Is UK Restorative Justice representation and delivery ever iniquitous?

The Shift in Restorative Justice from a Bottom-Up radical movement to a Top-Down iniquitous power structure.

Giles Fraser, formerly of St Paul's Cathedral until the OCCUPY protest, tells a poignant parallel tale of how the radical Christianity that was sometimes literally underground (in Catacombs), was changed by a Roman Emperor to serve his (and the state's ends). A transcript of this talk that Giles Fraser gave on Start the Week today is available for those who care about this parallel in the development of restorative justice; whittled down to a version for the state's purposes, which are less challenging to authorities than the original idea.

Process oriented psychology and the analysis of a meeting

"Very real mental and emotional events are sparked whenever we interact with each other -and most of these dynamics lie below the radar of consciousness."(Lewis)

Benefits of deep democracy work:

"People used new tools to establish safe spaces, where they began to address the hurt, rage, guilt, and shame impacting on their everyday working lives.

To their own amazement (and our delight), laypeople with no background in psychology became adept at using diagnostic tools to determine when unexpressed emotional issues were disrupting decision making. And they learned how to resolve those issues themselves, without having to call on outside help.

As Deep Democracy became gradually more intrinsic to the workplace culture, the director's multiracial teams began to function better. But remarkable as that was in itself, most participants reported that a major benefit of their five-day training was self awareness. For Greg and me It was tremendously satisfying to see people owning their power and realising their inherent potential." (Lewis,M, p15)
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Questions for those who were at the EGM:

1) How satisfied were you with the outcome?

2) What was the outcome, as you see it?

3) What role did you play in the meeting?

4) What skills did you use and frameworks for conflict work did you have in mind during the meeting?

5) What would you like to have happened differently (e.g. support needs)?

6) If there was to be another EGM what would you like to happen?

7)a)How would you be with a structure involving three circles:
i) The main proposer of the motion sitting facing the main opposer of the motion
ii) A circle of Trustees
iii) An outer circle from the membership?

7b) with this structure how would you like these circles to interact?

8) What views do you have on what happens to conflict when a motion is lost by a proposer?
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The Princess Royal speaks of the importance of keeping justice in the community

Princess Anne ended her speech with: "If you want to argue about what I said, that's probably not a bad thing." So, what does "keeping justice in the community" ideally look like in our own backyard?