SoJust Circle

11/08/2016

therapy retreat

08/11/2016

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/09/teaching-kids-empathy-in-danish-schools-its-well-its-a-piece-of-cake/

American students are falling behind on valuable social skills. In Denmark, one simple classroom tradition works

07/14/2016

"Norway’s prison system is based on the concept of restorative justice, which repairs the harm caused by crime instead of punishing individuals. Prisoners are treated like human beings and live in a humane environment."
http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/michael-moores-portrayal-norway-prison-vs-my-15-life-sentence-us

04/28/2016

I am receiving lots of calls for workplace restoration due to abusive management. While it is inspiring for me to help create spaces to see the transformative shifts that can occur as people have their stories witnessed and begin healing from the trauma, I am ANGRY that abusive behaviour keeps getting sanctioned and rewarded. Cultures of silence and fear are real in all sectors, and even when organizations have anti-oppression policies postered on their walls. Shame deactivates connection and chips away at the spirit. Isolation sets the stage for the abuse to continue, while the survivor feels humiliated and self-blaming as it escalates. Others become complicit fearing being the next target. This has to stop.

12/18/2015

If you need support on how to be trauma-informed in your work, please connect with SoJust. We now provide trauma-informed consultation services and training to community organizations.

09/08/2015

Excited to offer a social justice model of mediation that is trauma-informed - helps interrupt the conflict-trauma-shame cycle.

07/21/2015

Erwin James: With prisoner numbers falling and jails closing, Swedish criminal justice works, says director-general Nils Öberg

05/23/2015

Feeling newly inspired working on Visioning Session for UofT Graduate Students Union.