2024 Restorative Justice Symposium
Catalyzing Change: Equipping Alaskan Communities with Restorative Justice Tools
March 21 and 22, 2024 (Thursday and Friday)
March 21 and 22, 2024 (Thursday and Friday)
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We are excited to announce our second iteration of the Restorative Justice Symposium. The first symposium was held in person last year on UAA's campus to foster community and buy-in to establish the symposium as an annual event. Thank you to all our sponsors, collaborators, and the 2023 participants who made this possible.
This year, our symposium is titled "Catalyzing Change: Equipping Alaskan Communities with Restorative Justice Tools" and will be held virtually on March 21st and March 22nd. As the title suggests, the symposium for 2024 is more action-oriented based on the feedback from last year's participants.
Registration is now live.
For more details about the agenda and speaker bios visit the 2024 Restorative Justice Symposium Website.
We are excited to announce our second iteration of the Restorative Justice Symposium. The first symposium was held in person last year on UAA's campus to foster community and buy-in to establish the symposium as an annual event. Thank you to all our sponsors, collaborators, and the 2023 participants who made this possible.
This year, our symposium is titled "Catalyzing Change: Equipping Alaskan Communities with Restorative Justice Tools" and will be held virtually on March 21st and March 22nd. As the title suggests, the symposium for 2024 is more action-oriented based on the feedback from last year's participants.
Registration is now live.
For more details about the agenda and speaker bios visit the 2024 Restorative Justice Symposium Website.
Symposium Agenda - Day 1
10:30-11:45 AM
From Snowball to Avalanche: The state of restorative justice in Alaska
Opening remarks and introductions by Dr. Ingrid Johnson of the UAA Justice Center and Dr. Rei Shimizu of the UAA School of Social Work
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Leveraging Alaska's Criminal Legal Process to use Restorative Justice
UAF Justice Professor Jeff May, Alaska Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman, and other experts!
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Building Buy-in: How to talk about restorative justice
Former Alaskan legislator Geran Tarr and members of the Oregon Restorative Justice Council: Tristen Edwards and Debra Pennington Davis, and Wasco County, Oregon, District Attorney, Matt Ellis
3:45 - 5:15 PM
Locking in your Linchpins: How to recruit, train, and retain restorative justice facilitators
Mike Jackson (the Kake Circle Peacemaking Program), Curt Shuey (Circle Alaska Consulting), and Kimberly Martus (RurAL CAP)
Symposium Agenda - Day 2
10:00-12:00 PM
Lessons from the Alaskan Restorative Justice Field
Kake Circle Peacemaking Program (Mike Jackson), the Fairbanks Community Restorative Justice Initiative (Jeff May), the Nenana Peacemaking Circle (Kat McElroy), and the Kenaitze Ts’iłq’u Circle (Martina Georges)
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Lunch Networking Social
Facilitated online networking event
1:15 - 3:00 PM
Healing, Voice, and Accountability through Restorative Justice: A crime victim's perspective
A conversation with Terria Vandehuerk
3:45 - 4:45 PM
Restorative Justice, Peacemaking, and Transformative Justice
Christy Chapman (The University of New Mexico, Indigenous Design + Planning Institute), Kim Martus (RurAL CAP), and Megan Edge (ACLU)
4:45 - 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Next Steps
Drs. Ingrid Johnson and Rei Shimizu
