By Jackie Bueno When Juls, the Co-Founder of the Center, invited me to become a part of this blog, I was deeply touched. This Center has truly transformed not only my way of thinking, but living. I and the rest of our Center thank each and everyone of you that had an open heart to […]
API Month Leadership Spotlight: Bianca Filart
By Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting community leaders from the community for Asian Pacific Islander Month (API). Because the voices from the Pilipinx community often are underrepresented in U.S. media, our center recognizes the importance of uplifting voices like these. For our API series, we’re highlighting various leaders from the […]
API Month Leadership Spotlight: Kim Davalos
By Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting community leaders from the community for Asian Pacific Islander Month (API). Because the voices from the Pilipinx community often are underrepresented in U.S. media, our center recognizes the importance of uplifting voices like these. For our API series, we’re highlighting various leaders from Pinay […]
Humans of RJ: Sarah Jung-mi Brown
This week, the RJ Center is highlighting Sarah Jung-mi Brown, a graduate student at UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare. Sarah is an RJ Student Leader and serves as the Graduate student liaison. Here’s her bio: Q: Tell me about where you grew up. Sarah: I grew up in Reno, Nevada. It’s called the biggest, […]
API Month Leadership Spotlight: Melissa Saulog Nagar
By Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting community leaders from the community for Asian Pacific Islander Month (API). Because the voices from the Pilipinx community often are underrepresented in U.S. media, our center recognizes the importance of uplifting voices like these. For our API series, we’re highlighting various leaders from Pinay […]
API Month Leadership Spotlight: Dr. Elaine Serina
By Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting community leaders from the community for Asian Pacific Islander Month (API). Because the voices from the Pilipinx community often are underrepresented in U.S. media, our center recognizes the importance of uplifting voices like these. For our API series, we’re highlighting various leaders from Pinay […]
UC Berkeley Leadership Spotlight: Enrique Marroquín
By Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting community leaders from the Central American community at Cal. Because the voices from the Central American community often are underrepresented in U.S. media, our Center recognizes the importance of uplifting voices like these. To learn more about CAFÉ, see this link here! For this […]
Humans of RJ: Salomé Ragot
This week, the RJ Center is highlighting Salomé Ragot, a sophomore at UC Berkeley. Salomé is an RJ Student Leader and teaches the RJ Center’s weekly Decal. Here’s her bio: Q: Tell me about where you grew up. Salomé: So I was born in France, but I really grew up most of my life in […]
Restorative Justice in Action: Jacqueline Bueno
One of our RJ Student Leaders, Jacqueline Bueno, presented at #AFLVWest, on Friday, April 6, a four-day conference from April 5 to April 8 in San Diego, to discuss how Greek life at colleges in the Western region of the U.S. can implement equity-based programming on their campuses. Bueno’s presentation was an hour-long and included […]
#ActiveListeningNews: Social Media Harm in Plattsburgh, Keene
As we prepare for our circle on Monday in regards to social media harm, we wanted to share with you an article about a racist incident that occurred through social media platforms such as Snapchat? How can society change the dialogue around harm on social media? Read this article here!