Thriving Together: Stories from CCEJ

Thriving Together: Stories from CCEJ

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Thriving Together: Stories from CCEJ episodes

  • Check-In Chicken Favorite Check in Questions

    Whatchu Know About RJ | Care Bears, Dinosaurs, Nature, Love and Chickens. Come eat and join us at the table for this ‘mini-lunch-time’ episode to demonstrate the role of a Check In Question in community building. I sat down with work friends & RJ Practitioners, Jamelle and Tanya, for a lunchtime conversation to record our favorite check in’s. What occurred was an example of curiosity, discussion and resilience. We think of ‘check-in’ questions as opportunities for communities and families to talk about how they’re feeling, what they’re visioning, and for fun and laughter. We recorded our conversation a few weeks and want to center this feature of the work through a Restorative Belief of ‘Shared Joy and Vulnerability Build Meaningful Connections’ in any time, whether a time of stability or unsteadiness and concern. A beautiful feature of this work is that we don’t have to be in physical space to practice a check in question. We hope that you ask someone a check in question. May it be fun, may it be creative, may it be authentic. Share a check in question with us on social media.

    39 min
  • Because of what I do, I know that possibility exists
    Whatchu Know About RJ | Former Counselor and Restorative Justice practitioner Tanya Suzuki gets on the mic for our last episode of Season 1. This last one begins with a discussion around wellness, accountability, and the introduction of Sharim Hannegan-Martinez’s Compa love where Tanya talks about love and dignity in relationships with young people. Tanya gives encouragement to do this work from a centered place in the body and describes how fully allowing feelings to be experienced can be a practice of resiliency. We finish with a special closing.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Even if I don’t do RJ professionally, RJ is a part of me
    Whatchu Know About RJ | Do schools need a full time person in care of this work or are they best supported through a coaching model? This episode is a little geeky as we talk specifically about implementation within a school with veteran practitioner, Joseph Luciani, who served as one of the initial RJ Coordinators within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Joseph served for five years in this capacity in a school that utilized Restorative Practices from its founding. He talks about the first two years of implementation and funding. Then he and Gilbert talk about where harm Circles fit in implementation and how trainings have evolved to respond to adults learning needs in challenging resistance and supporting paradigm shifts. They end the conversation sharing how Restorative Practices have influenced their relationships.
    1 hr 3 min
  • What is the function and vision of a school?
    Whatchu Know About RJ | Practitioner and scholar, Taharka Anderson, gets his turn on the mic as he breaks down schools as indicators of society and the treatment of students of color representing oppressions of these communities on a nationwide scale. He talks about how parents and communities are impacted by schools as well as how school policies are impacted through community activism. We then turn the conversation towards how grounding and centering or mood create a necessary container that supports adults in training for this work. This then shifts the dialogue to meeting needs and nurturance, and the gendered lens society can view this work through. Taharka explains how this work has activated his capacity to tap into Restorative choices. We finish this expansive conversation with a brand new game!
    1 hr 28 min

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Thriving Together: Stories from CCEJ is a podcast produced by the California Conference for Equality and Justice. Each episode will feature community voices exploring the impact and principles that…