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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
I feel we have
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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Shortage of human and physical resources.
A lack of cross disciplinary/comprehensive planning and training.
Racism, intolerance and disrespect.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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Programs that we sponsor and use to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence include:
DARE (Drug
Abuse/violence Resistance Education): This is geared towards
positive dispute and cognitive dissonance education.
Taught by an officer in the classroom with participatory
role playing and modeling.
Chemical Health task
Force: A collaboration of systemic stakeholders exploring
causation, deficiencies and solutions to underlying chemical
abuses of adolescents.
So How Are the Children? (or
SHAC): After school program for at risk youth facilitating mentoring of
students with role models and information interactive presentations.
Law enforcement Big Buddies:An outcrop of SHAC
Co-operation
with Hope Center (County wide resource for victims of domestic
violence): We have worked tirelessly with the Hope Center
to develop county-wide standards regarding the prevention and
investigation of domestic abuse. We have sponsored and
participated in domestic abuse recognition, prevention, investigation
in the schools and in community groups and forums.
In
addition to the programs DARE and SHAC, we rise to every
challenge and opportunity to work with youth individually or
as a group for positive outcomes.
The Sheriff's
Office is a Charter member and sitting board member of an organization
called the Rice County Dispute Resolution Center. It is a
fledgling, yet viable alternative to the traditional, adversarial court
system. It allows persons to settle their disputes in a
non-hostile, less confrontational setting mediated by trained,
volunteer mediators.
Jail programs:
Parenting classes, anger management, AA, NA, GED equivalency,
television monitoring and selection.
Working
with gangs: Although we do not experience well-organized gang
activities we do intervene quickly in gang related violence and support
alternative activities.
Restorative Justice:
Restorative justice is a valuable, fundamental and ancient tool.
Our Community Corrections department has a strong program,
reporting separately.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
We
need to continue multidisciplinary understanding and efforts towards
understanding, tolerance and solidarity regarding the basic
human rights of all. That means government as well as individuals has a
vested in a Culture of Peace. Special interests need to be
secondary or non-existent.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
We
partner with all residents in support of the constitution of the United
States and the State of Minnesota in the interest of public safety. In
and of itself our mission speaks to a culture of peace if the tenets of
these two doctrines hold true.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
We have no specific plans but will work tirelessly generally to fulfill our mission towards peace and justice.
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Postal address of organization
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Box 158 Faribault, Minnesota 55021
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E-mail address of organization
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rcscook@co.rice.mn.use
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Website address of organization
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www.co.rice.mn.us
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Understanding, tolerance, and solidarity
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Respect for all human rights
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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