediation and Dialogue!

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