+ Restorative Community Cultivating Leadership & Collaboration - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

+ Restorative Community Cultivating Leadership & Collaboration in Neighbourhoods Gola Taraschi-Carr Restorative Practice Symposium, Lakehead Public Schools, Thunder Bay April 15 and 16 2013

At the end of the day, all people just want peace and good relationships + with the people around them Otis Daye Student Support Worker 2 Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ RESTORATIVE To repair, to make new again, healing Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 4 RESTORATIVE WAYS Reflects a “way of being”- traditions and customs among Indigenous and First peoples from all over the world. -Interconnection – Web -Harmony in relationships therefore is central in social life Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 5 umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu a person is only a person through other persons – a Zulu proverb Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 6 The Massai people from Kenya use the same word to describe peace & relationship Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 7 Harmony is a central value in traditional Chinese society; established and maintained by practices that seek to provoke strong ü guanxi (relationships) and ü mientze (saving face – building social esteem) When parties are experiencing a conflict, an intermediary is brought in to help Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 8 One of the sayings in our country is ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness - Archbishop Desmond Tutu Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 9 Traditional informal mechanisms of conflict resolution among the Pashtun of Afghanistan: ü jirga (circle) ü maraka (Council of Elders) . Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 10 Harmony is a fundamental value for First Nations people. The tradition of the talking circle is a way of keeping harmony. The focus is on repairing the relationships that have been broken and creating the opportunity for everyone to remember, renew and restore their connections to each other. - Elder Billy Lewis Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ Community a feeling, a perception of connectedness – personal connectedness and to other human beings and to a group McCold and Wachtel 1997 Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ What makes a community good place? Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BUILDERS 13 n people help each other and are friendly n treated the same, safe and accepted n trust n mentors and leaders for support n peaceful and active place Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BUILDERS 14 n feel like belong – not a “come from away” n sense of common values – strive for same things n business is not everyone else’s n people don’t judge – not nosey! Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BUILDERS 15 n respectful communication n people are connected in a good way n where everyone is treated equally n children are being raised in a similar way/good way Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ What stands in the way of a community being a good place ? Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BREAKERS 17 n different priorities among agencies and residents n low self esteem and community members – expecting to fail, settling for less n negative parental attitudes being instilled in children (i.e racism against newcomers) n jealousy, hate, lack of trust, fear Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BREAKERS 18 n not open to new things and people - resisted n there is a feeling of “us and them” – separation and cliques n segregation by residents in housing units (“us and them” by housing blocks and backgrounds n lack of willingness to solve problems Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BREAKERS 19 n a lot of judgment – “people spend a lot of time looking in other’s backyards and not their own” n drinking in public, smoking dope n broken windows and grafitti Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ COMMUNITY BREAKERS 20 n hopelessness/apathy (people don’t vote) n pecking order – prominent families - people have been there the longest ; people will fight over “parking space” n exclusion (intentional/unintentional) Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ NECC NORTH END COMMUNITY CIRCLE HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ WHO? 22 Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ DIVERSE GROUP 23 • residents and representatives from diverse community and government groups working and living in the North End of Halifax. • actions have no binding or legal standing • meet and act in goodwill towards and with each other to foster belonging, open dialogue, well being and safety for families, residents and stakeholders in the North End of Halifax.

+ WHO IS REPRESENTED? 24 • Area Residents • St Stephen’s School • Community Justice Society • St Joseph-A. MacKay School • Highland Park School • Metropolitan Regional Housing • Mulgrave Park Tenants Authority Association • HRM Needham Centre • Halifax Regional Police • Pax North Church • Mulgrave Park Caring and • Phoenix Prevention Program Learning Centre • North End Urban Tenants • Canadian Centre for Association Diversity • Halifax Youth Attendence • YMCA of Greater Halifax/ Centre Dartmouth • Knox Presbyterian Church • HRM Volunteer Services • Halifax Regional School Board • Immigrant Settlement & • Community and Public Health Integration Services

+ VISION 25 an inclusive and engaged community that fosters belonging, open dialogue, well being and safety

+ MISSION 26 To promote and activate helpful relationships; celebrate strengths and mobilize resources to address needs in collaboration with families, residents and stakeholders in the North End of Halifax.

+ WHERE 27 Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ NORTH END OF HALIFAX 28 n Historically a “working class” neighbourhood that was excluded from city services such as municipal garbage pick up and paved roads until 1917 n It was only after the Halifax Explosion in 1917- collision of 2 ships in the harbour where 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, or collapsed buildings and over 9,000 people were injured – that the area was rebuilt with meaningful infrastructure. Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ NORTH END OF HALIFAX 29 n It was also home to “ Africville ” – an African Nova Scotian community on the shores of the Bedford Basin whose dwellings were ordered destroyed and residents evicted by the municipality during the late 1960s to allow construction of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge and highways. n Residents were moved to the communities of Mulgrave Park (public housing) and Preston. Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ NORTH END OF HALIFAX 30 n “Relocation of Africville residents produced personal crisis for an estimated 60 per cent of relocatees – job problems, household changes, marital strains, money worries, strains among relatives and stripping away of kinship intimacy” -Africville Genealogy Society Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ WHY? 31 Community Justice Society Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 32 Violent crime declared to police Property crime declared to police Irvin Waller, “Less Law, More Order” - www.irvinwaller.org Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ PILOT PROJECT 33 n To test a citizen-led restorative conferencing framework in the HRM that will transform conflict and strengthen communities Turning down the tap Continuing excellence to eliminate the in provision of involvement of “youth at responsive NSRJ formal risk” in the justice criminal conferencing system via a program preventative community-based program

+ HOW 34 1. FINDING SHARED VALUES 2.CREATING RITUALS 3. DIALOGUE CHANNELS Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 35 • FIRST • SECOND BUILD BUILD RELATIONS TRUST PROBLEM SPACE FOR DIALOGUE SOLVING BEING TOGETHER • FOURTH • THIRD BEFORE DOING TOGETHER Kay Pranis Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 36 MEDICINE WHEEL TEACHINGS ü Change - life moves in cycles or circles, and involve change. ü Wholeness - We are all connected and the nature of the universe is communal ü Differences - We are all different and have something unique to contribute ü Balance - When one part is out of balance, it affects us all. University ¡of ¡Lethbridge ¡Resources ¡ Atlantic Restorative Company 2013

+ 37 NECC WORKING VALUES u Inclusion – We are empowered and enriched by out differences u Bottom Up Processes – We support processes that are connected to voices in the community u Communication – We value restorative dialogue that does “with” others and creates space for people to communicate, be heard and participate in problem solving

+ 38 NECC WORKING VALUES u Affordable and Accessible – We believe that everyone should have input and access to the programs in their community u Responsibility and Accountability – We believe in the capacity of people to do things for themselves in their community