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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white">Jose (Eddie) Estrada III</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white"> at
<a href="mailto:eddieestrada@berkeley.net">eddieestrada@berkeley.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Dear BHS Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">As we begin a new week, we would like to provide an update on the restorative justice process that has taken taking place over the past 2 weeks in response
to the recent incident involving a racist, anti-Semitic, and ableist social media account created by BHS students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white">Many students in our community were deeply hurt when this Instagram account and a related group chat containing hurtful images, memes, and language were discovered.
Since that time, students involved with the account have participated in a series of restorative justice harm circles, first in small groups with other students representing the communities directly targeted by this incident, and later in larger groups open
to all BHS students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white">This process brought those who caused harm into a direct dialogue with the affected students. The process spanned several days and at times was painful, but resulted
in powerful conversations, new understandings and connections, and deep expressions of empathy and care despite extremely difficult circumstances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white">Restorative justice empowers students and staff to resolve conflicts on their own. The process involves bringing together members of our community to talk, ask
questions, and air grievances, all in the hopes of achieving reconciliation, healing, and justice. By allowing for these processes to occur, we can help our students and staff to connect on a human level, engage in constructive dialogue, and discover empathy
for others in situations when harm and conflict have occurred. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white">This incident serves as a glaring reminder of the much needed work that must be done to eradicate all forms of hate in our community. We see the recent restorative
process as a sign of hope as our community continues to heal and work toward justice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Jose (Eddie) Estrada III</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Restorative Practices Coordinator </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Berkeley High School <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Kiernan Rok</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Dean of Students <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Berkeley High School <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">_____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Jenny Fosket and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS etree archives:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS website:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white">BUSD 2017-2017 Calendar:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;background:white">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:white"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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