As part of the national restorative justice week, the Restorative Justice Coalition will be holding the 14th annual Restorative Justice Symposium at William Head Institution on Saturday November 19 from 9am-4pm.
REVISIONING JUSTICE: NOT IF, BUT WHEN?
Keynote Speakers:
1 . Rev. Al Tysick, Victoria Dandelion Society, and previously with Our Place
2 . James, a WHI resident and budding editor and publisher of Equality
3 . other WHI residents and outside volunteers of the RJC with short interesting presentations of new ideas
Aerial View of William Head Institution (photo credit: http://jaderhino.blogspot.com/)
Our speakers have the experience and the passion to help us look at:
- what it is like to live on the margins alone and with no home and no hope
- safe and successful reintegration for people coming from prison back into the community and not to the margins
- meaningful outside community involvement inside William Head Institution and vice versa
- seeing beyond the rhetoric of “tough on crime” and “get out of jail free card” and putting the fear of crime in a proper perspective
- putting into practice the words of Jean Vanier – “By refusing to see others as truly human, we also refuse to see ourselves as truly human.” Seeing Beyond Depression.
- the place that is William Head Institution and the people that reside there, work there, and visit there
The symposium in circle format will be held in the Salmon House inside William Head Institution, 6000 William Head Road, Victoria, BC (in Metchosin). The main telephone is 250-391-7000. The program will begin at 9:30 am and end by 4:00 pm. Entrance through the front gates will begin at 8:45 am. Lunch will be provided along with refreshment breaks. To help cover the costs we encourage a donation from each outside participant of $10.00 or more.
Admission requirements:
You must be at least 19 years of age. If you are already a William Head volunteer or were cleared for last year’s symposium then you only need to submit your name and request to attend to Wally Klein, Social Programs Officer at 250-391-7041 or to Derrek Hutchings, Crafts Officer at 250-391-7040 by November 11, 2011. Otherwise, you need to complete and submit by November 11, 2011 an Institutional Site Access form (CPIC Clearance Request). Forms can be mailed or emailed to you and upon calling Wally or Derrek and making that request. You will be advised by telephone if you are not permitted to attend.
SINCE THIS IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SITE, ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES ARE BANNED FROM ENTERRING. ALSO, SINCE THIS IS A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OTHER RULES AS TO CONTRABAND APPLY. PLEASE BRING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION.