Power point from the first local organizing committee for restoring Peace and Justice in Orange County.

2. To develop a common analysis on violence in all its
forms (direct, structural and cultural) in our
communities and create a collaborative peace plan
that is guided by our faith values which seeks to
change hearts and minds, policies and dominant
narratives that contribute to racist and oppressive
systems in Orange County.
Peace and Justice in O.C.
Local Organizing Committee

3. Defining Violence
Direct
Violence
war, murder, rape,
assault, verbal
attacks — is the kind
we physically
perceive, but it
manifests out of
conditions created by
the first two invisible
forms and can’t be
eliminated without
eliminating them.
Structural
Violence
injustice and exploitation
built into a social system
that generates wealth for
the few and poverty for
the many, stunting
everyone’s ability to
develop their full
humanity. By privileging
some classes, ethnicities,
genders, and nationalities
over others, it
institutionalizes unequal
opportunities for
education, resources, and
respect.
Cultural
Violence
The prevailing attitudes
and beliefs that justify
and legitimize the
structural violence,
making it seem natural.
Feelings of
superiority/inferiority
based on class, race,
sex, religion, and
nationality are
inculcated in us as
children and shape our
assumptions about us
and the world. They
convince us this is the
way
Framework: John Galtug

5. Defining Conflict Transformation
Conflict: relationship of two or more parties in their
pursuit of real or perceived incompatible goals, normal
part of human relationships, conflict is a motor of
change.
compatible goals
relationship of two or more parties in their
pursuit of real or perceived incompatible goals
Conflict Transformation: is to envision and respond to the
ebb and flow of social conflict and life-giving opportunities
for creating constructive change processes that reduce
violence, increase justice… in direct interaction and within
social structures that respond to real-life problems in human
relationships – John Paul Lederach

6. Defining Restorative Justice
a process where all stakeholders affected by an
injustice have an opportunity to discuss how
they have been affected by the injustice and to
decide what should be done to repair the harm.
With crime, restorative justice is about the idea
that because crime hurts, justice should heal. It
follows that conversations with those who have
been hurt and with those who have inflicted the
harm must be central to the process.

7. Guiding Principles
1. Systems thinking: Peace is embedded in justice.
It's about building right relationships and social
structures through radical respect for human rights
and life." - John Paul Lederach
2. Radical inclusivity: we will deliberately brings people together
who have different interpretations of their common past,
groups with different experiences, and rather than trying to get
one group to accept the narrative or interpretation of the other
– we find ways to create new relationships and develop
understandings of the interdependence that shapes them and
the future they may share.”

8. Guiding Principles
3. Bottom-UP Change: Community driven solutions
create a stronger democracy and increases the
possibility for change.
4. Collaborative: community comes
TOGETHER and identifies issues, analyzes
root causes and creates solutions.

9. Guiding Principles
5. Not Value Neutral: a desire for community
based peace and justice is grounded in values
often driven by our diverse faiths.
Respect, honesty, humility, sharing, courage,
inclusivity, empathy, trust, forgiveness, love,
human dignity, value in many narratives and
perspectives.

10. The OCCCO Tool Box for Change
• 1-1 meetings for relationship building
• LOC: Local Organizing Committee: regular meetings led by
community members as planning committee and the
organizer.
• Public actions: Non-violent direct actions such as: peace
marches, prayer vigils, die-ins, civil disobedience, public
education forums, community forums etc.
• Community Transformation Circles: Restorative Justice
Circles, Healing Circles, Understanding Circles etc.
• Research Meetings: Meet with policy makers, systems
leaders and elected officials to strategize and learn how to
best implement interventions
• Analysis and Learning: variety of analysis strategies: asset
mapping, conflict mapping, power analysis conducted
collaboratively with leaders.

11. • Community Policing standards, policies and training.
• Confronting ‘Broken Windows” practices by police.
• Frontline violence prevention: night walks with clergy, mediation
and conflict transformation workshops.
• Commitment to changing police-community relations through
procedural justice practices (police legitimacy)
• Allocation of funds in County and City budget to address violence
prevention/intervention and address underlying social and
economic causes.
• Implementation of Prop. 47
• Educating community on issues
• Investment in supportive services for trauma healing, community
building and creating opportunities for transformation.
• ….more….
Possible Public Policy Initiatives in
Community Based Peace Plan

12. 1. To research current conflict situation in Orange
County and analyze root causes, who, what, where,
and why.
Community Peace Plan: Proposal
2. Draft Community Peace Plan that addresses
results of research and analysis and develops the
policy and social methods of transformation.
3. Implementation: Prioritize and strategize
implementation of ‘Community Peace Plan’ that
brings restoration, transformation and justice to
our county.