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The Roberts Wesleyan Justice & Security Institute

Description of the Institute

Proposed Mission Statement:

Being committed to socially responsible engagement in society, and extending compassion, mercy, and justice to all people, RWC seeks to be a local leader in fostering dialogue, research, evaluation, and training to enhance policy and practice in the areas of Homeland Security, Social Justice, and Restorative Justice.

Purpose of the Institute:

The Institute will focus its leadership on facilitating the following:

• Education, research, and evaluation of the social issue of intended violence that manifests in workplace and educational institution mass shootings, domestic violence homicide, terrorism, and hate crimes
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary stakeholder dialogue about and evaluation of threat assessment and management strategies
• The creation of mechanisms for the effective reporting and sharing of concerning behaviors, culminating in the implementation of a county-wide threat assessment team for responding to active threats
• Collaborative research, evaluation and training in the broad area of Social and Restorative Justice issues, and more specifically in the policy and practice thereof.

Institute’s Affinity with College Mission, Foundational Assumptions and Commitments

Mission

o  This Institute will provide a timely and valuable service to the region and our local community.

Foundational Assumptions

o  This Institute will encourage and provide a repository for scholarship in the areas of Homeland Security, Social Justice, and Restorative Justice.

o  This Institute will provide servant leadership that “contributes to constructive and restorative acts.”  (Service)

o  Commitments (to the community and to those students involved in the Institute’s work)

Scholarship

o  Discovery – The Institute will provide “opportunities for inquiry and investigation that contribute to intellectual growth and understanding.”