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Restorative Resources is a non-profit organization committed to restorative justice principles, values, and practices. We address the harm done by criminal offending, reduce the risk of future harm, and focus on strengthening and building the community.

We bring restorative justice practices to Sonoma County. This includes Restorative Conferencing, Community Conferencing, and prevention programs for youth at risk through community collaboration and networks.

Inspired by what restorative justice stands for, local community member, Antonio Perez, wrote this wonderful poem, Casi Un Crimen. We are deeply grateful for his contributions to this work.

CASI UN CRIMEN

Llevado por la corriente
en las aguas de un gran río
la fe casi-insuficiente
y en el alma mucho frío.

Buscando como salirse
sin mirar de cerca nada
presintiendo pronto hundirse
en la más grande cascada.

Y en el último momento
ya casi para caerse
un árbol tenía hacia adentro
ramas para él detenerse.

El se agarró de una rama
y por el árbol salió
Gracias a Dios! El exclama
Un milagro me salvó!

Antonio Pérez V.

10/7/04

CLOSE TO CRIME

Taken by the current
in the waters of the river,
not too much faith
and very little hope.

Looking around for something
to grab on,
and feeling too close
to the biggest fall on earth.

Just in the moment
when he was ready to fall,
there was a tree,
with some branches in the water,
he grabbed on

Thank God! He said
For a miracle,
For a miracle.

Antonio Pérez V.

10/7/04