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Traffic Violence and Restorative Justice
This event addressed the intersection of two of the most powerful (and problematic) systems in our community: transportation and criminal justice. When someone is harmed by traffic violence, how should the legal system respond? One approach is primarily punitive/carceral, while another approach downplays the severity of the harm caused. A restorative justice model attempts to...
Panelists discuss conflict resolution with Charlottesville Community
An event at the Tom Tom Festival is helping people with conflict resolution. Let’s Talk focused on group discussion about what to do when you are dealing with a variety of people. Attendees listened and learned from Charlottesville advocates and vice-versa. Click here to see the video.
Responding to Harm: Reflective Jail Tour and Intro to Restorative Justice
Date: Wed. April 17, 2024 Location: Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, 160 Peregory Ln, Charlottesville, VA 22902 If you have never been in your local jail, now is the time. This tour, led by Col. Martin Kumer, superintendent of the jail, will offer a glimpse at conditions in the jail. Following the tour, a Central Virginia Community...
Let’s Talk: A Panel Discussion About Conversations During Conflict
Date/Time: Friday, April 19, 2024 10:00am Location: CitySpace on the downtown mall. NOTE: “CitySpace” does not show up on Google Maps; use 100 5th Street NE. CitySpace is located at the corner of the downtown mall and 5th Street NE – go up the brick stairs located by the parking garage elevator and through the...
Traffic Violence and Restorative Justice
Date & Time: Tue. April 23, 2024 6:00-7:15pm Location: Online This event will address the intersection of two of the most powerful (and problematic) systems in our community: transportation and criminal justice. When someone is harmed by traffic violence, how should the legal system respond? One approach is primarily punitive/carceral, while another approach downplays the...
Crime Victims’ Rights Week event
Date/Time: Friday, April 26, 5-6pm Location: Free Speech Wall, Charlottesville downtown mall Stop by the Free Speech Wall to share your ideas for options, services, and hope for survivors of crime and harm. CVCJ staff will be there to hand out chalk, speak with survivors and those who support them, and answer questions about how...
CVCJ Office Hours
Date/Time: 2nd Tuesday of the month (April 9, May 14, June 11), 11:30am-12:30pm Location: Region Ten Blue Ridge Center, 100 Burnet St. Charlottesville VA 22902 Have you been charged with a crime or caused harm to someone and wish there was a way to make amends directly to the person you harmed? Have you been...
Summer Circles
Date/Time/Location: Stay tuned! CVCJ presents a summer series for community members to experience circle processes and the restorative approach. Join us to learn restorative skills and how to apply them to your own life. One session will be held each month, May-August. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know when the...
Albemarle hit-and-run case demonstrates restorative justice
“Two years after its inception, a criminal diversion program in the Albemarle County and Charlottesville court systems is building healing after people have been wronged or hurt.” To listen and read more: https://www.wmra.org/2024-02-07/albemarle-hit-and-run-case-demonstrates-restorative-justice?fbclid=IwAR35fIwiKe1kMoeDPaomz_IoLGoP1EtkFOcxelf69olsuuu79c9qdOFhgV4
Tomorrow Talks | Restorative Justice in Real Life: A Workshop on Communicating to Repair
Date & Time: February 21, 6:30-8:30pm Location: Tom Tom Foundation, 100 South Street West ##1D Charlottesville, VA 22902 In this interactive session, Erin Campbell and Rydell Payne from Central Virginia Community Justice will introduce us to restorative frameworks and practices that can strengthen us as individuals and as an interconnected community. CVCJ’s restorative justice is...
From Paradigm to Policy: Transforming Accountability and Public Safety With Restorative Justice
Date: Thursday Jan. 25 & Friday Jan. 26, 2024 This symposium offers an expansive survey of the touchpoints and tensions of restorative justice (RJ) and the criminal legal system as well as how restorative justice is practiced and implemented in jurisdictions across the nation. Participants will hear from thought leaders in the field, gain access...
Earlysville hit-and-run driver to participate in ‘restorative justice’ program, avoids jail time
A recently formed organization called Central Virginia Community Justice can step in when a victim, such as Ford, permits it. The prosecutor must also agree to any plea agreement, and Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon P. Neal made the motion Thursday to reduce the criminal charges. The deal that Judge Quatrara accepted allowed Morris — originally...
End of Year Giving 2023
through December 31, 2023 This giving season, please consider choosing Central Virginia Community Justice. We’re asking our community to team up to help us reach our fundraising goal by the end of the year! To donate or create a fundraising team, please click here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/38d16842-e090-40d7-857b-7119cc7c408b
The Albemarle & Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Offices and Central Virginia Community Justice Commit to Improve Public Safety and Racial Equity in Partnership with Vera Institute
August 22, 2023 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today, the Albemarle & Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Offices and Central Virginia Community Justice announced a new partnership with the Vera Institute of Justice, as part of their Reshaping Prosecution Program’s Motion for Justice program. Vera will provide Central Virginia Community Justice with financial support to expand its diversion programming and provide the...
In the Movement podcast with Central Virginia Community Justice
Central Virginia Community Justice is a restorative justice diversion program based out of Charlottesville, VA. They provide a “brave space for those involved in harm to lead their own accountability and healing.” CVCJ acts as a restorative alternative to the standard, punitive path of the criminal legal system. Hear from Tarek Maassarani, one of the...
“In the Movement” Podcast with Central Virginia Community Justice
July 25, 2023 2:00-3:00pm EST Register for this podcast episode to hear two CVCJ facilitators speak with Equal Justice USA about our work. https://action.ejusa.org/a/movement-central-virginia-community-justice?fbclid=IwAR057kp9hMIvjJYEIO4QgJLFdiABCu4h6x3iy0hYzM5vZr_bstVUAHliLLo
New Central Virginia nonprofit providing an alternative to the court room
CVCJ has a different way of handling cases. Instead of going to the courtroom, a solution is facilitated through conversation. “Restorative justice is a way to address harm that isn’t punitive. It puts the needs of the person that was harmed first, and they get to kind of make the choice and how the person...
