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Engaging Community Building Lives Restoring Hope
ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014
Dear Friend,
RJP achieves a major milestone in 2015—our 10th anniversary. The years have brought growth, conCidence, and inCluence, described and quantiCied in this annual report. The numbers and the testimonials, though, are but one way to tell RJP's story. Let me introduce you to my 10-‐year-‐old grandkids to help Clesh out the meaning of a decade.
Caden's tall, sinewy body and Cloppy brown hair rise above the Cloor of a trampoline like a Clying Cish. He can fake right and dribble left on the basketball court and chase down a determined opponent on the soccer Cield. He's just as happy behind the screen of his computer, creating sprawling domiciles and Cighting adversaries of every description. I watch him so involved in the present as he unwittingly shapes his future.
Greta is gentler, though tough enough to reach the summit of Katahdin at age 6. She plays guitar in a girls' rock group and blasts through the playground on new roller skates, her long hair Clying. She wants to be where the action is, always, and she's smart, even wise at times. I try to imagine her in another decade, a junior in college with the whole world in front of her, but there's so much to see in her now.
Like these two kids, RJP is growing with the help of many people. Our board plays the role of the kids' families, establishing values and setting parameters for the programs we oversee. Our staff is like the kids' teachers, hands-‐on motivators and shepherds, and our hundreds of volunteers are the neighborhood, the community in which lives unfold. Our donors and partners provide the infrastructure we work with, much like the employers of the kids' families pay for the computer and roller skates they use. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to grow a restorative justice movement.
Caden and Greta were fortunate to be born into caring and loving families. They are both just where they should be as they race toward adolescence, their developmental curve about to Clatten out and hurry up. Just like RJP.
Let me stop being a grandfather and share some glowing signs of progress at RJP.
• Following a search process that stretched over almost a year, we hired a new executive director in September, Larraine Brown, who has brought an inspiring energy and commitment to our efforts. She's also very funny and a joy to work with. I thank Bill Walch for his six months as acting ED last year and look forward to working with him and other board members in the year ahead.
• We are expanding our programs with both the state Department of Corrections, which funds a signiCicant portion of our work with juvenile offenders, and Volunteers of America, our partner at the Belfast Re-‐entry Center. These expansions—geographic in the Cirst instance and programmatic in the second —are the best evidence that what we do is working. We thank both DOC and VOA for their conCidence in us.
• Two professional studies completed in 2014 have quantiCied the successes of our programming for both adults re-‐entering society and juveniles charged with crimes. The studies concluded that the recidivism rate for Re-‐entry Center men who complete the programming is a third of that for other inmates in the Maine system, and that the cost of handling juvenile cases through restorative justice is a fraction of the court system's.
• We raised the funds we needed to enable continued RJP services last year, thanks to you, and we hope to do even better in 2015, with growing support from community members like you. We thank the Lerner Foundation, the Elizabeth Anne Leach Charitable Trust, the John T. Gorman Foundation, United Mid Coast Charities, the Maine Community Foundation, and others for their important contributions.
Like Caden and Greta, we are just where we should be after 10 years of growing, and the future looks bright. You'll be hearing from us and about us during our 10th anniversary, and I hope you'll continue to support our work. Being 10 is awesome, as the kids would say. Getting closer to bringing real change to Maine is even better.
Thank you for your support,
Jay Davis, RJP Board Chair
Community Resolution Conference Participants: Offender with Family and Victim
Current Board 2014-2015
Jay Davis, Chair Sarah Rheault, Vice-Chair Juliane Dow, Secretary Jim Miller, Treasurer Glenn Couturier Bob Gallo Penny Linn Mike McFadden Dorothy Odell Marie Underwood William Walch
Board 2013-2014
Jay Davis, Chair Judy Mullins, Vice Chair Lynn Talbot, Secretary Glenn Couturier Penny Linn Jim Miller Kathleen Oliver Sarah Rheault Marie Underwood William Walch
“I think restorative justice is more than just the court diversion program—a lot more and I think it’s coming. …So many aspects of justice ….are becoming community issues. ….And once you open that door, I think there are all sorts of possibilities for what you’re talking about, or any number of programs that support families and help people be more positive in their interactions.” Joanne Boynton Waldo County RJP facilitator
Current Staff 2014-2015
Larraine Brown Executive Director Hanlon Kelley Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Mattox Restorative Services Coordinator Michelle Moschkau Reentry Services Coordinator Tim O’Donnell Office and Finance Coordinator Denise Pendleton Outreach Coordinator Nadejda Stancioff Restorative Services Coordinator
