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Here you’ll find reflections and media accounts from RCND’s 30+ year journey.
Together, we strive to live out our essential values. We work to create boundless belonging in the places Durham hurts most. |
Justice that Restores: Faced with a violent killing, a family chooses forgiveness over prison.
Donald Fields Jr faced a life sentence after he was charged with his father’s murder. Instead, his case became a pioneering instance of restorative justice.
By Oliver Laughland for The Guardian. 26 June 2023.
Donald Fields Jr faced a life sentence after he was charged with his father’s murder. Instead, his case became a pioneering instance of restorative justice.
By Oliver Laughland for The Guardian. 26 June 2023.
Second chance: Former inmates find support in Durham community.
By Jamiese Price for ABC11 Eyewitness News. 26 April, 2023
By Jamiese Price for ABC11 Eyewitness News. 26 April, 2023
Gratitude on Giving Tuesday.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. November 2022.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. November 2022.
Durham Initiative Seeks to Understand and Repair Communities Harmed By Violence.
Via Restorative Justice Durham, an initiative of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, all affected parties—including victims, offenders, community members, and law enforcement officials—create a plan to make things right.
By Akiya Dillon for The Ninth Street Journal. 5 October 2022.
Via Restorative Justice Durham, an initiative of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, all affected parties—including victims, offenders, community members, and law enforcement officials—create a plan to make things right.
By Akiya Dillon for The Ninth Street Journal. 5 October 2022.
Criminal justice leaders tout the benefits of ‘restorative justice’ at NCCU forum.
By Joe Killian for NC Newsline. 26 April 2022
By Joe Killian for NC Newsline. 26 April 2022
Coming home: A network of Durham organizations supports people returning from prison.
By Grace Abels for The Ninth Street Journal. 28 March 2022
By Grace Abels for The Ninth Street Journal. 28 March 2022
Support beyond the court: A local non-profit’s work with homicide victims’ families.
By Grace Abels for The Ninth Street Journal. 20 October 2021
By Grace Abels for The Ninth Street Journal. 20 October 2021
Breaking the Cycle, Restoring Community. Letha Muhammad, director of the Education Justice Alliance in Raleigh, and Aviance Brown, case facilitator for Restorative Justice Durham, discuss their work around mass incarceration and young adults, and their faith perspectives on why justice matters.
For Duke Chapel Conversation Series. 18 March 2021.
For Duke Chapel Conversation Series. 18 March 2021.
Grieving Murdered Children During A Pandemic.
By Jason deBruyn for North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC. 12 October 2020
By Jason deBruyn for North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC. 12 October 2020
Mourner's Bill of Rights.
by Allan Wolfelt, Ph.D., C.T. for The Center for Loss.
by Allan Wolfelt, Ph.D., C.T. for The Center for Loss.
Building Restorative Community: Restorative Justice Durham During COVID-19. A Story of Bullets and Restoration.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. December 2020.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. December 2020.
Good News from the Space Between: Reentry in the Time of Covid.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. December 2020.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. December 2020.
On Violence & Beginning Again: Vigil Ministry in 2020.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. December 2020.
By Ben Haas, Director of RCND. December 2020.
Every Life Sacred: The Urgency to End Gun Violence. "Bridge Panel" Highlights Gun Violence Suffering, Causes, and Deterrence.
Duke Chapel, Duke University. 17 October 2019.
Duke Chapel, Duke University. 17 October 2019.
Poetic Justice Preview Held for the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham.
Carolina Justice Policy Center News. 3 July 2019
Carolina Justice Policy Center News. 3 July 2019
In N.C., a religious coalition welcomes the formerly incarcerated home. The coalition currently has 20 faith teams that have signed one-year covenants with 20 former inmates to offer support, encouragement and friendship.
By Yonat Shimron for Religion News. 26 April 2019
By Yonat Shimron for Religion News. 26 April 2019
Nonviolence Leader Effie Steele Remembered: Her daughter was murdered. The mother became a leader in Durham’s fight against gun violence.
By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan for The Durham Herald Sun. 24 July 2017.
By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan for The Durham Herald Sun. 24 July 2017.
Giving ex-prisoners another chance.
By Todd Cohen for Triangle Business Journal. 8 May, 2015.
By Todd Cohen for Triangle Business Journal. 8 May, 2015.
Made in Durham: Exploring the Effects of Homicide, Incarceration and Urban Renewal in Durham, N.C., Across a Decade.
By Justin Cook for The Bitter Southerner. 2015.
By Justin Cook for The Bitter Southerner. 2015.
Marcia Owen: Affirming the dignity of our neighbors. Justice and healing from violence are best approached by simply being with those who are suffering, says a United Methodist layperson who directs a faith-based organization.
In Faith and Leadership. 12 August 2013.
In Faith and Leadership. 12 August 2013.
Reconciliation and Reentry Reflections.
Ron Landfried. November 2010.
Ron Landfried. November 2010.
Reflection on Prayer Vigil.
By Laurie Maberry. August 2010
By Laurie Maberry. August 2010
Reconciliation and Reentry Ministry Reflection
Todd Maberry. August 2010.
Todd Maberry. August 2010.