by Tex Rijnders | Oct 27, 2021 | Holistic Justice, Reentry
Returning citizens may have completed their prison sentence, but they are in fact still being punished long after. The revolving door policy that deprives millions of true freedom has been in the spotlight in recent years. But the mills grind slowly. Desmond Meade is...
by Leonard Scovens | Oct 27, 2021 | Healing Trauma, Holistic Justice
Being seen involves having your existence acknowledged and, thus, validated by another person. Without this acknowledgement a person is condemned to the experience of Narcissus reaching into a Stygian reflecting pool in hope of having his love received and returned....
by Tex Rijnders | Jul 25, 2021 | Healing Trauma, Holistic Justice
We humans are not wired to be rejected. And when we have to deal with it, our spirit often cannot but turn to unhealthy ways of coping with it. Since 4 days I am walking the streets of Mexico City. Being tall, having silver grey hair and travelling alone does make me...
by Tex Rijnders | Apr 20, 2021 | Healing Trauma, Holistic Justice
If we dare to start to look at the similarities of ourselves with others, we’ll take a first step toward healing trauma both on an individual and a collective level. It is a fact that white colonists of this continent have always emphasized their differences...
by Leonard Scovens | Mar 10, 2021 | Holistic Justice
Locking up the wounder and letting the wounded make a victim impact statement doesn’t treat the trauma. Agnes Furey and I created Achieve Higher Ground (AHG) to respond to the untreated trauma we saw in people hurt by crime. AHG has come to understand that society...
