Posts Tagged ‘howard zehr’

Howard Zehr shows us a better way, one that seeks to repair and restore victims, offenders, and the people around them. If you can’t come to meet him personally, pick up one of his little books and look through his lens at a very different and I believe a much better world.

The 2011 Evans Lectureship “Re-visioning Justice” Revisioning Justice, the Second Evans Lectureship, will be held at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center in western North Carolina on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1, 2011. Professor Howard Zehr, of Eastern Mennonite University, will be speaking and leading workshops on issues of restorative justice, criminal justice [...]

Relationships matter. Restorative justice reminds us of this web of relationships and suggests principles and practices to create and restore healthy relationships.

“We in the restorative justice community have much to offer victims. I’m convinced, though, that in order to deliver on this we must partner with victim advocacy and support groups.”