Community Education and Outreach
The purpose of community education and outreach is two-fold:
- To establish a community presence which engenders understanding and support for restorative justice principles and alternative dispositions within the justice system.
- To build long-term sustainability of these community justice efforts.
Community Events
Events in Portage County leading to the 50th anniversary of Law Day (May 1, 2008)
Monday, April 28th, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Justiceworks Community Law Week Kick-Off Event: Community Restorative Justice Response for Opportunity and Equity under the Law.
Portage County Annex Building. Conference Room 5, 1462 Strongs Avenue, Stevens Point
Special guest speakers: Listen to community members from the Riverside House relate personal stories of tragedy and triumph in dealing with and overcoming alcohol and drug addiction. Learn how drug and alcohol addiction problems contribute to growing problems within the justice system. Enjoy refreshments and music. All community members welcome.
Sponsored by Justiceworks, Ltd.
Tuesday, April 29th, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion "Portage County Justice and You"
Dreyfus University Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Introductory Remarks: Honorable Judge Frederic Fleishauer: “The Rule of Law: Community Justice in Balance”
Panel discussion with members from the justice system to address community questions regarding the legal process and our community response to crime. All community members welcome.
Sponsored by League of Women Voters of the Stevens Point Area, UWSP Student Legal Society, Portage County Bar Association and Justiceworks,Ltd.
Wednesday, April 30th: Noon.-1 p.m.
Community Brown Bag Luncheon: “The McDonald’s Coffee Spill Verdict”
Presentation by Attorney David Sunby, Habush, Habush & Rottier SC
Pinery Room, Portage County Library
Learn what really happened in the infamous personal injury case involving a woman who went through a McDonald’s drive thru and spilled hot coffee in her lap. All community members welcome.
This presentation is also available to area civic organizations during the month of May.
Call Brenda K. Sunby at 800-248-0171 for more information.
Sponsored by Portage County Bar Association
April 28-May 2
Attorneys in the Classroom: Dialogue on the Rule of Law
Attorneys and judges from the county will go into our local schools to lead junior high and high school students in dialogues on the Rule of Law. Call Donna Ginzl at 344-0890 or Jenifer Binder at 341-7855 for more information.
Sponsored by Portage County Bar Association and Justiceworks, Ltd.
Thursday, May 1, Noon-1 p.m.
Portage County Legal Aid Society Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
Thank you luncheon for PCLAS volunteers and PCLAS/Justiceworks Family Law Information Center volunteers
Sponsored by Portage County Legal Aid Society
Friday, May 2, Noon-2 p.m.
Family Law Information Center Grand Opening.
Justiceworks, Ltd. Office, 1547 Strongs Avenue, Stevens Point. The FLIC is now open and serving all members of the community as a resource center for legal process information. All community members welcome.
Sponsored by Portage County Legal Aid Society and Justiceworks, Ltd.
November, 2007:
Restorative Justice Education Program at UWSP
Justiceworks sponsored a LIFE (Learning is Forever) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point extension education program 3-part class examining the philosophy of crime and response to crime, problems in the practices of the justice system and restorative justice community programs.
Restorative justice attempts to refocus the justice system by emphasizing the harm caused to victims, the community, and offenders rather than on the law that was broken. Furthermore, it seeks to put things right rather than to punish. Explanation and discussion with active members of legal and social work professions will include theories of community justice and local proposals to enhance and reform our criminal justice system.
Leaders: Richard Feldman and Katherine Munck
7:15 p.m., Tuesdays, November 6, 13, 20
For more information: www.uwsp.edu/conted (Click on arts &Leisure and LIFE)
January, 2008:
Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration
January 21, 2008
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Charles M. White Memorial Library
Stevens Point
Celebrate the significance of the day by joining us for an educational and enjoyable forum featuring guest speakers: UWSP professor emeritus Paul Mertz and the Honorable Judge Frederic Fleishauer, UWSP vocalists and refreshments. Speaker topics will include: “Martin Luther King’s America in 1955” and “Martin Luther King’s Wisconsin 2008”.