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Objective:  Familiarize justice system professionals and others with restorative and community justice.
Purpose:  Promote more effective forms of justice through applications of restorative and community justice principles and practice.


Pre-Conference Event (May 12, 2009)    6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Featured Speakers:    Hon. Ronnie Earle, Former District Attorney for Travis County, Texas

"Community Justice and Democracy: Back to the Future"                                

Jane Browning, Executive Director, International Community Corr. Assoc.

Location:          Blue Star Arts Complex, 1414 South Alamo, Suite 105, San Antonio, TX 78210

May 13, 2009
 

8:00 -   9:00 am Opening Plenary Session

Racializing Restorative Justice: Lessons from Indigenous justice practices
Keynote Speaker:   Dr. Kathleen Daly, Professor, Griffith University, Australia

9:15 - 10:30 am    Workshops and Panels

Introduction to Restorative Justice (Part I)  

• Presenters:  
  • Dr. Karen Crozier, Fresno Pacific University
  • Robert Rico, University of Texas at San Antonio

WS 01    Engaging Faith Communities in Reflection on Crime

•   Presenter:   
  • Dr. Michael Hadley, University of Victoria, Canada

WS 02     Conducting Restorative Justice Research  

•   Presenter:   
  • Dr. Paul McCold, Simon Fraser University, Canada

PL 01    Transformative Pedagogy, Restorative Justice, and the Voices of Victims

• Presenters: 
  • Dr. Mary Kay Houston-Vega, UTSA
  • Mona Patel, LCSW, MSW, Amputee Victim of DWI 
  • Albert Garcia, Student, UTSA and DWI Victim
  • Brooke Garcia, M.A., Family Member of DWI Victim

PL 02    Faith-Based Holistic Transformational Practices  

• Presentations:

  • Micro-Enterprise and Community Engagement
    • Cheryl Miller, Exec. Dir., Perpetual Help Home
  • Faith and Community Collaborations: The Alternatives to Violence Project
    • Dr. Bob Benefield, East Texas Baptist University
  • Restorative Justice Structures & Processes for the Church: Discipleship Practices In Conflict Resolution
    • Sharon Bayus, President & CEO, Innovative Alternatives, Inc.

10:45 am - 12:00 pm   Workshops and Panels
      

Introduction to Restorative Justice (Part II)

• Presenters: 
  • Karen Crozier, Fresno Pacific University, USA
  • Robert Rico, University of Texas at San Antonio

WS 03    Restorative Peacebuilding

• Presenters:
  • Dan Van Ness, JD, LLM, Centre for Justice and Reconciliation at Prison Fellowship International, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Jennifer Llewellyn, Dalhousie Law School, Canada    

PL 03    Authors Roundtable Discussion: Restorative Justice: From Theory to Practice (Emerald Publishing, 2008)

• Convener: Dr. Holly V. Miller (Ed.), University of Texas at San Antonio
• Discussants:
  • Dr. Kathleen Daly, Griffith University, Australi
  • Dr. J. Mitchell Miller, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Dr. Paul McCold, Simon Frasier University, Canada
  • Dr. Chris L. Gibson, University of Florida

PL 04    Redemptive Rituals and Restoration of Citizenship

•   Presentations:
  • Reflections on an Inmate Initiated Insight Development Group
    • Rachel Foxhoven, MS Candidate Conflict Resolution, Portland State University
    • Maria Scanelli, MS Conflict Resolution, Portland State University
  • Dead Men Talking,
    • Joan M. Cheever, Author and Journalist
  • Mediation/Dialogue in the Juvenile Justice System:  A Comparison of Two Jurisdictions
    • Jennet W. Riggs, Community Justice Coordinator, Cass County

PL 05    Panel Theme:  Restorative Justice in Educational Institutions

•   Presentations:
  •  A Restorative Approach to Student Misconduct in the University Setting
    • Farzana Kara, Simon Fraser University, Canad
    • Dr. Brenda Morrison, Simon Fraser University, Canada
    • Dr. David MacAlister, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Restorative Justice in the Schools 
    • Sharon Bayus, MA, LPC, President & CEO, Innovative Alternatives, Inc., Houston, TX

12:00 -   1:00 pm   Lunch Hour

1:15 -  2:15 pm   Second Plenary Session
Ultimate Honesty: The Challenge of Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Keynote Speaker:   Dr. Michael Hadley, Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada

