Barb Toews's guest appearances

Barb Toews

Restorative Justice On The Rise

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Howard Zehr

Roger McNamee

Stephanie Lepp

Ijeoma Oluo

Lawrence Lessig

Lisa Rea

Charles Eisenstein

Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Lerner

Bryan Stevenson

Sebastian Junger

Jeff Bezos

Randy Shaw

Caitlin Zaloom

Art Wolfe

OwlTail

Omari Amili

Freddie Nole

Each night in the United States, more than 200,000 people incarcerated in state and federal prisons — 1 in 7 prisoners — will go to sleep facing the reality that they may die without ever returning home. In 1996, criminal justice activist and photographer Howard Zehr published Doing Life, a book of photo portraits of individuals serving life sentences without the possibility of parole at a prison in Pennsylvania. The book gave a voice to the human beings in front of the camera lens, revealing their hidden emotions and painting an otherwise-unseen portrait of incarcerated people. Twenty-five years later, Zehr revisited many of the same individuals in his new book, Still Doing Life, co-authored by criminal justice professor Barb Toews. Photographed in the same poses, Zehr and Toews presented two side-by-side photos of each individual along with interviews conducted during the two different photo sessions. The resulting work is sobering tableaux of people who, quite literally, have not moved for the past quarter-century. Together at Town Hall, Zehr and Toews, along with Omari Amili and Freddie Nole, discussed the implications of the American criminal justice system and challenged us to think seriously about the consequences of life sentences. Howard Zehr is a distinguished professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. He is the author of the bestselling The Little Book of Restorative Justice and Doing Life, among other titles. Barb Toews is associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Washington, Tacoma. She is the author of The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison, and the co-author, with Howard Zehr, of Critical Issues in Restorative Justice. Toews is the editor of the Little Books in Restorative Justice series and lives in Tacoma, Washington. Omari Amili is an author, educator, and father of six from Seattle, WA. With a childhood dominated by chronic instability rooted in his parent’s addiction, Omari found himself a product of the school-to-prison pipeline. After serving time on 30 felony convictions for bank fraud, he turned his life around and pursued post-secondary education, climbing from a GED to a Master’s degree. Omari’s journey is evidence that there can be life after incarceration and he has made it his personal mission to change the narrative and introduce new possibilities for individuals from backgrounds similar to his. Buy the Book: Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later (Hardcover) from Elliott Bay Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

Each night in the United States, more than 200,000 people incarcerated in state and federal prisons — 1 in 7 prisoners — will go to sleep facing the reality that they may die without ever returning home. In 1996, criminal justice activist and photographer Howard Zehr published Doing Life, a book of photo portraits of individuals serving life sentences without the possibility of parole at a prison in Pennsylvania. The book gave a voice to the human beings in front of the camera lens, revealing their hidden emotions and painting an otherwise-unseen portrait of incarcerated people. Twenty-five years later, <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/howard-zehr-and-barb-toews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zehr revisited many of the same individuals in his new book, Still Doing Life, co-authored by criminal justice professor Barb Toews</a>. Photographed in the same poses, Zehr and Toews presented two side-by-side photos of each individual along with interviews conducted during the two different photo sessions. The resulting work is sobering tableaux of people who, quite literally, have not moved for the past quarter-century. Together at Town Hall, Zehr and Toews, along with Omari Amili and Freddie Nole, discussed the implications of the American criminal justice system and challenged us to think seriously about the consequences of life sentences. Howard Zehr is a distinguished professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. He is the author of the bestselling The Little Book of Restorative Justice and Doing Life, among other titles. Barb Toews is associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Washington, Tacoma. She is the author of The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison, and the co-author, with Howard Zehr, of Critical Issues in Restorative Justice. Toews is the editor of the Little Books in Restorative Justice series and lives in Tacoma, Washington. Omari Amili is an author, educator, and father of six from Seattle, WA. With a childhood dominated by chronic instability rooted in his parent’s addiction, Omari found himself a product of the school-to-prison pipeline. After serving time on 30 felony convictions for bank fraud, he turned his life around and pursued post-secondary education, climbing from a GED to a Master’s degree. Omari’s journey is evidence that there can be life after incarceration and he has made it his personal mission to change the narrative and introduce new possibilities for individuals from backgrounds similar to his. Buy the Book: <a href="https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781620976487" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later (Hardcover)</a> from Elliott Bay Books Presented by <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Town Hall Seattle</a>. To become a member or make a donation <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.

285. Howard Zehr and Barb Toews with Omari Amili and Freddie Nole: Stories and Portraits of Life Sentences in Prison

RJOY (Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth) Space Design by Deanna January 23, 2014 Creating Restorative Spaces with Barb Toews and Deanna Van Buren Topic: Barb and Deanna discuss how the setup and design of a space can proactively support restorative processes, including Deanna’s experience designing space for Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (pictured above). An excellent body of work and a growing new field that also resembles other countries who are re-thinking justice architecture.  Deanna Van Buren is the founder and Design Director of FOURM design studio in Oakland California and recent Loeb Fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Her practice focuses on the investigation and application of design innovations to the punitive justice system and alternative forms of justice that embrace reparation. Recent projects include a peacekeeping room and design guidelines for restorative spaces in schools with Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth and the design and construction of a Peacemaking Center with the Center for Court Innovation in Syracuse, New York.  Barb Toews is an experienced practitioner and educator in restorative justice. Publications include Critical Issues in Restorative Justice, co-edited with Howard Zehr, and The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison. Barb holds a MA in Conflict Transformation and is a PhD candidate at Bryn Mawr College's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Her research concerns the relationship between environmental design, especially that of correctional institutions, and psycho-social-behavioral and judicial outcomes.

RJOY (Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth) Space Design by Deanna January 23, 2014 Creating Restorative Spaces with Barb Toews and Deanna Van Buren Topic: Barb and Deanna discuss how the setup and design of a space can proactively support restorative processes, including Deanna’s experience designing space for Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (pictured above). An excellent body of work and a growing new field that also resembles other countries who are re-thinking justice architecture. <a href="https://restorativejusticeontherise.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Deanna-Van-Buren.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Deanna Van Buren is the founder and Design Director of FOURM design studio in Oakland California and recent Loeb Fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Her practice focuses on the investigation and application of design innovations to the punitive justice system and alternative forms of justice that embrace reparation. Recent projects include a peacekeeping room and design guidelines for restorative spaces in schools with Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth and the design and construction of a Peacemaking Center with the Center for Court Innovation in Syracuse, New York. <a href="https://restorativejusticeontherise.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Barb-Toews1.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Barb Toews is an experienced practitioner and educator in restorative justice. Publications include Critical Issues in Restorative Justice, co-edited with Howard Zehr, and The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison. Barb holds a MA in Conflict Transformation and is a PhD candidate at Bryn Mawr College's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Her research concerns the relationship between environmental design, especially that of correctional institutions, and psycho-social-behavioral and judicial outcomes.

Creating Restorative Spaces with Barb Toews and Deanna Van Buren