Sessions
Session 1:
Alternatives to Detention (ATD): Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention with Effective and Innovative Alternatives to Detention
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 12pm-1pm (CDT)
Session 2:
Alternatives to Detention (ATD): why culture matters, targeting intervention for specific populations and building a continuum
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 12pm-1pm (CDT)
Session 3:
Alternatives to Detention (ATD): Multi-Agency Resource Center: A one-stop shop for families
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 12pm-1pm (CDT)
Session 4:
Mental Health in the Black Community
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 12pm-1pm (CDT)
Session 5:
Keynote – Healing Communities
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12pm-1:30pm (CDT)
Session 6:
Keynote – Why Credible Messengers?
Friday, October 30, 2020, 12pm-1:30pm (CDT)
Sessions
Session 7:
Native American culture and traditions of Native families
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 12pm-1:00pm (CST)
Session 8:
Keynote – Impacting Behavior through Culture
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm (CST)
Session 9:
Keynote – Justice for Youth of Color: Paradigms and Challenges in the Douglas County Juvenile Justice System
Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm (CST)
Session 10:
Keynote – Serving Refugee Communities
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm (CDT)
Session 11:
Keynote – Understanding “Conditioning” and how it contributes to Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm (CDT)
Session 12:
Keynote – Mending the Harm through Restorative Justice Practices from a Prosecutor’s Lens
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm (CDT)
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Mending the Harm through Restorative Justice Practices from a Prosecutors lens.
May 26, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm CST
Keynote Speaker: Seema Gajawani
Seema Gajwani is the Special Counsel for Juvenile Justice reform and Chief of restorative justice in Washington, D.C.’s Office of Attorney General. Seema launched the first restorative justice program housed within the Prosecutors office, where Prosecutors and restorative justice facilitators engage to encourage young people to take responsibility for their actions and understand the impact their actions have on victims. The approach focuses on reaching a solution between the harmed and the accused, that does not require detention or contact with the juvenile justice system, all of which is operated through the Prosecutors Office. According to Seema “I think it’s really changed the culture of prosecution in this office. It’s propelled prosecutors to think more broadly about crime and conflict.” Seema will discuss restorative justice practices that shifts the transactional prosecutorial process to a culture of transformation that brings forth accountability, responsibility, empathy and consequential thinking.
Session 1 Resources and Supporting Documents
AECF Embracing Equity 7 Steps-2014
AECF 2017 Race for Results-2017
AECF Forging Partnerships with Law Enforcement-2017
AECF Leading with Race to Reimagine-2020
AECF Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Youth in JJ-2015
AECF Noncitizen Youth Update-2018
AECF Pathways 8 reducing racial disparities-2001
AECF Transforming Juvenile Probation-2018
Session 3 Resources and Supporting Documents
Session 4 Resources and Supporting Documents
Mental Health and the African American community – DE Moore 2020 – Slide Deck
Session 5 Resources and Supporting Documents
Session 7 Resources and Supporting Documents
Session 10 Resources and Supporting Documents
Session 11 Resources and Supporting Documents
Session 12 Resources and Supporting Documents
- Law review article on RJ, progressive prosecutors, and juvenile justice reform. https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1448&context=nyls_law_review
- DC Office of the Attorney General video about RJ from people who have participated in a circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvzy_Oeiz-k&t=5s
- NPR piece about RJ in a prosecutor’s office: NPR: D.C. Prosecutors, Once Dubious, Are Becoming Believers In Restorative Justice
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/735506637/d-c-prosecutors-once-dubious-are-becoming-believers-in-restorative-justice - NPR piece in which they recorded a circle: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/737924001/tuesday-july-2nd-2019
- Article about OAG’s RJ program: https://thedcline.org/2018/07/27/restorative-justice-program-for-juveniles-aims-to-foster-empathy-heal-trauma/
- Article about RJ at OAG as an alternative to prosecution: DCist: Restorative Justice Has The D.C. Attorney General’s Office Looking At Prosecutions In A New Light
https://dcist.com/story/20/05/08/restorative-justice-has-the-d-c-attorney-generals-office-looking-at-prosecutions-in-a-new-light/