Tarek Maassarani-Saltman Guest Speaker
Tarek Maassarani
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Room 105
Tarek Maassarani works with Restorative DC, a project to catalyze Restorative Justice in schools, the juvenile justice system, and agencies. In close collaboration with schools and education agencies, Restorative DC currently supports over two dozen DC schools with onsite coaching for whole school culture change, and over 60 schools with professional development and a monthly community of practice. Tarek has also advised and/or provided RJ training to the DC Office of Attorney General; Prince Georges County Public School system; community initiatives in Athens (Georgia), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Edinburgh (Scotland), Teheran (Iran), and Israel/Palestine; and a wide variety of Utah stakeholders. In addition training over 3000 educators, youth workers, police officers, and others, Tarek has taught RJ seminars at American University and Georgetown University where he serves as adjunct associate professor.
Light lunch.