RJP Featured in "Stories from salinas"

Members of Restorative Justice Partners program for schools teamed with the Alisal school district to work with the students interested in learning about restorative justice.  To read the whole article, CLICK HERE.  And you can watch the movie on this page as well. 
It’s 12:30 on a Wednesday afternoon and Alejandra Hinojosa and Rosario Serrano pull on bright orange vests and head onto the playground of Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary School in Salinas for their weekly shift as peer mediators.

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District student suspensions on the decline

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By Juan Reyes | jreyes@montereyherald.com | Monterey Herald
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2019 at 3:04 pm | UPDATED: April 8, 2019 at 3:05 pm
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Central Coast High School principal Alan Crawford, right, shows off a book about alternative discipline during a Monterey Peninsula Unified School District special meeting on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Marci McFadden — Monterey Peninsula Unified School District)

The Role of restorative Justice featured in this article

Alessandro Tani, assistant principal at Marina High School, said they teamed up with Restorative Justice Partners Inc. of Marina in spring 2017. He said the school staff was trained in the practices of restorative justice.
“Essentially what it allows us to do is it allows us to have a scripted, safe conversation with students to get past some things that happened on campus,” Tani said.
Tani said it can be used for peer mediation. For example, suspending students may not extinguish the tension, and a fight could break out when the students return, which could result in multiple suspensions. He said using restorative justice in that example creates a space where students can coexist on campus.
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the rjp staff Practices mindfulness

Mindfulness workshop hosted by franklin legacy fund

Sandra Leader, of the Franklin Legacy Fund, ran a workshop about mindfulness for RJP, Inc. to ensure that restorative justice practitioners can provide the strongest services possible. 

In The news

Restorative Justice Partners:
Repairing The Harm
Bringing victims and offenders together to encourage accountability, reparation and empathy.
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Restorative Justice Partners, Inc Award Dinner
The 2018 Restorative Justice Partners, Inc. Award Dinner had the honor of recognizing Susie Franklin, Founder of the Franklin Legacy Fund. Ms. Franklin's support helped take RJP, Inc. to a new level! Even following, the Initiative's Vision remains a guiding light as the organization moves forward.
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