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By Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting candidates from both Student Action and CalSERVE, to find out what their platforms are and why they’re running for ASUC Executive positions and ASUC Senate. This week, we’re featuring Juniperangelica, a junior transfer at Cal and current Senator in the ASUC. Juniperangelica is...
Read MorePhoto courtesy ofThe New York Times The New York Timesposted an article about the realities of how college campuses are coping with free speech, including our very own UC Berkeley. Read the article here! “What you see is a generation that’s struggling with really deep questions about how to be a pluralistic society and a pluralistic campus and how...
Read MoreThis week, we’re highlighting one of our Student Leaders and Lead Blogger for the Restorative Justice Center’s blog, Jackie Bueno. Jackie is a senior at UC Berkeley studying Sociology graduating in August 2018. She started working for the RJ Center in September 2017. Since then, Jackie has led Restorative Justice Circles in Greek life and for other...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting candidates from both Student Action and CalSERVE, to find out what their platforms are and why they’re running for ASUC Executive positions and ASUC Senate. This week, we’re featuring Alex Wilfert, a junior at Cal and current Senator in the ASUC. Alex is running for President w...
Read MoreBy Julie Shackford-Bradley Recently, people gathered in campus to discuss how faculty might react if an ICE agent came to their classroom with the intention of removing an individual who was considered to be undocumented. Before getting to the specific advice aimed at faculty–which is actually helpful for everybody–its important to address the elep...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno This year, the Restorative Justice blog is highlighting candidates from both Student Action and CalSERVE, to find out what their platforms are and why they’re running for ASUC Executive positions and ASUC Senate. First off is Amma, Sarkodee-Adoo, a sophomore at Cal. Amma is running for Senator with Student Action (SA). The RJ Center...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno This week, I’m highlighting Nicole Nava, a sophomore at UC Berkeley. Here’s her bio: Jackie: Where did you grow up? Nicole: Madera, California
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno This week, I’m highlighting Ollie Downs, a junior at UC Berkeley and an RJ Student Leader. Here’s their bio: Jackie: Where did you grow up? Ollie: I grew up in various places in the U.S. I was born in Vallejo and lived there for 7 years. And then, my family moved to Phoenix for 2 years. And then, before I went to Cal, I lived in San...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno Putting guns in the hands of teachers is not and should never be the answer. One of the recent comments President Trump made in response to the Parkland shooting was to put guns in teachers’ hands. This idea is problematic for many reasons. The main reasons being that it perpetuates a culture further rooted in violence, instead of o...
Read MoreBy Julie Shackford-Bradley In the videos posted on InMyWords, people talk about their desires or expectations for justice after sexual harm. Check out these videos and add your own. Some samples: “Justice to me looks like being able to have conversations in my community about how many people around them are being hurt by other community members and...
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