Staff 2013-2014
William Walch Interim Director Chris Jones Restorative Services Coordinator Hanlon Kelley Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Mattox Restorative Services Coordinator Michelle Moschkau Reentry Services Coordinator Tim O’Donnell Office and Finance Coordinator Denise Pendleton Outreach Coordinator
Community Resolution Conferencing Activity 2013-2014
“To heal in the right way with family, friends, town and community... that's what restorative justice is." Pete McCafferty Maine Coast Regional Reentry Center graduate
"In this case, the benefit of this process far exceeds any that the juvenile court process is able to provide. Not only was justice restored, but the community was strengthened by this process." Ted Raedel School Resource Officer Morse High School
“Being an RJP volunteer has been a very rewarding experience. It doesn't feel it is a burden for me personally to be involved and devote my time. I really believe that I get more out of it than I put in. I appreciate the opportunity and responsibility.” Dennis Anderson Lincoln County RJP mentor
RJP Programs: A Glimpse at FY13-14 by Numbers
FY14 Financial ReportJuly 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014
Tangie AbercrombieLaine Alexander and Jon KerrMargaret AllenNoni and Charlton AmesDenise AndersonJan and Dean AndersonPam AndersonSharon AndersonSamuel AppletonCharles and Sarah ArnoldJohn ArrisonTally and Dan AvenerTom and Jane BabbittJuliet Baker and Paul MazurBland BanwellPenny and Larry BaumChristopher and Charlotte BeebeJames and Rachel BennettDonald and Sandra BerryMary Alice and John BirdHelen BlackSid and Martha BlockJohn BlydenbergLinda and Michael BoweElizabeth BowenKatey BranchDiane and Ron BraybrookRichard and Ann BresnahanBob BrownBridget Buck and Ralph MooreLinda BuckmasterChristine and John BursteinRichard and Louise CadwganJacqueline CampbellBill and Ginny CarboyLouisa CarlJohn and Pat CarrickSandra CavanaughPolly ChatfieldCloe Chunn and David ThanhauserDouglas CoffinGlenn and Kelli CouturierJon Cox and Anna WoodJudith and Don CoxKen and Susan CraneWilliam and Gina CresseyPhil CrosbySusan CuttingDaniel and Carol DaigneaultEllie Daniels and Donna BroderickMarty Daniels and Ezra KreamerJay DavisJessie DavisRick and Corliss DavisMac and Zehra DefordTom DeMarco and Sally SmythPaul and Vicki DiamondNathan and Rebecca DincesBill and Jane Dophedie
Juliane DowTom DuplessieCarol EkbergEd and Deb EndlJessica FalconerThomas Fear and Anne HarmonLiz and Rick FitzsimmonsJay and Charlotte FosterPhilip FowlerJoan FoxwellWilliam and Susan FreemanRobert GarciaKaren GleesonBrewster and Anne GraceCharlie and Dorothea GrahamPeter GrillPhillip GroceChad HammondMissy Hatch and Vern SpinozaHans Hellstrom and Wendy WatsonGrace HinrichsAllen Holmes and Janet JacksonClare HowellWilliam and Lynn JackGwen and Robert JacksonMiriam JohnsonMeredith JonesKeri KaczorLee and Jane KarkerEric and Tera KennedyMarla KinneyPaul and Jeanne KlainerBarbara KlieJoel Krueger and Kate WintersCarol KuhnHarold and Barbara LambArlin and Sharon LarsonRoger LeeChris and Jay LeGoreMary LibbeyDoug and Marianne LinderNancy LinkinPenny and Jonathan LinnGordon Liv and Erin KaufmannHarrah Lord and John NewburnNeil Macmillan and Judy MullinsDavid MacmillanDuke MarstonDavid MacmillanDuke MarstonJean and Claudio MarzolloJim and Jean MatlackSusan and Douglas MayerSarah McBrianLucy McCarthy and John DruryJames and Marion McCullyCathy MelioMidcoast Women’s GroupJim Miller and Mollie NoyesDeborah and Kenneth MitchellCarolyn Mor
Jay and Susan MorrisonTaylor MudgeRobert MullinsKathy Muzzy and Carol BaussJames Nelson and PatriciaMeg and Mike NickersonWally and Diane O’BrienDorothy and Scott OdellKathleen and Andy OliverLilias OuterbridgeJanet and James OwenRosalie PaulThomas and Gray PayneBindy Pendleton and Tom MaycockSkip and Jo PendletonDave PercivalMarilynn PetitThomas Pike and Lys McLaughlinJohn PurintonBob and Mary RackmalesSarah RheaultRoy RodgersCharlotte Rogers and David MaglottLiv Rockefeller and Kenneth ShurePaul and Martha RogersBonnie RukinBetsy SaltonstallDiane SchetkyRichard SchiffrinGeoffrey Scott and Anita Brosius-ScottEmily SecotteRob SellinEsther SextonMike and Margie ShannonSteven ShawKaren SholesMeg SiderisSusan and John SilverioIris SilversteinEllen SinclairPeter SiroisGeorge SiscoeKarol SkobyCary Slocum and Glenn MontgomerySusan SmerdonDavid Smith and Linda Garson-SmithSarah and William SmithKarolyn SnyderPhyliss SommerArthur SondheimDeidre SousaBob and Jan SpencerJay StagerEsperanza and Andrew StancioffLynn and Ivan StancioffRobert and Sarah SteinCarol StoddardHannah Thanhauser
Marie UnderwoodGarrett VailPeter and Mary Beth Van AlstineLillie Vitellia and Donald MansiusChristine and David WakelyBill and Marlene WalchSharon WalshLee WebbAdele WelchLinda WhitsonRoger and Wendy W. WickendenKatrinka WilderAllison WoodSusan WoodJanneke ZaadstraPeggy Zimmerman
Business Donors
Allen InsuranceBangor Savings BankCamden National BankCamden Real EstateCold Mountain BuildersCustom Museum Publishing, IncFront Street ShipyardThe Green StoreRobbins Lumber, Inc.Viking, Inc.
Church /Congregation Donors
First Baptist Church First Church, UCCSt. Margaret’s Episcopal ChurchUU Church of BelfastVassalboro Quarterly Meeting of Friends
FY14 Donor ListWe extend our deepest thanks to the following community members who have supported RJP between July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014. Your support helps to integrate restorative justice into our community.