Justice Innovations
Summit 2024
February 16–19 at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
An international conference where different disciplines meet
Restorative Justice • Transformative Justice
Transitional Justice • Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Victimology • Indigenous Peacemaking
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At this summit, we will consider questions like…
How do restorative justice, transformative justice, therapeutic jurisprudence, transitional justice, Indigenous people’s peacemaking practices, and victimology intersect and help create access to justice for people and communities?
What are the most effective applications of these different strategies for environmental protection & justice, schools, corrections, child and family services, domestic violence, gender violence, and peaceful communities.
How can the different justice innovations work together institutionally and systemically to create more lasting changes?
An international summit
To build a bridge
Between different disciplines
Themes
Transformative Justice
Transformative justice is a framework for addressing harm and conflict that aims to transform the root causes of violence rather than simply punishing or isolating individuals. It prioritizes the needs and perspectives of those who have been harmed while also recognizing the humanity of those who have caused harm. Transformative justice approaches can include community accountability processes, restorative justice practices, and collective healing efforts. The goal is to build stronger, more equitable communities that are better equipped to address conflict and prevent harm from occurring in the first place.
Transitional Justice
Transitional justice is a framework that aims to address human rights abuses and the legacies of past conflict or repression in societies transitioning from authoritarian rule, armed conflict, or other forms of severe human rights violations. It seeks to promote accountability, justice, and reconciliation, and to prevent future abuses. The ultimate goal is to establish a sustainable and just peace in societies emerging from periods of violence or repression. Transitional justice can also be applied in post-conflict societies, where it can serve as a means of consolidating peace and promoting reconciliation among communities.
Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Therapeutic Jurisprudence studies law as a social force (or agent) which inevitably gives rise to unintended consequences, which may be either beneficial or harmful. It is a lens through which to examine the effects of substantive laws, legal rules, legal procedures, and the behavior of legal actors, including judges, lawyers, court personnel, and service providers, on the psychological and emotional well-being of justice system participants, including the legal actors themselves. Although the use of therapeutic jurisprudence principles is best known in the context of problem-solving or solution-focused courts, therapeutic jurisprudence is by no means so limited.
Restorative Justice
Although restorative justice is said to have ancient roots, modern restorative justice programs and approaches emerged as an alternative to the traditional criminal justice system in the 1970s. This new approach seeks to bring individuals and communities together to repair harm and wrongdoing. Howard Zehr, the pioneer and grandfather of the modern concept of restorative justice, describes it as a process towards restoration, an obligation to make things right that involves the victim, offender, and community. Zehr was initially skeptical of the criminal justice system, but after his first experience of bringing victims and offenders together, his perspective shifted. He realized that focusing on the blame and pain game falls short of meeting the needs of victims and offenders
Indigenous peacemaking
Indigenous peacemaking is a process rooted in traditional Indigenous values, cultures, and practices that seeks to resolve conflict and restore balance within communities. It often involves the use of traditional ceremonies, circles, and talking circles to facilitate communication and healing between parties in conflict. also emphasizes the importance of restoring relationships and repairing harm rather than solely focusing on punishment or retribution. It recognizes the interconnectedness of all living things and seeks to address the root causes of conflict, such as social and economic inequalities or the loss of cultural identity and language. It is a vital aspect of Indigenous governance and sovereignty, and it provides an alternative to Western legal systems that have historically disregarded Indigenous perspectives and practices.
Victimology
Victimology is the study of victims of crime and their experiences, including the physical, emotional, and psychological impacts of victimization. It seeks to understand the ways in which victims are affected by crime and how they respond to and cope with victimization. It examines the factors that contribute to victimization, such as social, cultural, and economic factors, as well as the criminal justice system's response to victims. It also explores the ways in which victims are marginalized and oppressed, such as victims of hate crimes or victims of domestic violence. The field of victimology aims to improve the treatment of victims and to develop strategies for preventing victimization. It has led to the development of victim support services, such as victim advocates, hotlines, and counseling programs.
“Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs.”
