Leadership Institute Videos, Now Available

Reclaiming Futures' National Executive Director Evan Elkin introduces speakers at the 2015 Leadership Institute in La Jolla, California.

Videos from Reclaiming Futures’ annual Leadership Institute held this past June in La Jolla, California, are now available online!

The event, entitled “Public Health and Justice: A Partnership to Promote Equity and Well-being for Youth and Families,” brought together experts in juvenile justice and behavioral health to discuss equity and restorative justice in schools. With kids heading back to school amidst a growing national conversation about equity and structural racism in the U.S. justice system, Reclaiming Futures is pleased to make these plenary session videos available for public viewing online.

The video segments include:

• A keynote address from James Bell, J.D., of the W. Haywood Burns Institute in Oakland, California, discussing how to build systemic equity for youth;
• A panel discussion on paving “Pathways to Equity in the Juvenile Justice System” with Dr. Ken Hardy of Drexel University, Dr. Angela Irvine of Impact Justice, and Dr. Monique Morris of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute;
• A panel discussion on “Restorative Justice and Behavioral Health in Schools: Translating Lessons from Oakland, California,” moderated by Castle Redmond, J.D., with guest panelists, including Dr. Fania Davis of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth; Betsye Steele, principal of Ralph J. Bunche High School; and David Yusem of the Oakland Unified School District.

In these videos, you will learn how juvenile justice and child welfare policies and practices disproportionately affect young people of color and how to combat structural racism in child serving systems. You will discover strategies that national experts have implemented to improve racial, ethnic and gender equity in the juvenile justice system. And you will gain a deeper understanding of school-based restorative justice and the role of the community (including community-based organizations) in advancing school discipline reform.

The 2015 Leadership Institute also generated a robust conversation on Twitter reaching an estimated audience of 56,000 people with the event hashtag: #RFutures15. We encourage you to review that conversation, as well, to gain additional insight into these important topics. Here are some top tweets to give you a taste of the conversation.

• Reclaiming Futures @RFutures  Jun 23
  We need to expand our idea of #trauma to consider "sociocultural trauma" - Dr. Ken Hardy. Watch: http://reclaimingfutures.org/  #RFutures15
• Reclaiming Futures @RFutures  Jun 23
  Interpreting girls in the JJ system as "loud" or having "too much attitude" blocks equitable treatment. - Dr. @MoniqueWMorris #RFutures15
• Reclaiming Futures @RFutures  Jun 23
  How can schools play a role in paving pathways for equity and behavioral health for youth? http://reclaimingfutures.org/  #RFutures15 #edchat
• Reclaiming Futures @RFutures  Jun 23
  "We need to move beyond color blind to color BRAVE," James Bell on #juvenilejustice systems change. Watch http://reclaimingfutures.org/  #RFutures15

Click here to watch the 2015 Leadership Institute videos now.