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By Julie Shackford-Bradley “We cannot jail, fire or expel our way out of this crisis. We need institutional responses to sexual harm that prioritize both justice and healing, not one at the expense of the other.” UCB Alum and social activist Sofie Karasek has a new project, #InMyWords, which asks survivors of sexual harm to think about their expect...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno With the recent #MeToo movement, I think it’s important to understand and highlight figures on campus that are actively working to keep the #MeToo movement rampant on a school-wide level, especially on a campus as renowned and large as UC Berkeley. With that said, Nidhi Chandra is someone who I deeply respect and am highlighting thi...
Read MoreBy Julie Shackford-Bradley Last week, the RJ Center published an op-ed giving a brief explanation of how restorative processes can work in response to sexual misconduct. One comment I received informally about the op-ed addressed the use of the word “survivor” to refer to people who had experienced sexual harm:
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno Because I work with some pretty awesome people, each week I will highlight a student leader from our center. This week, I’m highlighting Jonah Gercke, a freshman at UC Berkeley and the RJ Student Documentarian. Here’s their bio: Jackie: Where did you grow up? Jonah: I grew up in Southern California. My parents are artistic directors...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno Preface: In honor of Black History Month, I have chosen to highlight Black students from UC Berkeley that have been proactive in taking on leadership roles to address issues of inequity on campus. For the second feature of the month, I am highlighting Patty Midy, a Haitian-American womxn that became the first-ever Haitian-American P...
Read MorePhoto Courtesy of CNN By Jackie Bueno See link to CNN’s “Gunman confessed to Florida high school shooting, police say” for more context on the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/us/florida-high-school-shooting/index.html The recent tragedy that occurred in Parkland, Florida is a devastating reality that unfortunate...
Read MorePhoto courtesy of Thought Catalog By Jackie Bueno Disclaimer: This post is not meant to diminish or discredit other norms and practices in other countries around the world. Rather, this post serves as an inclusive reminder that women in countries around the world, that disprove of the gender norms enforced in their countries, are still fighting for...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno With my background in restorative justice, reading “I Was Forced to Fight, Now I’m Learning to Cry” all made sense to me. Cooper’s testimony as a black man confronting the realities of masculinity made me more understanding of how I as a womxn of color and others are affected by toxic masculinity, especially in heterosexual relation...
Read MoreBy Julie Shackford-Bradley Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi6MrDRy9OQ&t=2s This week, Stephen Colbert poked some fun at “talking stick” of Senator Susan Collins of Maine, calling it part of a “kindergarten game.” The joke was that the bipartisan group of senators who’d come together to end the government shutdown senators could not...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno Immigration is a topic that I am very passionate about given my personal connections to it. Both of my parents were immigrants to the U.S. My Mom and her family escaped Nicaragua during the 1980’s when a violent civil war erupted led by the Sandinista National Liberal Front. Meanwhile my Dad and parts of his family came to the U.S....
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