The Dalai Lama
Agenda
February 16th, Friday – PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOPS | |||
| 8AM | PRE-CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (continental breakfast) | ||
| 9AM – 3PM | PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT WITH RESTORATIVE AND OTHER JUSTICE INNOVATIONS | Deborah Hollingworth, Deborah Hollingworth, Felicity Tepper, Gema Varona, João Salm, Miranda Forsyth, Adreanne Ormond | |
| 9AM – 3PM | REENTRY & PLANNING FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE & THEIR LOVED ONES AND COMPATIBLE PRACTICES WITH JUSTICE INNOVATIONS | Penny Griffith, Deborah Mrema, Barb Toews, Shadd Maruna, Lorena Junqueira Victorasso, Caleb Wakhnugu*, Lorenn Walker | |
| 9AM – 3PM | SCHOOL K-12 RJ PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES | Margaret Thornsborne, Brenda Morrison, Jeannie Lum, Susana Román | |
| 9AM – 3PM | HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL RESTORATIVE/SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS – MOVING FORWARD WITH INDIGENOUS APPROACHES | Kerrie Sellen, Seth Weiner, Vidia Negrea, Theo Gavrielides | |
| 9AM – 3PM | INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S JUSTICE PRACTICES HUI | Manulani Aluli Meyer, et.al. | |
| 9AM – 3PM | FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCING & FAMILY GROUP DECISION MAKING | Gale Burford, Laurie Tochiki, Michael Fusi Ligaliga, Kay Pranis. Kailene Nihipali-Sanchez, Delia Parker Ulima, Emma Kurashige, Robin DeRego, Schatzi Cope, Wilma Friesema | |
| 9AM – 3PM | INSIGHT INTO ACTION: BUILDING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE RESPONSES TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE | Alvaro Pinzon, Aparna Polavarapu, Briana Barocas, Danny Salim, Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt, Hasani Hylton, Katia Amaya-Salinas, Krystal McLoed, Purvi Shah, Quentin Walcott, Jane Bolitho, Kalei Kanuha, Donna Hylton, Cory Greene, Aditi Bhattacharya, Karolin Betances | |
| 11AM – 2PM | LEGAL STRATEGIES FOR JUSTICE INITIATIVES | Carissa Phelps, Alikki Vernon, Robyn Pfahl, Ram Tiwari | |
| FRIDAY AFTERNOON – OPEN TO ALL REGISTRANTS | |||
| 5:30 PM | MEET & GREET @ the CAMPUS BALLROOM (beverages & pupu for registrants) | ||
| 6 -7 PM | PUBLIC KEYNOTE ON THE URGENCY OF JUSTICE INNOVATIONS | Dorothy Roberts, introduced by Lt. Governor Sylvia Luke | |
| 7: 30 PM | Pau (finished for the day) | ||
| February 17 Saturday @ University of Hawai`i Mānoa – Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| 8:00AM | REGISTRATION (packet pickup & continental breakfast) | ||
| 9:00AM | Aloha Mai Kāko – Welcome, Orientation Flow & Introductions of Nā Hoku | ||
| PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION – How to share & transfer innovations in justice across silos | Dorothy Roberts, Mimi Kim, Shadd Maruna | ||
| 10:05 – 10:15 AM | Breakout to Workshops | ||
| 10:15 – 11:30 AM First – 4 Concurrent Workshops (choose 1) | |||
| A) WORKSHOP: Restoring Healing & Transforming Communities: Developing and Utilizing Restorative Practices to Address Intimate Partner Violence | Krystal McLoed, Purvi Shah, Katia Amaya-Salinas, Aditi Bhattacharya, Alvaro Pinzon | ||
| B) WORKSHOP: Open Circle Discussion on Māori Practices, Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence; He Ture Kia Tika: Kaupapa Māori co-design of policy to ‘let the law right’ | Jaques Puriri-Kaitapu, Katey Thom, Stella Black, Khylee Quince, Wyllis Maihi, Adreanne Ormond, Wanna Joyce | ||
| C) WORKSHOP: Healing instead of Punishing | Hon. Leslie Kobayashi, Hon. Mike Town, Hon. Robert Yazzie, Hon. Raquel Domingues do Amaral, Hon. Clivia von Dewitz, Hussein Ahmed Allamas | ||
| D) WORKSHOP: Working with institutions and individuals to create more equitable and just partnerships with their communities | Amber Johnson, Sheryl Wilson, Elton Naswood, Mary Rodriquez, Keyria Rodgers, Nikki Borchardt Campbell | ||
| 11:30 – 11:45 AM | CircleBack to BALLROOM for LUNCH | ||
| PLENARY ROUNDTABLE – Successful Restorative /Social Justice Organizations | Sheryl Wilson, Kerrie Sellen, Sonya Shah, Vidia Negrea, Theo Gavrielides | ||
| 1:15 – 1:30 PM | Breakout to Workshops | ||
| 1:30 – 2:45 PM Second – 4 Concurrent Workshops (choose 1): | |||
| A) WORKSHOP: How to Create & Sustain Successful Restorative/Social Justice Organizations | Sheryl Wilson, Kerrie Sellen, Vidia Negrea, Sonya Shah, Seth Weiner | ||
| B) WORKSHOP: Practices Compatible with Justice Innovations; Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy | Penny Griffith, Caleb Wakhnugu*, Deborah Mrema | ||
| C) WORKSHOP: Healing-Centered Justice: Applying Transformative, Restorative & Therapeutic Approaches | Susan Brooks, Carrie Petrucci, Stephanie Burns, Grace Crowley, Alexandria Ware | ||
| D) WORKSHOP: Restorative Justice in Higher Education | Amber Johnson, Brenda Morrison, David Karp, Jennifer Llewellyn, Linda Kligman | ||
