Healing Justice

Healing Justice resources for Quaker congregations

AFSC invites Quaker congregations everywhere to join in the effort to help transform the U.S. criminal justice system from one focused on crime and punishment to one focused on moving from harm to healing.  Quaker meetings and churches are encouraged to learn more about issues of mass incarceration, engage their local communities in the issue, establish relationships with those directly affected, and advocate for just policy.

Friend of a Friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2013 Community Tribunal (Baltimore, MD)

On January 21, 2013, AFSC's Friend of a Friend program led a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day community tribunal at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Govans, Baltimore. Residents shared their experiences and concerns with the Maryland prison system and brainstormed strategies for making their voices heard.

Slideshow edit: Isaac Bunn
Photos: Bryan Vana

Reconvening of healing justice visioning

Sharon Goens

Sharon Goens is AFSC's Twin Cities Healing Justice Program Director.

Sharon Goens is AFSC's Twin Cities Healing Justice Program Director.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 5:30pm

AFSC's Healing Justice Program in Minnesota invites you to a “reconvening” of the visioning session held in January 2012.  At this gathering, we will share with you how we have begun to utilize the wisdom and experience people brought to the January 2012 meeting, and we will continue to co-create a joint vision of a healthy Minnesota. Everyone who is interested in this topic is welcome to attend.   

The journey home: a prayer for healing

Moon over Maine

Moon over Maine

On the occasion of the seating of the Maine-Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission


by Lucy Duncan

 

“People can be transformed by being open and human. We believe that people have a need to be heard, but how they are heard really matters – if they take the risk of telling their story, it needs to make a difference.” – Denise Altvater

 

 

Listen...to the story

Bridging the gaps in Minnesota

Sharon Goens

Sharon Goens is AFSC's Twin Cities Healing Justice Program Director.

Sharon Goens is AFSC's Twin Cities Healing Justice Program Director.

AFSC's Twin Cities Healing Justice program got off to a great start recently, serving as the host for an innovative legislative convening.

Sharon Goens, AFSC Program Director, was asked to host the convening because of AFSC’s neutral stance and because the healing justice framework—with its goal of supporting the process of bringing together long-sparing disparate voices to work toward a shared understanding—resonated strongly with those involved. 

Report from the 2013 All New Hampshire Friends Gathering

Margaret Hawthorn at 2013 NH Friends Gathering

Margaret Hawthorn, Jan. 19, 2013, Concord NH

Margaret Hawthorn, a member of Monadnock Quaker Meeting, was one of the speakers at the All NH Gathering of Friends held in Concord on January 19, 2013.

Transforming a punishment-based justice system to one based on healing

Fifty Quakers and a few friends of the Friends spent most of a Saturday discussing prison conditions, prison ministry, prison policies, and other matters at the All New Hampshire Gathering of Friends, held at Wesley United Methodist Church in Concord on January 19, 2013.  

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