2015-JUN-28-2029Hrs
Dear Errol,
What is happening about the writing of the history of Mausica? We need also to document the contribution of Mausicans to education in Trinidad and Tobago. Perhaps we can start by interviewing persons like Edinburgh, Mennen, Gwenny, and others.
Scratchy, I thoroughly enjoyed your column in the Sunday newspaper today. What a refreshing change from this dismal political landscape! You brought back memories of the huge Vert ( long mango ) tree we had in our yard. It used to bear hundreds of mango every year. Many East Indian families used to come and buy boxes of mangoes very cheap when they were having weddings, etc. My dad cut down the tree in frustration when a house was built on what for years was an empty lot between my aunt's house and ours and the owners of that new house kept complaining about mangoes falling onto their roof and disturbing them. We were very sad to see it go as that tree was older than all of us.
When I got married, we planted a Julie mango in our yard that used to yield lots of mangoes,but blight came on the tree and when thieves used the overhanging branches over the wall to gain access to burgle our house during the day, my husband cut down the tree.( What's with these men and cutting down trees?) I remember, as a child, walking with my sisters and brother, the length of St. Anns Road in Mayaro, where we spent all our vacations. We would leave home with empty bags and pick up heaps of mangoes along the way, then go home to have a feast. Oh! For the return of those glory days!
Well folks. I am busy planning my workshops on restorative practices, circles and restorative justice and in implementing international standards in youth justice. Juvenile justice,or youth justice,as I prefer, is a specialist area and as you may have realized when the 9 year-old boy was arrested, even those involved in the criminal justice system do not know the laws and principles governing youth justice. Questions were being asked about the age of criminal responsibility and experienced lawyers were giving differing answers. See flyer attached for your information. Hope to see some of you who work with children at our workshops.
Have a great week everyone.
Hazel Thompson-Ahye 70
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CALLING ALL
WHO CARE
ABOUT CHILDREN
Do you really want to stop the school- to- prison pipeline?
Do you wish to learn how to effectively stop the bullying?
Do you know that restorative justice is more successful than retributive justice in preventing re-offending, giving victims a voice, and healing the effects of crime?
YOU are invited to attend our courses!!!!
Venue: Hugh Wooding Law School, Gordon Street, St. Augustine
- July 7, 2015: INTRODUCTION TO RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
- July 8, 2015: USING CIRCLES EFFECTIVELY
- July 9-10, 2015: FACILITATING RESTORATIVE CONFERENCES
Licensed Trainer: Hazel Thompson-Ahye LLB (Hons.) LL.M Courses are designed by the International Institute For Restorative Practices, (IIRP), a graduate school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, dedicated to restoring community in a disconnected world. Certificates are issued by the IIRP.
July 30 -31: IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN YOUTH JUSTICE
What are these international standards? Do our laws comply with them?
What can we do to prevent juvenile delinquency?
How should we treat children before the court and in institutions?
Attend this course and get answers to these questions.
Training in implementing international standards is recommended by the UN Child Rights Committee for all who work with children: parents, teachers, judges, lawyers, magistrates, police officers, social workers, religious leaders, staff of children’s homes and correctional institutions, the media, doctors and nurses.
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