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Whether you are interested in using restorative practices in education, criminal justice, social work, faith communities, workplaces, youth service settings or as a leadership strategy, this degree will foster a deeper understanding of how to achieve healthy interpersonal and organizational relationships.
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As followers of Jesus, we are called to an ethic of loving our enemies (Matthew 5:43-48) and to a ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:16-20). MCC U.S. restorative justice work builds capacity to respond in healthy ways to harm and conflict, respond to and prevent violence and sexual abuse in our families and communities, and support healing and promote mutuality through biblical reflection and practices which create life-giving spaces in communities. Emerging out of MCC’s history and experience in Mennonite Conciliation Services and the Office on Crime and Justice, our purpose is to equip people to live in community and to respond redemptively to interpersonal and systemic conflict, harm and injustice within families, communities and congregations.
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 12:00 1:00 PM - 5:00 Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice is a theory for how to deal with violations of law, policies and norms. Compared to Retributive Justice, the following questions are the focus:
We are committed to the development of community-based responses to crime and violence that strengthen social harmony and individual healing through dialogue, repair of harm, and peace-building by providing technical assistance, training, and research in support of restorative dialogue practices. Umbreit profiled in University of Minnesota story
Victim Offender Mediation Association
The Sycamore Tree Project ® brings together unrelated victims and offenders (that is, they are not each others' victims and offenders). Using a curruculum guide prepared by PFI, a facilitator leads the participants to consider concepts of responsibility, confession, repentance, forgiveness, amends and reconciliation in the context of crime and justice.