International Contexts of Restorative Justice
Event Type
Talk
Location
University Hall 1000
Start Date
29-10-2013 2:00 PM
End Date
29-10-2013 3:50 PM
Description
Moderated by Jennifer Ramos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, LMU
Alan McGuckian, S.J., Northern Ireland Playwright
Fr. Alan, a native of Cloughmills, is a member of the Jesuit community in Belfast. He has a background in both secondary education and communications. After ordination in 1984 he spent some years teaching in Clongowes Wood College, a boarding school outside Dublin. From 1991 to 2005 he was based at the Jesuit Communication Centre in Dublin. Fr. Alan acted as overall facilitator of the diocesan listening process in 2011 and authored the report that came out of it. Bishop Treanor appointed him as director of the Living Church office with overall responsibility for directing the process for the two years up to the Congress of 2013 and its immediate developments.
Don John Omale, Professor, Salem University, Nigeria
Dr. Don John O. Omale (PhD) is a British Chevening Scholar of Criminology, Restorative Justice and Victimology. He has lectured both in Nigeria and the UK and has taught very highly placed Senior Officials of the Nigerian Prisons Service. He is a Beneficiary of the Rotary Foundation International Group Study Exchange Programme to California; and an Economic and Social Council Delegate to the Model United Nations Congress in New York, USA (2003). He holds: BSc Psychology (University of Nigeria, Nsukka), MS Criminology (University of Leicester, UK) and PhD Restorative Justice & Victimology at the Centre for Community and Criminal Justice. He is also Facilitator to Dispute Resolution Associates, Asokoro-Abuja on the National Strategic Workshops on Fast Track Trials, and Non-Custodial options; and International Adviser to Restorative Justice Initiative Midland, UK. He is a member of the British society of criminology, London; member of the International Institute of Restorative Practices, Pennsylvania, USA; member of the Restorative Justice International, and member of the World Society of Victimology.
Philip Orr, Northern Ireland Historian
Philip Orr, teacher and historian, read English at the University of East Anglia and currently teaches Theatre Studies at Down High School. His contributions to Irish military and social history include the best-selling The Road to the Somme: Men of the Ulster Division Tell Their Story (Belfast 1987). He lives in Killyleagh, County Down and is the chairman of The New Ireland Group, an autonomous Belfast-based political think-tank. Has written a number of books and articles on the topic of the Great War and regularly contributed to discussions or lectured on the matter. Currently engaged in work on the politics of the year 1912, including a book, a website and a community drama. Completing in 2012 a short book on the history of an Irish army camp, contributing a short study to a local history publication on the role of the home front in Ireland’s experience of the Great War, and by 2014, aiming to attempt a community drama project which explores the war.
Jason Powell, Co-Founder and President of Hope Renewed International
In 2010, Jason Powell & Ashley Williams came together with the determination to make a sustainable difference in the lives of the people of Guatemala. Ashley’s relationships on the ground in Guatemala combined with Jason’s international business experience established an ideal partnership. The question before them, “How do we exemplify Christ’s love, while creating opportunities for people in at-risk communities without creating dependency on an organization?” Hope Renewed International (HRI) is dedicated to renewing HOPE by living out and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ; by improving the quality of life; and by providing relief and opportunities to those who may not otherwise have them. HRI’s approach is to partner with community leaders with a focus on education and skills development, empowering the people to ultimately help themselves, creating dependability not dependency. Jason has spent the last 15 years in the global Pharmaceutical industry in various positions in the U.S. and Latin America. He has spent a significant amount of time doing mission work across Latin America and today is co-founder and President of Hope Renewed International.
Ashley Williams, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Guatemala Operations for Hope Renewed International
In 2010, Jason Powell & Ashley Williams came together with the determination to make a sustainable difference in the lives of the people of Guatemala. Ashley’s relationships on the ground in Guatemala combined with Jason’s international business experience established an ideal partnership. The question before them, “How do we exemplify Christ’s love, while creating opportunities for people in at-risk communities without creating dependency on an organization?” Hope Renewed International (HRI) is dedicated to renewing HOPE by living out and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ; by improving the quality of life; and by providing relief and opportunities to those who may not otherwise have them. At 16, during a mission trip to Romania, Ashley decided to dedicate her life to working with people in need. After graduating high school she lived in Mexico with a missionary friend for a period time before attending Moody Bible Institute in 2006. One summer, during her time at Moody, she had the opportunity to visit Guatemala. That summer visit turned into years of serving Guatemala’s most desperate people living in the city dump, ghetto, and prisons.
