Restorative Justice Initiative
Restorative Justice Initiative
Mission
The Restorative Justice Initiative is a group of Penn State students, faculty, staff, and community stakeholders committed to empowering and supporting system-impacted, currently and formerly incarcerated individuals through education and meaningful civic engagement. It believes in the power of trauma-informed practice, liberatory pedagogy, and transformative education and is dedicated to leveraging Penn State’s size, scope, reach, and resources to help make education accessible to all sectors of society. Through education, collaboration, and community engagement RJI works to remove structural barriers to education and reentry while preserving the human dignity of those impacted by the carceral state.
Penn State’s RJI program was founded in 2015. Since its creation, RJI’s interdisciplinary team has worked to create quality curricula and instruction in correctional facilities....
Check out the Facilities and Classes through the Restorative Justice Initiative...
This is Rising Scholars first year as a college pathway program for formerly incarcerated Pennsylvanians...
A group of faculty and staff who use expertise in their respective fields to advise and support the Restorative Justice Initiative.
Justice Education Month is an event that runs throughout the month of April.
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Contact
Contact the Program Coordinator
Efrain MarimonDirector, Restorative Justice Initiative
113B Chambers Building , University Park, PA, 16802
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 814-863-6445
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