SCRJI Director Pens Op-Ed on Restorative Justice, Accountability, and Race

Mar 29, 2021

Picture of Aparna Polavarapu wearing a blue sweater, standing in front of trees

SCRJI executive director Aparna Polavarapu weighed in on Amy Cooper, accountability, and restorative justice in an op-ed published last month by NBCNews.com. Seeking to reaffirm the goals of restorative justice in light of stories like Amy Cooper’s, the piece prompts us to move away from questions of punishment, and instead consider whether the process provided for accountability.

Read it here: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amy-cooper-s-charges-were-dismissed-white-privilege-isn-t-ncna1258413