This 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 […]
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 Alex Wilfert, a junior at Cal and current Senator in the ASUC. Alex is running […]
By 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 elephant in […]
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. First off is Amma, Sarkodee-Adoo, a sophomore at Cal. Amma is running for Senator with Student Action (SA). The […]
By 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 Jackie: What is your role at the RJ Center? Nicole: My role at the RJ Center involves reaching out to other organizations about RJ. If they’re interested, we […]
By 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 […]
By 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 […]
By 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: Some people don’t want to […]
By 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 […]
By 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 […]