Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice 2020 Innovation Series

Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice (formerly Hawai’i Friends of Justice & Civic Education) –a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (NGO) established in 1980 that is committed to advancing civic behavior and improving the justice system.Hawai'`i Friends of Restorative Justice (HFRJ) works to help individuals and organizations live cooperatively & peacefully. When social injustice and wrongdoing occurs it provides healing and reconciliation processes. HFRJ provides training for schools, courts, hospitals, prisons, government agencies, NGOs, and others based on a group’s unique needs for peacemaking and conflict management. It researches, writes, and publishes about its projects in order to contribute to best practices and evidence-based knowledge about what can help increase peace, civic engagement, and healing for individuals and communities.

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Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice (HFRJ) is hosting a series of online workshops

Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice (HFRJ) is hosting a series of online workshops that will address how public systems could better serve citizens with solution-focused planning and action. Among the planned topics: education, administration of justice, and child welfare. Proceeds from the series will support HFRJ&#x27;s work to provide higher education for imprisoned women in Hawai‘i.The upcoming workshops will feature internationally renowned speakers who will address these issues in an interactive format. After short lectures smaller breakout sessions will allow participants to discuss the issues and ways they can promote positive systemic changes in their communities.Our first workshop is June 9, 2020 with Ellen Langer, PhD., psychology professor, Harvard University, who describes her work as the “psychology of possibility.” The workshop will begin at 2:30 pm and end at 4:00 pm Eastern Time. Dr. Langer is onsidered the mother of mindfulness, having researched the topic for over forty years. Among her other honors, she is the recipient of four Distinguished Scientist Awards and the Liberty Science Genius Award. For more about Dr. Langer’s innovative and creative work please see: https://scholar.harvard.edu/langer/biocvOur second workshop is planned for July 28, 2020 and will feature Shadd Maruna, PhD, author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives https://www.amazon.com/Making-Good-Ex-Convicts-Reform-Rebuild-ebook/dp/B003Q6CX32/. Professor Maruna who teaches at Manchester University in Ireland is considered one of the foremost experts in desistance and how people stay law abiding and clean and sober after incarceration.Please sign up for our newsletterhttp://hawaiifriends.org/to receive updates on future workshops.Dear participants,We want our 90 minutes together to be enriching for everyone. Kindly take a look at some simple prep guidelines that will support that goal.PLEASE BE ON TIME. The meeting will start at 2:30 PM US Eastern Time, and will run until 4:00. We will lock the room at 2:35 p.m. Eastern Time. We will be in the virtual meeting room from 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time onwards, so come early to chill, chat and test your set-up. (8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Hawaii time)BE PRESENT. Make sure you’re fresh, fed, and ready to focus for 90 minutes. DOWNLOAD ZOOM. Make sure you download the Zoom app in advance via https://zoom.us/download. Please use a laptop or desktop for the best experience... And make sure it&#x27;s chargedSET UP YOUR ENVIRONMENT. Make sure your internet speed is able to handle streaming large amounts of videos. Being in a quiet environment during the session will help us hear you, too — earphones are encouraged.With gratitude,Lorenn Walker and the Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice

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