This article is part of CPJ’s Shared Justice series on involving families and communities in the juvenile justice system. In the United States, courts will hear nearly 800,000 juvenile justice cases per year. In the current complex system, probation officers and parents often work against each other rather than with each other; this series outlines the tangible ways families can be involved in the restorative process for their children who are in the justice system. “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” (Proverbs 13:20, NIV) As defined by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, […]

This article is part of CPJ’s Shared Justice series on involving families and communities in the juvenile justice system. In the United States, courts will hear nearly 800,000 juvenile justice cases per year. In the current complex system, probation officers, educators and parents often work against each other rather than with each other; this series outlines the tangible ways families can be involved in the restorative process for their children who are in the justice system. As an educator who wants my students to reach their full potential and become successful adults, I often must navigate different environments and challenges. […]

This article is the first in our series looking at the Invisible Social Safety Net — all of those houses of worship and faith-based organizations that provide essential social services to their communities, sometimes with the help of government funding and sometimes without that assistance. In order to unleash the power of the social safety net to support our most vulnerable neighbors, CPJ advocates for state, local, and federal governments who need to understand how to partner with and support these “invisible” links who serve not because they have to by law, but because faithfulness to their tradition calls them […]

Welcome to the Academics Corner! CPJ’s ongoing series sharing the good work that Christian academics are doing to promote public justice from their research to the lecture hall. EC:  What prompted you to write a book on citizenship? DK: There were a couple of things that happened a few years ago. I was talking to my good friend, Bruce Ashford, who at the time was the Provost at Southeastern Baptist Seminary, and having read and liked my first book Political Visions and Illusions he urged me to write another book about citizenship. It was in 2022 that I first made a […]

This article is the first in CPJ’s Shared Justice series on involving families and communities in the juvenile justice system. In the United States, courts will hear nearly 800,000 juvenile justice cases per year. In the current complex system, probation officers and parents often work against each other rather than with each other; this series outlines the tangible ways families can be involved in the restorative process for their children who are in the justice system. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends-as-close-as-family, because of the significant role they play in our lives, have an outstanding impact on our formation. […]

This article is the first in our series looking at the Invisible Social Safety Net — all of those houses of worship and faith-based organizations that provide essential social services to their communities, sometimes with the help of government funding and sometimes without that assistance. In order to unleash the power of the social safety net to support our most vulnerable neighbors, CPJ advocates for state, local, and federal governments who need to understand how to partner with and support these “invisible” links who serve not because they have to by law, but because faithfulness to their tradition calls them […]