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Archive for December 2009

Gripping story of teen drinking and driving . . . another lesson.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 12:39 AM 

The Door County Wisconsin Sheriff’s Department and local coalition produced this video, the story of Karen and Amanda.  It’s real and it hits me because I work with situations like this at SCVRJP.  I help speakers like the ones in this video, share their story. As you watch this, you will be drawn in, get a […]

Categories : Circle Process, Community, offenders, On the Road Together - Book, RJ Resources, Safe Teen Driving Circles, Underage Consumption Panels, Victim Impact Panels, Victims
Tags : Door County Sheriff's Department, Door County Video, fatal crashes, Safe Teen Driving, underage drinking

In case you forgot . . . getting a felony is a bad thing!

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 11:53 AM 

In case you missed this comment, I wanted to post it.  I think Brenda makes some strong points:  Labeling people has played a tremendously important role in the history of the world. Labeling has ruined reputations, and ended lives, sent people to prison and to war, and just generally made people mad at each other […]

Categories : offenders
Tags : impacts of a felony

Being a workaholic really does follow addiction patterns.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 02:43 PM 

This year at work, I struggled with using all of my Paid Time Off.  I just didn’t feel like I could take the time off.  Often times during the calendar year, I was the only employee. I tried to negotiate with the board of directors to “buy-out” part of my time off bank.  They very […]

Categories : Kris Miner, Meeting Goals, personal growth
Tags : workaholic

Why Restorative Justice helps us with ‘belonging’.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 12:55 PM 

Maslow’s Hierchy of needs, from changing minds.org.  There’s belonging right in the middle.  First we have the basic needs, food, shelter and clothing.  Then freedom from danger, and in the middle, BELONGING. How many incidences of crime or harm do you think DON’T impact the bottom two,  safety and basic needs?  Sleep disturbance is a common impact […]

Categories : Belonging, Circle Keeping, Circle Process, Circle Stages, Full Circle Experiences, offenders, Practitioner Skills, Relationships, Responses from participants, Restorative Justice, SCVRJP, Volunteers
Tags : Belonging, Controlled substance intervention, SCVRJP

Blogging helps link you to other blogs – a Restorative Justice example from Missouri.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 04:34 PM 

I was reviewing my blog post, checking out how the layout looked. At the bottom, WORDPRESS will post similar posts. I found this one, Why Restorative Justice Programs are thriving in Missouri.    The wordpress blog is here. I enjoy hearing that there is consistency in studies about Restorative Justice. Evaluations show that offenders follow thru […]

Categories : Circle Process

Surviving a “colossal faux pas” and rebounding!

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 06:42 PM 

  Colossal – dictionary.com tells me this means extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge. A Faux pas -is a blunder in etiquette.  I had to survive a colossal faux pas in October of 2007.  I brought my daughter and best friend along for the ride.  Friend and daughter both fans of the Rocky […]

Categories : Full Circle Experiences, Kris Miner, personal growth
Tags : Rocky Horror

Are self-help books really all that helpful? A personal strength list reveals a “maybe”

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 07:28 PM 

I was quickly browsing one of my many dating self-help books.  Just looking for validation that I am READY for a relationship.  Something that says the problem isn’t me. I’m not going to go down the road of why my thinking “alone” is some sort of problem, failure or deficiet – created by society, who […]

Categories : personal growth, Relationships, Writing
Tags : personal strength, relationship ready, strenghtsfinder

Deep Brain Learning book review and applications to Restorative Justice

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 12:30 PM 

I snapped this photo last night with my cell phone.  The lights of the Christmas tree blurred out the tabs on the side.  I tabbed 48 places in this book. This was my Saturday night date, this book, Deep Brain Learning.  I read it in two and a half hours, cover to cover.  I thought […]

Categories : Belonging, Community, On the Road Together - Book, photo of the week, Practitioner Skills, Research, Teaching RJ, Tip of the Week
Tags : brain development, challenging youth, Larry Bendtro

Update on the question: what do you know alot about and how did you get to know it

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Saturday, December 19th, 2009 at 12:30 PM 

I mentioned the getting acquainted question in this post.  I gave it a try and was really impressed with how it worked.  Once again the Circle process did not fail me. It was cute to see the person wearing a t-shirt with a soccer ball on it, say she knew alot about soccer, because she […]

Categories : Circle Keeping, Counter-point, Full Circle Experiences, Practitioner Skills, Responses from participants, Restorative Justice in Schools, Safe Teen Driving Circles, Talking Piece, Teaching RJ
Tags : Talking Circle

A dating relationship measure, “Melting Pot worthy”.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 01:42 PM 

Yes, by Melting Pot, I mean the fondue restaurant chain, Melting Pot. I had the good fortune of being introduced to the restaurant with some male friends.  While traveling I caught up with an old friend, a social media friend and made a new friend.  Here is a photo of all of us at a […]

Categories : Kris Miner, personal growth, photo of the week
Tags : dating, Melting Pot, Relationships
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