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  • Thank you again Kay — thank you Seeta — indebted for this place
    For Pirates, For Dreamers ~
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J1_t7qapvw

  • Kay — so many thought provoking questions here and brilliantly worded observations on our culture.  The criminal injustice system certainly can be a “mob by proxy” — really holds a mirror up to the institutions that we reinforce everyday either overtly or by silence.

    • KayWhitlock

      Seeta Thanks, Seeta.  “Mob by proxy” is the essence of retributive justice.  Now:  how do we persuade folks that we need to defect from this?  It’s harsh knowledge.  And necessary.

    • Seeta More mirrors! Yes

  • badphairy

    Retribution is easy, justice is hard.

    • KayWhitlock

      badphairy Amen, badphairy.  Amen.

    • badphairy Truer words
      thanks for stopping

  • prisonculture

    Kay, this is a tour-de-force! I am going to share it everywhere. It does an excellent job of underscoring the possibilities and the pitfalls of models of RJ/TJ.  I’ll use it in a workshop that I am running on Aug 3. It’s so great. Thank you. Nancy, last week’s post that you wrote is wonderful. I didn’t have a chance to read it until this weekend so that’s why I didn’t comment on it earlier :) Thank you both for these excellent essays!

    • prisonculture thank you !! for all your tireless efforts and i hope you know for always being an inspiration to us!

    • KayWhitlock

      prisonculture Oh, thank you – your work in this area is a constant inspiration to me.  The gratitude I feel for your work, and that of the young people and others involved in Chicago initiatives in this area is, quite literally, limitless.

  • KayWhitlock

    We can’t afford to be timid any more.

  • Thanks so much for this stellar piece Kay!
    We need  — as you always say — A Bolder Vision .. we are ready!

    • KayWhitlock

      nancy a heitzeg Thanks for your piece on Charles Ramsey and Stanley Tookie Williams last week, Nancy.  We need to understand that the only way to dismantle violent structures, cultures, behaviors is to work within frameworks of transformation, healing, redemption for everyone whose lives have been shattered in any way by violence.

      • KayWhitlock nancy a heitzeg 
         I am grateful Kay that you followed up — i think together they are perfect bookends..