International Contexts of Restorative Justice
University Hall 1000
Moderated by Jennifer Ramos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, LMU
Alan McGuckian, S.J., Northern Ireland Playwright
Fr. Alan, a native of Cloughmills, is a member of the Jesuit community in Belfast. He has a background in both secondary education and communications. After ordination in 1984 he spent some years teaching in Clongowes Wood College, a boarding school outside Dublin. From 1991 to 2005 he was based at the Jesuit Communication Centre in Dublin. Fr. Alan acted as overall facilitator of the diocesan listening process in 2011 and authored the report that came out of it. Bishop Treanor appointed him as director of the Living Church office with overall responsibility for directing the process for the two years up to the Congress of 2013 and its immediate developments.
Don John Omale, Professor, Salem University, Nigeria
Dr. Don John O. Omale (PhD) is a British Chevening Scholar of Criminology, Restorative Justice and Victimology. He has lectured both in Nigeria and the UK and has taught very highly placed Senior Officials of the Nigerian Prisons Service. He is a Beneficiary of the Rotary Foundation International Group Study Exchange Programme to California; and an Economic and Social Council Delegate to the Model United Nations Congress in New York, USA (2003). He holds: BSc Psychology (University of Nigeria, Nsukka), MS Criminology (University of Leicester, UK) and PhD Restorative Justice & Victimology at the Centre for Community and Criminal Justice. He is also Facilitator to Dispute Resolution Associates, Asokoro-Abuja on the National Strategic Workshops on Fast Track Trials, and Non-Custodial options; and International Adviser to Restorative Justice Initiative Midland, UK. He is a member of the British society of criminology, London; member of the International Institute of Restorative Practices, Pennsylvania, USA; member of the Restorative Justice International, and member of the World Society of Victimology.
Philip Orr, Northern Ireland Historian
Philip Orr, teacher and historian, read English at the University of East Anglia and currently teaches Theatre Studies at Down High School. His contributions to Irish military and social history include the best-selling The Road to the Somme: Men of the Ulster Division Tell Their Story (Belfast 1987). He lives in Killyleagh, County Down and is the chairman of The New Ireland Group, an autonomous Belfast-based political think-tank. Has written a number of books and articles on the topic of the Great War and regularly contributed to discussions or lectured on the matter. Currently engaged in work on the politics of the year 1912, including a book, a website and a community drama. Completing in 2012 a short book on the history of an Irish army camp, contributing a short study to a local history publication on the role of the home front in Ireland’s experience of the Great War, and by 2014, aiming to attempt a community drama project which explores the war.
Jason Powell, Co-Founder and President of Hope Renewed International
In 2010, Jason Powell & Ashley Williams came together with the determination to make a sustainable difference in the lives of the people of Guatemala. Ashley’s relationships on the ground in Guatemala combined with Jason’s international business experience established an ideal partnership. The question before them, “How do we exemplify Christ’s love, while creating opportunities for people in at-risk communities without creating dependency on an organization?” Hope Renewed International (HRI) is dedicated to renewing HOPE by living out and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ; by improving the quality of life; and by providing relief and opportunities to those who may not otherwise have them. HRI’s approach is to partner with community leaders with a focus on education and skills development, empowering the people to ultimately help themselves, creating dependability not dependency. Jason has spent the last 15 years in the global Pharmaceutical industry in various positions in the U.S. and Latin America. He has spent a significant amount of time doing mission work across Latin America and today is co-founder and President of Hope Renewed International.
Ashley Williams, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Guatemala Operations for Hope Renewed International
In 2010, Jason Powell & Ashley Williams came together with the determination to make a sustainable difference in the lives of the people of Guatemala. Ashley’s relationships on the ground in Guatemala combined with Jason’s international business experience established an ideal partnership. The question before them, “How do we exemplify Christ’s love, while creating opportunities for people in at-risk communities without creating dependency on an organization?” Hope Renewed International (HRI) is dedicated to renewing HOPE by living out and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ; by improving the quality of life; and by providing relief and opportunities to those who may not otherwise have them. At 16, during a mission trip to Romania, Ashley decided to dedicate her life to working with people in need. After graduating high school she lived in Mexico with a missionary friend for a period time before attending Moody Bible Institute in 2006. One summer, during her time at Moody, she had the opportunity to visit Guatemala. That summer visit turned into years of serving Guatemala’s most desperate people living in the city dump, ghetto, and prisons.
