On Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 2:00pm, Rowly Brucken will be speaking at Martha Canfield Library on “Restorative Justice: How Vermont, Argentina and Rwanda Wrestle with Crime, the Past and Rebuilding Community”. The principles of restorative justice, such as repairing relationships by uncovering the truth, holding offenders accountable and making restitution to victims, have been applied locally and internationally as a response to criminal offenses large and small. In Vermont, reparative boards and mediation initiatives are examples of local programs that embody these ideals. In Argentina and Rwanda, in response to atrocities such as genocide and crimes against humanity, truth commissions have attempted to bring justice and healing to local communities. Norwich University Professor Rowly Brucken explains these initiatives as a way of sparking discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of these creative but controversial attempts to respond to criminal wrongdoing by emphasizing the needs of victims and communities.
The Martha Canfield Library is located at 528 East Arlington Rd. in Arlington. The talk is free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilitites. For more information, contact Phyllis Skidmore at (802) 375-6153 or martha_canfield_lib@hotmail.com.
“Restorative Justice: How Vermont, Argentina and Rwanda Wrestle with Crime, the Past and Rebuilding Community” is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by the Library. (Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or VHC.)