2:30 -  3:40 pm    Workshops and Panels
 

WS 04     Developing Racially and Culturally Relevant Restorative Justice Processes

• Presenters
  • Dr. Kathleen Daly, Griffith University, Australia
  • Dr. Karen Crozier, Fresno Pacific University

PL 06    Manifestations of Power and Privilege in Restorative and Criminal Justice

• Presentations:
  • Coercive Power and Restorative Justice
    • Dr. Stan Basler, Adjunct Prof., Oklahoma City University, School of Law
  • The Wisdom of Ordinary People: Implications for Restorative Justice
    • Dr. Rachel Hardesty, Portland State University
  • OWEHA:  Six Characters in Search of JusticeMs.
    • Brenda Waugh, J. D.   

PL 07    Faith-Based Programs for the Incarcerated and Their Families

• Presentations:
  • Providing Information and Tools to Help Change Lives
    • J. Caron, Founder/CEO, Connecticut Pardon Team, Inc.
  • "Beyond the Fences" - Ministries of Restorative Justice
    • Rev. H. Johnson, Coordinator, Restorative Justice Task Force
  • The Faith-Based Community as an Agent in Planning and Preparing for the Offender's Reentry.
    • A. Gifford, Exec. Dir., Parents and Partners of Prisoners
  • Faith-Based Programs for the Incarcerated and their Families
    • Anne Johns, Director of Education, Fruit Bearing Tree Ministries
    • David Johns, Executive Director, Fruit Bearing Tree Ministries

PL 08    Creative Civil Remedies Among Indigenous Peoples 

• Presenters:
  • Meeting the Criminal Justice Needs of Rural Alaska Native Communities with Community Holistic Healing Circles
    • Julie Smith, J. D., Dir., Alaska Rural Behavioral Health Training Academy, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    • Sam Smith, Cu'pik Elder, Certified Lifetime Traditional Counselor, State of Alaska
    • Larry Roberts, M. Ed., Alaska Rural Behavioral Health Training Academy, University of Alaska Fairbank 
  •  Topic to be Provided
    • Zion, J. D., Navajo Nations

3:45 -  5:00 pm    Workshops and Panels
   

WS 05    Philosophy of "Life Way" Restorative Justice

• Presenter: 
  • Hon. Robert Yazzie, Director, Dine' Policy Institute; Chief Justice (Ret.), Navajo Nation Supreme Court

PL 09    Restorative Practices and Schools

• Presentations:
  • Conferencing Circles: Reducing Recidivism on College Campuses
    • Jennifer Trombley, MS, Prairie View A & M University
  • Moving to a Restorative Model of School Discipline: Ethnography of a Small Learning Community in a Boston Public High School
    • Anita Wadhwa, Doctoral Student, Harvard University
  • Restorative Justice And Educational Leadership: The Intersection Of Theory And Practice
    • Dr. Michelle Hamilton

PL 10    Circles in Action: Community Continuity

• Presenters:
  • Randy Langford of St. Mary's School of Law, Restorative Justice Initiative
  • Bill Gregoire, Crosspoint, Inc.
  • Leslie Kelsie-Grubs, Exec. Director, Urban Connection  

5:15 -  6:15 pm    Third Plenary Session  
Practicing the Principles: The Challenges of Institutionalizing Restorative Justice
Keynote Speaker:  Associate Professor, Jennifer Llewellyn, Dalhousie Law School, Canada

7:30  - 10:30 pm    Film Screening

SN 01  Part 1 - School Applications of Restorative Justice

• Making Things Right: Restorative Justice for School Communities (24 min.)
• Restorative Justice Program: University of Colorado at Boulder (22 min.)

SN 01  Part 2 - International Applications of Restorative Justice

• Another Side of Peace (58 min.)
• Long Nights Journey Into Day (45 min.) ____________________________________________________________

SN 02  Part 1 - Restorative Justice 101

• Restoring Justice (51 min.)
• Complete Victim-Offender Mediation &b Conferencing Training (60 min.)

SN 02  Part 2 - Prison-Based Restorative Justice

• Bridges to Life (27 min.)
• VOCARE' (24 min.) ____________________________________________________________

SN 03  Part 1 - Community Restorative Justice

• Circle Sentencing: Yukon Justice Experiment (35 min.)
• Justice that Heals (60 min.)

