A big part of my work is focused on transformative justice. A key component of transformatiive justice is to develop community accountability models for addressing violence and crime. My terrific little sister shared a great little vignette from the Ring the Bell campaign which I want to share here. It is an excellent example of what we mean by community accountability. Folks often have a difficult time envisioning what is meant by the concept. This is one example.

I hope that some budding socially-conscious filmmakers might partner with local organizations that are focused on transformative and restorative justice to create a series of these types of vignettes. They provide concrete ways for people to address violence without involving law enforcement and the criminal legal system. Great job to the Ring the Bell campaign folks!