Analysis: How Restorative Justice Can Bring Safety and Support to Survivors During the Holidays

For many people, the holidays are an opportunity to come together with family and foster connections and belonging. However, for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, it can be a time of increased abuse, reliving traumatic past events, and not receiving the appropriate supports for safety.

But there are solutions that can help survivors feel supported, as Carolina Morales explains.

Analysis: As a Former Attorney for Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope

Barbara Schmitz’s early experiences as an attorney helping survivors of domestic violence file for restraining orders opened her eyes to the impacts the carceral systems can have on families looking for emotional or mental health support.

In this essay, Schmitz reminds us of the Indigenous roots of restorative justice techniques and makes the case for using restorative justice models in schools. 

How Rural Communities Can Fill Care Gaps for Children with Disabilities

Amidst a nationwide shortage of pediatric specialists, families caring for children with special health care needs in rural areas are often forced to travel long distances for care.

Physicians and parents agree that on top of bringing more specialists to rural areas, increasing the flow of information between agencies and making travel reimbursements easier to attain would ease some of this burden on families.

Analysis: How I Turned from Violence to Healing and Reconciliation

Twenty-seven years ago, Devon Gaster was in jail, but had started down a path that would change his life forever.

Devon’s experience healing himself and his family through restorative justice has taught him that being accountable taking responsibility makes it possible to heal and change. With the right tools and support, Gaster writes, men can learn about intimate partner violence and stop their abuse.

In the Eastern Sierra, Therapists Are Expanding Access to Mental Health Care

Mental health care workers are in high demand across California, especially in the rural pockets of the state. In the Eastern Sierra, providers are working to expand their in-person services while fighting insurance companies to be included in their networks. But the challenges are immense, especially when it comes to psychiatric care. Here’s what some providers are doing to increase access.

Many Rural Californians Still Lack Abortion Access. Here Are Solutions

Two years ago, California voters overwhelmingly decided to enshrine the right to abortion services in the state constitution. And it wasn’t just coastal liberals: voters in the rural north, Central Valley, and Sierra Nevada all voted in favor of the proposition, despite also voting largely for Republican offices.

But many of these residents still lack access and have yet to implement effective solutions.

How I Used Restorative Justice to Heal Myself and My Family

For Lisbet Pérez, the restorative justice framework helped her family heal after leaving an abusive relationship. She was skeptical at first, but soon found a way to reconnected with her children’s father.

Through the process, she learned that her family could grow and heal through their own resilience, and that leaning on the support of her community would create the safe environment her children needed.

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