| E) WORKSHOP: Sexual Trafficking, Culture, & Justice Innovations for Change and Accountability | Ram Tawari, Carissa Phelps | ||
| 2:45- 3:00 PM | CircleBack to BALLROOM – SNACK Buffet | ||
| PLENARY ROUNDTABLE on environmental protection, lessons learned and indigenous and Western approaches | Deborah Hollingworth, Felicity Tepper, Gema Varona, Ivo Aertsen, João Salm, Maya Soetoro Ng, Miranda Forsyth, Raquel Domingues do Amaral, Raquel Domingues do Amaral | ||
| 4:30 PM | Pau | ||
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Justice Innovations Hawaiian Dinner with Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio @ UH Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies (Limited Space – RSVP required) | ||
| February 18 Sunday @ University of Hawai`i Mānoa – Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| 8:00 AM | Doors Open – continental breakfast | ||
| 9:00 AM | Aloha Mai Kāko – Welcome to Day 2 | ||
| PLENARY – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION of indigenous representatives of regions, approaches of conflict management | Tshepo Madlingozi, Jaques Puriri-Kaitapu, Faida Mutula Rachel, Wyllis Maihi | ||
| 10:00 – 10:15 AM | Breakout to Workshops | ||
| 10:15 – 11:30 PM Third – Concurrent Workshops (choose 1): | |||
| A) WORKSHOP: European Environmental Protection Strategies Using Justice Innovations | Ivo Aertsen, Gemma Verona, Claudia Mazzucato, Tuomas Aslak Juuso | ||
| B) WORKSHOP: Lauguage, Metaphor, & Emotions in Restorative Justice | Claudio Fontana, Grazia Mannozzi, Meredith Rossner | ||
| C) WORKSHOP: Indigenous Practices in Different Regions & Bridging Transitional Justice | Sabin Lamichhane, Tshepo Madlingozi, Johanna Farmer, Jacques Puriri-Kaitapu, Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks, Wyllis Maihi | ||
| D) WORKSHOP – Community-Powered Solutions: Healing, Love, and Justice in Youth Systems | Mark Patterson, Keyria Rodgers, Alexandria Ware, Jan Bindas-Tenney, Brittany Brown | ||
| E) WORKSHOP – Building Bridges & Trust Between Practitioners & Legal Systems: Developing Programming with Justice System Referrals | David Moore, Erika Sasson, Kellsie Sayers, Maresi Starzmann, Meghan Nayak, Priti Maya Tayal, Lorinda Riley, Cathi Ho Schar | ||
| 11:30 – 11:45 AM | CircleBack to BALLROOM for LUNCH | ||
| NOON | LUNCH & MOVIE – Making Good Men; Norm Hewitt | ||
| PLENARY – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION with incarcerated & previously incarcerated individuals | Shane White, Matthew Kaima`aina, Kristine Puckett, Kimmy Takata, Leo Hylton*, Mark Patterson | ||
| 1:20 -1:30 PM | Breakout to Workshops | ||
| 1:30 – 2:45 PM Fourth & Final – 4 Concurrent Workshops (choose 1): | |||
| A) WORKSHOP: Gimme Some DAP- Dialogue Accountability Process developed by Collective Justice will provide live engagement with survivor and person who caused harm | Matthew Kam’aina, Stacy Torres, Martina Kartman, Tyra Griffith, Aaron Faletogo | ||
| B) WORKSHOP: Traffic accidents and harm address with Restorative Justice | Hillary Packer, Kellsie Sayers, Bobby Preti | ||
| C) WORKSHOP: Justice Innovations Giving Voice to the Affected | Kay Pranis, Ram Tiwari, Laurie Tochiki, Leanne Trapedo Sims | ||
| D) WORKSHOP – Developing Programming that Takes Referrals from Justice System Officials – Building Bridges & Trust | Erika Sasson, Kellsie Sayers, Mark Patterson, Mark Patterson, Maria Starzmann, Theo Gavrielides | ||
| E) WORKSHOP: The WHY, WHAT and HOW of Effective Restorative Practice Implementation in K-12 Schools | Margaret Thorsborne, Brenda Morrison, Jeannie Lum, Susana Román | ||
| 2:45 – 3 PM | CircleBack to BALLROOM – SNACK Buffet | ||
| PLENARY – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION on anti-carceral (or less punitive) responses to sex violence | Donna Coker, Aparna Polavarapu, Deborah Weissman*, Erika Sasson, Patricia Walsh, Purvi Shah, Krystal McLeod | ||
| PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION – Handling the painful progress – how to take care of yourself | Fania Davis, Kay Pranis, Manululi Meyer | ||
| 4:30PM | Pau & dinner on your own | ||
February 19th, Monday (President’s Day) @ UH Mānoa Center for Hawaiian StudiesUH Mānoa Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies In-person attendance limited to 150 participants—any spill over after reaching capacity will convene at the Richardson School of Law to watch via video and engage in other activities | |||
| 9:00 AM | Doors Open, Continental Breakfast Bar | ||
| 10:00 AM | E KOMO MAI’ (WELCOME) | ||
| BACKGROUND of Justice Initiatives in Hawai`i | Dr. Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio | ||
| HAWAI`I PLENARY PANEL Justice for Us All: Collective Yearnings in a Captive Land | Dr. Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, Dr. Kyle Kajihiro, Dr. Noenoe K Silva, Dr. Heoli Osorio, ʻIhilani Lasconia | ||
| GROUP DISCUSSION: Connections and Innovations Discussion with Global Practitioners | |||
| 12:30 PM | Pau | ||
*via zoo