Books:
- Forgiving My Daughter’s Killer: A True Story of Loss, Faith, and Unexpected Grace by Kate Grosmaire
- Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity: A Catholic Encounter with Restorative Justice adapted by Caitlin Morneau
- Living Justice Press– they sell books specifically on restorative justice
- Redemption and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Restorative Justice by David Matzko McCarthy, Trudy D. Conway, and Vicki Schieber, Editors
- Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice edited by Michael Hadley
- The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr
- Until We Reckon by Danielle Sered
Organizations Working on Restorative Justice:
- Amplify RJ (National)
- Catholic Mobilizing Network (National)
- Center for Conflict Resolution (Kansas City, MO)
- Journey to New Life (Kansas City, MO)
- Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (Chicago, IL)
- Prison Renaissance (National)
- Restorative Church (National)
- Restorative Justice Network of Catholic Campuses (National)
General Resources:
- Antiracism Resource List from the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
- Black Catholic Syllabus, curated by Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt
- Catholic Mobilizing Network Resources
- Catholic Mobilizing Network’s Resources for Restorative Justice in Education
- Just Faith’s Faith & Racial Equity: Exploring Power & Privilege Program
- National Black Sisters Conference’s statement on Racism in the U.S. Catholic Church
- New York City Restorative Justice Directory
- “Race and the Catholic Church,” a presentation given by Sr. Melinda Pellerin for the Diocese of Bridgeport
- Religion and Race: The Future of Anti-Racism and the Catholic Church, a conversation hosted by Georgetown University featuring Dr. Shannen Dee Williams- one of our restorative justice speakers
- Restorative Justice and Catholic Ideals: A Restorative Justice Conference Case Study from Loyola University Chicago’s Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution (OSCCR)
- Talking Circles At Home and Parenting Restoratively Toolkit from Jennifer Viets
- Transformative Justice: A Curriculum Guide
- What is Transformative Justice? by Barnard Center for Research on Women:
News Articles:
- 10 ways to live restoratively by Howard Zehr
- Black history is Catholic history by Dr. Shannen Dee Williams for Catholic Review
- Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? by Paul Tullis for The New York Times Magazine
- Policing in America from the Equal Justice Initiative
- Promoting Restorative Justice in Catholic Higher Education by Sean Horrigan, Ph.D.
- Reckoning: White sisters respond to their own racism, to one historian’s call for justice by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins for Global Sisters Report
- Restorative justice takes time: Creating a less incarcerated society will need local support, effort by John LaConte for VailDaily
- The black Catholic nun every American should know by Dr. Shannen Dee Williams for Global Sisters Report
- The church must make reparation for its role in slavery, segregation by Dr. Shannen Dee Williams for National Catholic Reporter
- This Is the Casual Racism That I Face at My Elite High School: Unexpectedly, the school did something about it by Rainier Harris, a senior at Regis High School, Manhattan, NY
Professional Development, Trainings, Workshops, and Conferences:
- Catholic Mobilizing Network is offering restorative justice intensives in December 2020 and January 2021. Check out their website for more information
- DC Peace Team frequently offers online training on a variety of topics surrounding restorative justice. Check out their current offerings here
- The Center for Conflict Resolution in Kansas City offers a variety of workshops and trainings, including virtual offerings. You can find out more here
- Restorative Justice on the Rise offers webinars, workshops, and courses
- Certificate in Restorative Justice Facilitation and Leadership at the University of San Diego
Want to add a resource? Email us at info@cssjfed.org.
