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Author: Eveln Aquino ,
Heather Bligh Manchester ,
Anita Wadhwa
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.174kg
ISBN: 9781680997484
ISBN 10: 1680997483
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 16 November 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Author Information
Eveln Aquino is a longtime organizer/educator/trainer/dancer with over 35 years' experience of being in Circle with elders, peers, youth leaders, and community. Committed to education towards liberation, her work is grounded in love and relationships, while providing creative spaces for youth and adults to think critically, as they build together and take action as leaders in manifesting just and equitable schools. She holds the position of Assistant Director at Pa'lante RJ at Holyoke High School. She is a board member of the Encampment for Citizenship. Eveln is a Boricua/Dominicana graduate of UMASS Amherst. She is deeply inspired and guided by the youth of today (especially her beloved children), her husband, family, her ancestors and elders (especially her father). She lives in Hadley, Massachusetts. Heather Bligh Manchester is an educator, trainer, and connector with over 30 years of experience facilitating leadership and community engagement programs and infusing theater, games, and movement into restorative justice in rural and urban settings, including the Oakland School District. She partners with youth and adults to create spaces for meaningful engagement to build equitable and resilient communities locally and internationally. Heather coaches organizations to work in partnership with young people as trainers, researchers, and policymakers. She has a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies, with a focus on Youth Participation in Peacebuilding, from the University of Ulster. Rooted in family, nourished by travel, she thanks the stories that guide her. She lives in Oakland, California. Anita Wadhwais a native Houstonian and daughter of Punjabi immigrants. She is a classroom teacher, trainer, and restorative justice coordinator. She is author of Restorative Justice in Urban Schools: Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline and a contributor to the recently released anthology, Colorizing Restorative Justice. She hires and consults with former students to train in restorative practices. She has developed a youth-led restorative justice model based on her research which has garnered national attention. She owes everything to her parents, husband, and two lovely girls. She lives in Houston, Texas.
