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10th Annual Restorative Justice Conference

"Violence and the journey towards restoration"
November 14-15, 2003

Preconference training November 13, 2003

Place: Fresno, California

Conference brochure

Confirmed speakers:

Wilma Derksen
After their lively 13-year-old daughter, Candace, was abducted and killed, an unusual visitor confronted Cliff and Wilma Derksen. The visitor was someone whose own child had been murdered, and he painted such a harrowing picture of the future that the Derksens knew that forgiveness would be preferable to harboring vengeance.

Eventually, Wilma's journey through grief motivated her to begin a program called Victim's Voice. She coordinates meetings of victims and offenders at Stony Mountain Prison in Manitoba, where victims can ask the questions that sometimes never really get asked during a trial. The story is told in the video "Journey Toward Forgiveness."

Registration fee:
$70 before November 1, 2003 (includes refreshments and Saturday lunch)
$80 on or after November 1, 2003
$25 for students or those over 60 years of age.

To register email pacs@fresno.edu or call 800-909-8677. We accept credit cards.

Nearby hotels:
Chateau Inn by Piccadilly Inn Hotels, Holiday Inn - Airport and Piccadilly Inn - Airport

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