A mother and son embark on a hiking trip. The son loses his balance during a challenging vertical climb. His mother grabs him before he tumbles several feet below to the rocky ground. Relieved that he is safe, she clutches him tight. It’s been a long time since she held her son to her breast. …
“Welcome. What you pay attention to, grows.” The battered, wooden sign greets visitors to De Heerlijkheid van Heule, an organic farm on the outskirts of Kortrijk, Belgium. Heerlijkheid van Heule roughly translates as “Glory of the Hill” in Dutch. Operated by Oranjehuis, a group home for at-risk youth, the farm combines the simplicity and beauty …
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In recent years, the Black Lives Matter movement has been problematic. But its core values aren’t. Founded in 2013, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is a “decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by Black people and to promote anti-racism. Police brutality, hate crimes against Black …
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Detroit Rising: How the Motor City Becomes a Restorative City wins film festival laurels including “Best Web Series” and “Best Documentary Special Mention from the Cyrus International Film Festival and the Venice Shorts Festival, respectively.
Restorative Communities: From Conflict to Conversation is the culmination of four years of research, interviews, writing, and outreach in Detroit, MI, and Kortrijk, Belgium.