Tag Archives: Workplace Justice

“The Verde Paper: Latino Perspectives on Conservation Leadership Report by La Madre Tierra, 2016

September 24, 2019 7:07 pm /

Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

“I like to say that I used to sell the fish, and now I save them. Growing up blocks from the US-Mexico border AND the Pacific Ocean has a way of staying with you. Looking back on this, it’s no surprise that I ended up working for an international seafood company at the start of my career. Despite not having grown up with specific dreams of becoming a fishmonger, this job farming Bluefin tuna in the open ocean offered exciting professional opportunities. Also on offer? A front row seat to the growing problem of overfishing. Scrambling daily to come up with hundreds of tons of fresh sardines to feed a dwindling number of Bluefin tuna tends to make a person question business as usual. When a study came out in 2006 predicting an almost empty ocean by the year 2048, I realized I needed to change course.”

This public domain paper was obtained from the organization’s website at: http://www.lamadretierra.org/wp-content/uploads/Verde-Paper-Latino-Perspectives-on-Conservation-Leadership.pdf

Posted in: 2011 - Present, Part 2: Subjects and Topics in Justice (ALL), US / Tagged: , , ,

“From Bars to Freedom: Prisoner Co-ops Boost Employment, Self-Esteem, and Support Reentry into Society” by Meegan Moriarity, 2016

September 23, 2019 7:47 pm /

Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

Moriarity, Meegan. 2016. “From Bars to Freedom: Prisoner Co-ops Boost Employment, Self-Esteem, and Support Reentry into Society.” Rural Cooperatives Vol. 83 No. 1 (January-February), pp.14-18, 37. see pages 14-19 in this Rural Cooperatives issue.

To read online, click here: “From Bars to Freedom: Prisoner Co-ops Boost Employment, Self-Esteem, and Support Reentry into Society.”  Scroll to article on page 14.

From bars to freedom: prisoner co-ops boost employment, self-esteem and support re-entry into society: artists create, exhibit and sell their work through Cooperativa de Servidos ARIGOS in Puerto Rico. At the Shifting Gears bike shop in Stevens Point, Wis., skilled mechanics tune-up, refurbish and sell pre-owned bicycles while educating the community on biking’s beneficial impact on health and the environment. At the Cooperativa Alice in Milan, Italy, women create costumes for television and theater, design clothing and make uniforms for the local football team. Caterers and chefs feed customers at the Cafe Solberg in Gotenberg, Sweden. These business organizations may be diverse, but they have a few things in common. All of them are cooperatives. And all of them benefit prisoners or ex-prisoners.

This article was retrieved from a government website and is in the public domain.

Posted in: 2011 - Present, Part 2: Subjects and Topics in Justice (ALL), US / Tagged: , , ,

“Working Together: How a Neighborhood Justice Center in Harlem is Building Bridges and Improving Safety” by Carolyn Turgeon, 2006

September 23, 2019 5:38 pm /

Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

To read online, click here: “Working Together: How a Neighborhood Justice Center in Harlem is Building Bridges and Improving Safety.”

Turgeon, Carolyn. 2006. “Working Together: How a Neighborhood Justice Center in Harlem is Building Bridges and Improving Safety.” New York: Center for Court Innovation (public/private partnership with the NY State Unified Court System).

The Harlem Courthouse has towered over East 121st Street since the late 1800s – stately and elaborate, with arched windows and soaring pinnacles. Until 1961, the courthouse housed the Municipal and Magistrate’s Courts; after New York City’s courts were centralized, the building fell into disuse and was largely forgotten. Decades later, when court planners were looking for a location for a new community court, the courthouse – with its ornate architecture and status as a once vital community institution – seemed an ideal location. Today, the Harlem Courthouse is again a vibrant neighborhood resource. Gone are the boarded up windows, empty courtrooms, and unused office space. Instead, the courthouse is home to an unusual experiment in neighborhood justice, the Harlem Community Justice Center. The center features a multi-jurisdictional courtroom that hears a mix of Family and Housing Court cases, along with an array of unconventional programs – including mediation, community service, and reentry initiatives – that extend the Justice Center’s reach well beyond the courtroom doors. While a traditional court usually has one heartbeat, as the center’s former director Raye Barbieri puts it, the Harlem court ‘has dozens’. This paper tells the story of this unique experiment in community justice, from planning to ongoing operations. Along the way, it highlights the key lessons of the Harlem experience, offering vivid testimony that a court and community can work together to spur neighborhood renewal.

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Posted in: 2000 - 2010, Part 2: Subjects and Topics in Justice (ALL), US / Tagged: , , ,
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