SN 03  Part 2 - Victim-Offender Mediation and Dialog

• Meeting with a Killer (45 min.) ____________________________________________________________

SN 04  Concrete, Steel and Paint (58 minutes)

 
May 14, 2009

8:00 -   9:00 am   Fourth Plenary Session
        
A Research Agenda for Restorative Justice:  What We Know, Don't Know, and Need to Know About Practice and Theory
Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Paul McCold, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada

9:15 - 10:30 am    Workshops and Panels

WS 06     Bringing Restorative Justice to Violent Neighborhoods

• Presenter:
  • Justice Janine Geske (Ret.), Marquette University Law School

• Presenter:
  • James W. Zion, J. D., Navajo Nations

PL 11    Off the Beaten Track: New Applications for Restorative Justice

• Presentations:
  • Restorative Justice In France: Analysis of an American Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Practice "Abroad"
    • Dr. Leonardo Carpentieri, Paris, France
  • Restoring Justice for Those Wrongfully Convicted: the Role of Academics
    • Dr. Jaime Page, University of Texas at Arlingto
  • Restorative Justice in State Courts 
    • Arron Arnold, Upstate Director, Center for Court Innovation, NY

PL 12    Restorative Justice in Communities/Neighborhoods

• Presentations:
  • Developing a Community Embracing its Diversity and Restoring its Harmony:  "When Neighbors are not Neighborly"
    • James A. Termotto, Sr., Senior Ethicist, The Ethical Thinkers Colloquium
  • Center for Peace:  A Micro-Enterprise Restorative Justice Program
    • Cheryl Miller, Exec. Dir., Perpetual Help Home
  • Restorative Resolutions
    • Lana Maloney, Area Director, Restorative Resolutions

10:30 - 12:00 pm   Tour - Haven for Hope
                            (Transportation from the Frio Street Building pull-in)

10:45 - 12:00 pm   Workshops and Panels
   

WS 08    "Keeping it Real": Sustaining Restorative Justice - Flexibility and Problem Solving

• Presenter:
  • Dr. Gordon Bazemore, Florida Atlantic Universit   

PL 13    Crime Prevention: The Role of Restorative Justice

• Presentations:
  • Safe Teen Driving Circles: On the Road Together
    • Kris Miner, Exec. Dir., St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program
  • The Daily Rap: A Classroom Tool for Relationship-Building and Conflict Resolution
    • Dr. Becki Sander, University of Maryland
  • From Me to We, and Back Again: Regulating the Lived Experience of Justice in Schools
    • Dr. Brenda Morrison, Simon Fraser University, Canada

PL 14    Restorative Justice and Evidence-Based Practice: What Does the Evidence Show?

• Presenters:
  • Fitting a Square Peg into a Circle: Making RJ Credible in a Retributive System
    • Charles Phillips, Former Alternative Sentencing Coordinator, Travis County District Attorney's Office, Austin, TX.
  •  A Pilot Study of a Faith Based Restorative Justice Intervention for Christian and Non-Christian Offenders
  • • Dr. Marilyn Armour, University of Texas at Austin
  • The VOCARE Project: Creating the Power of Personal Narrative
    • Sheryl Wilson, Exec. Dir., Southern Truth and Reconciliation
  • Evidence for Problem Identification in Implementation of a Restorative Justice Program in Bangladesh
    • Sarder Asaduzzaman, Human Rights and Good Governance, Bangladesh

12:00 - 1:00 pm    Lunch Hour

1:15 -   2:15 pm    Fifth Plenary Session

Is Restorative Justice a "Life Way"?
Keynote Speaker:    Hon. Robert Yazzie, Director, Dine' Policy Institute; Chief Justice (Ret.), Navajo Nation Supreme Court 

2:20 - 4:00 pm    Tour - Haven for Hope
                             (Transportation from the Frio Street Building pull-in)

2:30 -  3:45 pm    Workshops and Panels
       

WS 09    The Spirit of Belonging: Indigenous Conflict Transformation Practices

• Presenter:
  • Dr. Cyndi Baskin, Ryerson University, Canada

• Presenter:
  • Dan Van Ness, JD, LLM, Centre for Justice and Reconciliation at Prison Fellowship International, Washington, DC

• Presentations:
  • Social Welfare and Social Reconstruction in Bosnia-Hercegovina
    • Allison Reid-Cunningham, MSW, ABD, University of California - Berkley
  • Restorative Justice and Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Sierra Leone
    • Dr. Peter Dumbuya, Fort Valley State University
  • Restoring Justice (Ubuntu) - An African Perspective
    • Sherrill V. C. Morris, MSW, ABD, Prairie View A & M University
    • Dr. O. Oko Elechi, Prairie View A & M University

