Wanda's Picks

Today we'll be speaking about Restorative Justice and African-centered theories associated with this movement in particular. Our first guest is: Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho, who is a Restorative Justice Researcher/Consultant. She is currently conducting a national listening project, The Baobab Tree Listening Project. The purpose of this qualitative study to survey the perspective of African American Restorative Justice practitioners on Restorative Justice as a field and how it's approaches can be applied in African American communities. She is also a consultant with defense teams of capital murder cases as a Victim Outreach Specialist as a liaison between the surviving family members and the defense team. We have a follow-up conversation and interview with co-writer, producer and actor, Darien Sills-Evans, whose film, Rivers Wash Over Me, screens at Outfest in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 11 at 1:30 p.m. Visit http://www.outfest.org/fest2009/ This interview is followed by a conversation with Tamara Perkins, dire