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Nominations sought
for Restorative Justice Award
Deadline is March 15, 2001
by Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- December 20, 2000 -- March 15,
2001, is the deadline for nominations for the 2001 Restorative Justice
Award.
The award, presented each year since 1991 by the
National Ministries Division Committee of the General Assembly Council,
honors Presbyterian individuals or groups related to the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) who are making outstanding contributions to
direct-service ministries or to advocacy efforts to change the criminal
justice system in the U.S.
The term restorative justice was defined by
the 1978 General Assembly as "addressing the hurts and needs of the
victim, the offender, and the community in such a way that all --
victim, offender, and the community -- might be healed.
To be eligible, the person or group must be involved
"as an agent of justice, service and peace within the community,
embodying the church's call to do justice." The efforts recognized
will "ordinarily" involve a "confrontation with
injustice" and a "commitment to transformation" of the
processes and structures that lead to the injustice.
Individual nominees must be members of the PC(USA).
Groups must have a clear connection to the denomination.
Nominations may be submitted by a session,
congregation, presbytery, synod, a PC(USA)-related agency or other group
within the denomination. Nominations by individuals are not allowed.
Nominations must include at least the name of the
nominee, the name of the project or program if there is one, a
description of why the nominee is deserving of the award, and the
nominating body's name, address and relationship to the PC(USA).
Nominations should be sent to the Presbyterian
Criminal Justice Program, 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202. For
more information, call 1-888-728-7228, extension 5803.
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