Today the Justice Center received a visit from students at
P.S. 15. The Patrick F. Daly School, a elementary school in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
The Justice Center and P.S. 15 have a long history of working together to improve the neighborhood for some of its youngest residents. The students
presented Justice Center staff with a check from their annual Penny Harvest fundraiser
to help the Justice Center continue to provide programs and services to keep
their neighborhood safe. To make the donation, the students voted on the issues
that most concerned them and safety was one of their top choices. Thank you
P.S. 15 and we’ll continue working hard to ensure Red Hook is safe and
wonderful community to grow up in.
Red Hook Community Justice Center Chief Clerk, Toni Bullock-Stallings; Deputy Project Director, Jessica Colon; and Judge Alex Calabrese with P.S. 15 students and their teachers.
Raymond Deal, Traditional Program Specialist, Shiprock District Court, Navajo Nation and Gloria Benally, Program Coordinator, Navajo Nation, train future Red Hook Peacemakers After an intensely trying period in Red Hook in the weeks following Hurricane Sandy, building, strenghtening, and healing relationships between residents and organizations has become crucial. This past weekend, we took a step towards preparing the neighborhood for the hard work ahead with a two-day workshop with peacemakers from the Navajo Nation for residents we are training to serve as peacemakers here in Red Hook. A new project from the Center for Court Innovation's Tribal Justice Exchange , peacemaking is a traditional Native American approach to justice. While the exact form peacemaking takes varies among tribes, it usually consists of one or more peacemakers—often community elders—who gently guide a conversation involving not only those directly involved in an offense or conflict but family
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