Restorative Justice Collaborative of Houston
Promoting community building, healing, and transformation through restorative practices
Resources
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, CLICK ON UNDERLINED LINKS TO THE FOLLOWING SITES:
SCRIPTS/HANDOUTS
Brief description of circle guidelines
Healing circle facilitator script
Talking circle script on creating norms
Talking/community building circle script with police
Talking circle facilitator script on strength (for secondary students)
Talking circle facilitator script on Mike Brown shooting
Restorative Intervention Implementation Toolkit
RADIO
NPR story on Houston restorative justice program
Local NPR story on healing circle between educator and student
BOOKS
Heart of Hope: A Guide for Using Peacemaking Circles to Develop Emotional Literacy, Promote Healing & Build Healthy Relationships
By Carolyn Boyes-Watson and Kay Pranis
Restoring Safe School Communities: A Whole School Response to Bullying, Violence and Alienation by Brenda Morrison
Taking Restorative Justice to Schools: A Doorway to Discipline,
By Jeannette Holtham
The Little Book Series (only $5 each!)
The Little Book of Restorative Justice, by Howard Zehr
Restorative Justice in Urban Schools: Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline by Anita Wadhwa
VIDEOS
Sample video of a talking/community circle
Sample video of a healing circle
Video on tier 1 of RJ in schools: Community Circles
Video on tier 2 of RJ in schools: Healing Circles
Video of police officer discussing how he uses RJ
Relaxation video ("Jelly Belly") for use in elementary school circles
PODCASTS
Click here to listen to a "This American Life" podcast on the school to prison pipeline and restorative justice entitled, "Is this working?"
ARTICLES
Expanding opportunity through restorative justice
Brief article by the National Education Association: "Sowing Empathy and Justice in Schools through Restorative Practices"
WEBSITES
The Institute for Restorative Justice and Restorative Dialogue, University of Texas at Austin
Restorative Discipline in Schools
The Institute for Restorative Communities, Fort Worth
"Restorative Justice: Resources for Schools"
"Toolkit for Educators", which includes information on alternatives to zero tolerance
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles
Discipline Disparities: A Research-to-Practice Collaborative
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE OF HOUSTON!
