#transformativejustice

"THE WINDOW OF TRANSFORMATION" chart by Kai Cheng Thom. (They are so inspiring.)

Um... I'm still gonna punch nazis, tho. Is that okay? Not sure how to square that with non-punitive accountability, but I’ll keep trying.

¨~POD~ Your pod is made up of the people that you would call on if violence, harm or abuse happened to you; or the people that you would call on if you wanted support in taking accountability for violence, harm or abuse that you’ve done; or if you witnessed violence or if someone you care about was being violent or being abused.¨

Week One:

Intro to the Path of Freedom (Time 50:37)

Background material

Intro to the Path of Freedom

Intro: Integral Transformative Justice

Intro: Comparing Justice Models

Training the Mind & Facilitation (Time 64:21)

POF Session One

Teaching Mindfulness in Prisons

Working in Correctional Environments

Facilitating the POF

Week Two:

Who Am I? (Time 44:51)

POF Session Tw0

Who Am I?

Who Am I? Process

Who Am I? Process Debrief

Limiting Core Beliefs

On Basic Goodness

Change: Outside In/Inside Out (Time 55:05)

POF Session Three

Change Intro

Change Theory

Change Inside/Outside

Juan on Change

Week Three:Holding Your Seat (Time: 30:35)

POF Session Four

Holding Your Seat

State Shifting

Holding Your Seat Meditation

Working with Pain & Anxiety (Time: 55:17)

POF Session Five

Working with Pain

Pain Meditation

Anxiety

Practices for Anxiety

Week Four

Drama Triangle (Time: 41:20)

POF Session Six

Drama Triangle Intro

Drama Positions

Hooked by Drama

Staying Off the Drama Triangle

Dennis on Drama

Rebecca & Salim

Director’s Cut

Empowerment (Time: 44:10)

POF Session Seven

Empowerment Intro

Empowerment

Power

12 Choices

Week Five

Art of Communication (Time: 46:43)

POF Session Eight

Art of Communication Intro

Styles of Listening

Unskillful Communication

Skillful Communication

Madrone on Communication

Transforming Conflict (Time 40:33)

POF Session Nine

Transforming Conflict

Four Agreements

Ladder of Inference

Dennis on Conflict & Violence

Compassion Meditation

Week Six

Power of Forgiveness (Time: 36:19)

POF Session 10

Forgiveness Intro

Grievances, Unenforceable Rules

Luskin: Getting “No,” Wanting “Yes”

Self Forgiveness

Mindfulness in Action (Time: 9:30)

POF Session 11

Mindfulness in Action & Resources

Final Comments

[16th of Xheshvan, 5781]

{november 3, 2020}

we are living in painful, violent times. so many people are going to be hurt, predominantly people who have already been hurt in so many ways, over the generations and years. they are hurt by those who actively choose violence, and by those who uphold status quo, not questioning or investigating the foundations.

those who find pleasure and profit in creating vulnerability and suffering will continue sowing seeds of division, as they ever have. they will build their power through exploiting people and making them desperate - they will use it to harm anyone who doesn’t fit into their regimented world view, and in fact, those who do, too. When Harm or Be Harmed, Kill or Die is someone’s perspective of the world, they don’t treat other people well. I would dare say, they don’t even treat themselves well. 

we? we are different. 

we are different because we choose to care for ourselves and other beings - those like us and those dissimilar, in all the layered, faceted ways that Beings can be resonant and harmonious. 

we choose to actively work, bit by bit, day by day,  to create kinder, safer worlds - 

ones where more people have homes and other spaces free from violence.

worlds where more people have clean water and nutritious food. 

ones where more people can learn and create and express themselves  in multifarious ways with endless possibilities only limited by imagination.

worlds where more people can just Breathe, and Be.

ones where these are the default, baseline experiences, not the exception.

worlds where we continuously affirm the sanctity of life  and embrace our place in the weavings of living,  among so many other beings we share existence with.

we can’t make everything perfect overnight. we can’t make everything perfect ever. 

but we can Make It Better, and we will do it Together.

What are Black and non-Black POC saying they need to thrive? What is transformative justice? Does this work for survivors & communities? ✨Short answer: Transformative justice = survivor justice✨