Students at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) are leading dialogues about restorative justice and peace-building using the film Concrete, Steel, and Paint as a starting point.
Howard Zehr, the “father of restorative justice,” helped to lead the first of these dialogues at a film premiere in Philadelphia. After seeing how eagerly people talked about the film, the EMU Center for Justice and Peacebuilding decided to explore using the as a way to spark larger conversations about peacemaking.
This work is part of a larger initiative to use film and social media to help create social change.
You can read more about this work here, and of course, get a chance to see the film, and talk about it yourself, at the Western New York Restorative Practices Conference. It’s not too late to sign up, and walk-ins are welcome!
(Submitted by Katherine Schaefer)