The CERJ List (a global peace and justice resource based in Brattleboro,
VT, USA)
OWNED BY: John Wilmerding and the Campaign/Coalition for Equity-Restorative
Justice (CERJ)
A global plain text email-based colloquium and consortium for those with a
serious theoretical and/or activist-oriented interest in peace, conflict
resolution, radical non-violent ("Restorative") justice, and societal reforms.
The CERJ list carries articles, 'discussion' messages, announcements, event
notifications, book reviews, job advertisements, bulletins, news releases,
requests for proposals and other plain-text printed matter. It also
carries introductory self-descriptions of individuals from all walks of
life and their peacemaking and social ("Restorative") justice work, whether
it be as a volunteer, professional, or activist. List volume can be fairly
high -- sometimes upwards of 20-25 messages per week, or as many as 10 or
so in a single day -- and the subscribership to the list in recent months
has ranged from 300-700 persons.
Managed and operated by Friend (Quaker) John Wilmerding since early 1997 (a
predecessor list existed for two years before that), most messages on the
list are strongly pacifist-oriented and are sometimes even
anti-establishmentarian in tone and emphasis. However only a very small
percentage of the list's several hundred subscribers are Quakers. The list
grew in part out of Wilmerding's tenure as Secretary of a United Nations
Working Party on Restorative Justice in 1996-97.
Much like a newspaper editor, the list manager edits messages for spelling,
grammar, presentation, format, and appearance. One unique feature of the
list's manually-maintained technology is that CERJ messages may be targeted
by jurisdiction -- by state, region, country, etc. No attachments are
permitted or forwarded, and messages are always sent in ASCII plain-text
only, to avoid viruses and similar noxious content. The CERJ list of email
addresses is never openly distributed or sold.
All editing and processing of the list's messages and subscriber database
is accomplished manually -- there are no automatic list commands one has to
know to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change the terms of subscription. The
CERJ list does not carry fund appeals (except very occasionally a modest
CERJ appeal) or advertisements. Aliases, nicknames, and pseudonyms are
discouraged except in case of obvious risks to contributors' personal safety.
TO SUBSCRIBE: Send your first and last name, your email address, AND your
state, province, or country of residence to [log in to unmask] or to John
Wilmerding at [log in to unmask] All subscription changes are
effected manually. There is no 'digest' version of the list available, and
temporary cessation of email from the list must be accomplished by
submitting a personal request to the manager to manually unsubscribe and
re-subscribe.
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John Wilmerding, Convener and List Manager
Coalition for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ)
1 Chestnut Hill, Brattleboro, VT, ZIP: 05301-6073
Phone: 1-802-254-2826 | 1-802-380-0664 (cellular)
CERJ was founded in New York in May, 1997.
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"Work together to reinvent justice using methods
that are fair; that conserve, restore, and even
create harmony, equity and good will in society."
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To join (or leave) the CERJ email list, kindly send
me an email message at [log in to unmask]
or at [log in to unmask] I'll need your first & last name,
your email address, and your state, province or
country of residence. Thank you! -- John W.
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