PL 16    Faith-Based Initiatives with African Victims

• Presentations:
  • Promoting International Support for Community-Based Justice Mechanisms in Post-Conflict Burundi and Uganda
    • B. Jacques, Policy Analyst, Faith & Justice Network
    • B. Tuckey, Assoc. Dir. of Program Development, Faith and Justice Network

4:00 -  5:15 pm    Workshops and Panels 

WS 11    Partnering Successfully with Public Agencies: The Bridges to Live Experience

• Presenter:
  • John Sage, Founder and Executive Director, Bridges to Life (Recipient of the 2009 Bert Thompson Award for Faith-Based Community and Restorative Justice)

• Presenter:
  • Dr. Uri Yanay, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• Presentations:
  • Setting the Table: A Mixed Method Study of Preparation Processes for Community Conferencing
    • Dr. Becki Sander, University of Maryland
  • When Juvenile Offenders Meet Their Victims: A Qualitative Study of Offender's Perspectives of Restorative Justice Dialogue
    • Dr. J. J. Choi, Florida Atlantic University
  • Community Reconciliation and Welfare: Victims' Perspectives on the Greensboro Truth & Reconciliation Commission
    • Dr. David Androff, Arizona State University

PL 18    Conflict Mediation and Culture: Lessons from Our Indigenous Communities

• Presenters:
  • Hon. Robert Yazzie, Director, Dine' Policy Institute; Chief Justice (Ret.) Navajo Nation Supreme Court
  • Andrew Hosmanek, J. D., University of Iowa      

7:00  - 10:00 pm  Awards Banquet  (Attire:  Business Casual)

Speaker:    

Raven Kazen, Former Director, Victim Services Division, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Awards:      

• John W. Byrd Pioneer Award for Restorative and Community Justice
  • Recipient - Dr. Mark Umbreit, Professor & Director, Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, University of Minnesota
• Bert Thompson Pioneer Award for Faith-Based Community and Restorative Justice
  • Recipient - Mr. John Sage, Founder/Executive Director, Bridges to Life, Houston, TX

Location:  Hilton Palacio Del Rio, 200 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 

May 15, 2009

8:00 -   9:00 am   Sixth Plenary Session

Where Does Restorative and Community Justice Go From Here?
Panel - Composed of Keynote and Featured Workshop Speakers

9:15 -  10:30 am   Workshops and Panels
       

WS 13    Peacebuilding through Restorative Dialogue in the Global Community

• Presenter:
  • Dr. Mark Umbreit, University of Minnesota

• Presentations:
  • United Methodist Chaplains in Correctional Settings
    • Rev. R. Stoglin, Chaplain
  • Victims-Driven Restorative Justice
    • Lisa Rea, Pres., Rea Consulting, California
  • Restorative Justice: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Communities
    • Lynn Humeniuk, MS, Howard Payne University
    • Jennifer Middleton, Student, Howard Payne University       

PL 20    Bernie Madoff and the $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme: Applying Restorative Justice Principles to White Collar and Corporate Crime

• Convener:   
  • Dr. Morris Jenkins, J.D., University of Toledo
• Discussants:
  • Dr. Julie Cowgill, Oklahoma City University
  • Dr. Ann Berre, Schreiner University
  • Dr. Michael J. Gilbert, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Lana Maloney, M.A., Restorative Resolutions, Canada
  • Rosalyn Collier, peaceCENTER, San Antonio, TX 

10:45 -  12:00 am   Workshops and Panels
   

WS 14    "Willie's Wish": Scenes from a Quadriplegic's Meeting With His Attackers

• Presenter:
  • Ms. Susan Leinweber, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

PL 21    Restorative Justice and Widening the Circle

• Presentations:
  •  Victims and Offenders:  Inserting Feminist Critiques into Restorative Practices
    • Katie Jares, Skylark Project Coordinator, Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence Surrogate Dialogue:  Answers Make All the Difference
    • Carrie Outhier Banks, Executive Director, The Domestic Violence Surrogate Dialogue
  • Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach
    • Dr. Marilyn Armour, University of Texas at Austin, and Executive Director of the Institute for Restorative Justice and Restorative Dialogue
    • Stephanie Frogge, Adjunct Instructor, University of Texas at Austin, and Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach Project Coordinator.