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		<title>Truth-telling, Reconciliation and Restorative Justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truth-telling, Reconciliation and Restorative Justice,&#160;is a course taught at Eastern Mennonite University&#8217;s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. The course is part of&#160;the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, under Session IV, &#160;and taught by Cal Stauffer and Fania Davis. To learn more about the rest of the courses offered at EMU&#8217;s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, click here. From the description&#8230; The call for &#8220;truth-telling&#8221; has become paramount in the quest for justice. This course critically explores the linkages between truth and justice and grapples with the form [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11374">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Relationships Are Not Enough: Reconciling with Genocide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article, When Relationships Are Not Enough: Reconciling with Genocide, by Dave Joseph was published September 21, 2015 on Public Conversations Project&#8217;s blog. In the article, Joseph reflects on his recent trip to Rwanda and the many intense and challenging emotions that arose when paying respects at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. The memorial honors those murdered in the 1994 genocide committed against the Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Joseph explores how such an extreme atrocity can happen and how this affects people to dialogue- what is [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11328">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth [RJOY]</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11232</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth [RJOY] was co-created by Fania Davis and members of the Oakland community and government. RJOY works to implement programs within schools, the community and juvenile justice system; beginning with a pilot program at West Oakland middle school in 2007.&#160;In the places where restorative justice has been implemented, there has been a noticeable decrease in youth violence, crimes and recidivism; and an increase in victim satisfaction and reconciliation of affected parties. Restorative justice provides an alternative to our current [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11232">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Transforming Historical Harms</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11182</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 96-page manual, Transforming Historical Harms by David Anderson Hooker and Amy Potter Czajkowski, was uploaded October 2013 on Coming to the Table&#8216;s site. The manual gives a holistic framework&#160;to address historical injustices, in a way that engages all participants, and identifies the aftermath and legacies of [generational] trauma. This manual was developed by Coming to the Table and has been a collective effort of Eastern Mennonite University&#8217;s (EMU)&#160;Center for Justice &#38; Peacebuilding (CJP) and&#160;their Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. From the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11182">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Re-imagining and Restoring Justice: Toward a Truth and Reconciliation Process to Address Violence Against African-Americans in the US</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The webinar,&#160;Re-imagining and Restoring Justice: Toward a Truth and Reconciliation Process to Address Violence Against African-Americans in the US, was&#160;hosted by Carl Stauffer and speaker guest, Fania Davis, and occurred March 16, 2016 on Zehr Institute&#8216;s site. In the hour and a half long webinar, Stauffer and Davis discuss the restorative-justice based, Truth and Reconciliation Movement. Davis begins with sharing her personal story and how her path led to restorative justice and the Truth and Reconciliation Movement. In this process, Davis explains, one asks the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11177">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Repairing the Breach: The Power of Dialogue to Heal Relationships and Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 7-page article,&#160;Repairing the Breach: The Power of Dialogue to Heal Relationships and Communities (2014),&#160;by Robert Stains Jr&#160;was&#160;published in&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 10: Iss. 1. Dialogue has an incredible power to create a space for individuals to come together and work through difficult conversations that may have previously been felt by the participants as an insurmountable task. Public Conversations Project use of the Reflexive Structured Dialogue process creates an opportunity for a profound shift in conversations, as participants share their own personal stories, emotions [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11124">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Difference, Conflict &amp; Love: How Family Can Lead Us Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article, Difference, Conflict &#38; Love: How Family Can Lead Us Home by Kathy Eckles was published April 2016 on Public Conversations Project blog. In the article, Eckles shares some of her family&#8217;s history regarding dialogue and the desire growing up to have had other alternatives communication with her family, especially when it came to harder issues. She gives 3 steps for improving communication skills with family, even when differences and conflict arise. Below is an excerpt from the article and you can find the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11103">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Spaces for Dialogue – A Role for Civil Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating Spaces for Dialogue &#8211; A Role for Civil Society, is a publication released December 2015 from the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC). It is a&#160;compilation of different case studies about dialogue processes that have taken place among polarized societies. From GPPAC&#8230; Dialogue and mediation is at the heart of the work of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC). GPPAC members employ dialogue and mediation as a means for conflict prevention, to decrease tensions during conflict, or [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10375">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deliberation for Reconciliation in Divided Societies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 37-page case study,&#160;Deliberation for Reconciliation in Divided Societies&#160;(2015)&#160;published by Dr.&#160;Magdalena Dembinska and Dr. Fran&#231;oise Montambeault in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 11: Iss. 1. The study discusses the how deliberate processes were utilized to facilitate dialogue for inter-group reconciliation. From the Abstract Engaging with the literature on deliberative democracy, this article contends that in the context of ethnic group hostilities, deliberative processes where participants have a genuine opportunity to communicate and &#8216;hear the other side&#8217; can be a way for inter-group dialogue and reconciliation. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9954">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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