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Archive for January 2011

Silly builds self-confidence, leaders need to learn how to get others to be a little silly.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 at 05:29 PM 

Acting a little goofy, comes naturally to me.  I like to make people laugh.  I’m not afraid to tell really bad jokes.  The kinds that get a sarcastic or half-hearted courtesy laugh.  When I train a group or start a circle I sometimes throw out a one-liner or bad joke and it really breaks the […]

Categories : Circle Process, Circle Stages, College Circles, Community, Full Circle Experiences, offenders, Practitioner Skills, Responses from participants, Restorative Justice, RJ Resources, Underage Consumption Panels

Coming together to share school-based Restorative Justice.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 09:37 AM 

Colorado schools promote restorative justice with a school summit. The full article highlights aspects of the youth-led restorative justice work happening in Colorado schools.  More evidence rolls in on using the philosophy and approach to build community and respond to harm in a way that does not exclude students or interupt academics. The power of […]

Categories : Belonging, Circle Keeping, Circle Stages, Elementary Classroom Circles, Practitioner Skills, Relationships, Research, Responses from participants, Restorative Justice, Restorative Justice in Schools
Tags : Kris Miner, Restorative Justice in Schools, restorative justice training

3 messages of support for Restorative Justice Circlekeepers.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 03:41 PM 

Respect the power of Circle.  Here is a link, where you can listen to a family-services worker with Ojibwe ancestry, who uses the circle technique to encourage open sharing and real listening.  Mary reminds us that this process is very simple and very powerful.  The interview provides great insight into application process. Keep your balance. It […]

Categories : Circle Keeping, Circle Process, Practitioner Skills, Restorative Justice, Teaching RJ, Tip of the Week

Legislation to promote funding for school-based restorative justice.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 at 03:45 PM 

A recent email: I hope you had a great holiday!  Congressman Cohen is working to reintroduce the Restorative Justice in Schools Act for the 112th Congress.  Please let me know if you would like your organization to be listed as one that supports this legislation.  Below is the draft text we will use to send […]

Categories : Circle Process, Elementary Classroom Circles, Restorative Justice in Schools, RJ Resources
Tags : funding restorative justice, restorative justice legislation, school-based restorative justice

Help from a neighbor, small relationship support can make a big difference.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Monday, January 17th, 2011 at 07:16 PM 

I often explain that the culture in a community can be changed.  Restorative Justice works on culture by improving the relationships between people.  Even strangers can help you feel better about your community.  I usually give the example of someone holding the door for you at the post office.  However, I bumped into someone recently […]

Categories : Belonging, Community, Kris Miner

Restorative Justice Circles help people practice being their best.

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 at 04:57 PM 

I was a little worried about how the Underage Consumption Panel was going to go.  One of our community members in the Circle was a local Judge.  A supporter of Restorative Justice, but this was going to be his first bonafide Circle experience.  Of course I wanted it to go very well.  Each Circle is […]

Categories : Belonging, Circle Process, Circle Stages, College Circles, Full Circle Experiences, offenders, Practitioner Skills, Relationships, Responses from participants, Restorative Justice, SCVRJP, Talking Piece, Teaching RJ, Underage Consumption Panels, Volunteers
Tags : Circle Keeping, judge restorative justice, restorative justice circles, underage consumption panel

My brain thinks in restorative justice circles and so can yours!

Posted by Kris Miner 
· Monday, January 3rd, 2011 at 01:48 PM 

I was having a dream that I was losing control of a team of people.  I was in an old house and half of the group left, concerned because I brought up addressing how things were going in the house.  An old well-respected supervisor of mine, was in the dream.  I told him I was […]

Categories : Circle Keeping, Circle Process, Circle Stages, Practitioner Skills, Restorative Justice
Tags : Circle Keeping, circle stages, restorative justice circle questions

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