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John Ungerleider, Ed.D.
Director
[email protected]
(802)518-0302
John Ungerleider, Ed.D. is director of the Greater Falls Community Justice Center. He leads Restorative Practices training in schools and facilitates Domestic Violence Accountability and Parenting with Respect programs for men.
John has been a professor of Conflict Transformation at SIT, Brandeis, VT Law School, Marlboro, Hampshire, and CCV, as well as in Cyprus as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, in Israel/Palestine, Uganda, Iraq, N. Ireland, and Spain. He directed the Vermont Governor’s Institute on Global Issues and Youth Action, World Learning Youth Peacebuilding and Leadership Programs, and Child Labor Education and Action (CLEA). He has written books and articles about youth dialogue and empowerment, child labor, mediation training, conflict in multicultural teams, peacebuilding and music, and a participatory musical “co-opera” about global warming: Secret of the Seasons. His published works include: Let’s talk about it: A guide to leading youth dialogue across communities and conflicts, The Inner Peace Outer Peace Reader, Challenging Child Labor and “Structured Youth Dialogue to Empower Peacebuilding and Leadership.”
Director
[email protected]
(802)518-0302
John Ungerleider, Ed.D. is director of the Greater Falls Community Justice Center. He leads Restorative Practices training in schools and facilitates Domestic Violence Accountability and Parenting with Respect programs for men.
John has been a professor of Conflict Transformation at SIT, Brandeis, VT Law School, Marlboro, Hampshire, and CCV, as well as in Cyprus as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, in Israel/Palestine, Uganda, Iraq, N. Ireland, and Spain. He directed the Vermont Governor’s Institute on Global Issues and Youth Action, World Learning Youth Peacebuilding and Leadership Programs, and Child Labor Education and Action (CLEA). He has written books and articles about youth dialogue and empowerment, child labor, mediation training, conflict in multicultural teams, peacebuilding and music, and a participatory musical “co-opera” about global warming: Secret of the Seasons. His published works include: Let’s talk about it: A guide to leading youth dialogue across communities and conflicts, The Inner Peace Outer Peace Reader, Challenging Child Labor and “Structured Youth Dialogue to Empower Peacebuilding and Leadership.”
Lauren Beigel MacArthur
Reparative Programs Manager
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(802) 376-9794
Lauren Beigel MacArthur completed a BA at Marlboro College in Environmental Studies (with a specific focus on Guatemalan literature and tropical agroecology), a TESOL Certificate from the School for International Training, and an M.Ed from Antioch University New England. In the early 2000's, she worked for the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, assisting detained immigrants and refugees who faced imminent deportation. She taught Middle School Humanities at The Compass School in Westminster, VT for five years, where she served as the faculty representative and advisor to the Compass Student Restorative Justice Committee. Lauren stayed home with her children when they were very young, running a small cider business with her husband, teaching creative writing and farming. Lauren currently serves as a Guardian ad Litem to several youth through the Windham County Family Court and has served as a Parent Coordinator through the Vermont Superior Court Family Mediation Program. She enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing, visiting the desert, growing and preserving vegetables, cooking, reading, spending time with her family, and participating in community life.
Reparative Programs Manager
[email protected]
(802) 376-9794
Lauren Beigel MacArthur completed a BA at Marlboro College in Environmental Studies (with a specific focus on Guatemalan literature and tropical agroecology), a TESOL Certificate from the School for International Training, and an M.Ed from Antioch University New England. In the early 2000's, she worked for the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, assisting detained immigrants and refugees who faced imminent deportation. She taught Middle School Humanities at The Compass School in Westminster, VT for five years, where she served as the faculty representative and advisor to the Compass Student Restorative Justice Committee. Lauren stayed home with her children when they were very young, running a small cider business with her husband, teaching creative writing and farming. Lauren currently serves as a Guardian ad Litem to several youth through the Windham County Family Court and has served as a Parent Coordinator through the Vermont Superior Court Family Mediation Program. She enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing, visiting the desert, growing and preserving vegetables, cooking, reading, spending time with her family, and participating in community life.
Polly Mahoney
Reentry & Panel Coordinator for Springfield
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(802) 376-6998
Polly Mahoney joined the Greater Falls Community Justice Center in July 2021 as the Reentry and Panel Coordinator for Springfield, where she oversees the COSA program, helps clients get connected to services, and facilitates Rep Panels. Polly learned a lot about restorative justice from the clients and staff of the Springfield Restorative Justice Center, where she served as the Reentry Coordinator, and from the Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center, where she interned, volunteered, and served as a board member since 2016. In 2019, she got her Master’s degree in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation from SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT. Polly enjoys cross-country skiing, walking her dog, and taking trips with her family.
Reentry & Panel Coordinator for Springfield
[email protected]
(802) 376-6998
Polly Mahoney joined the Greater Falls Community Justice Center in July 2021 as the Reentry and Panel Coordinator for Springfield, where she oversees the COSA program, helps clients get connected to services, and facilitates Rep Panels. Polly learned a lot about restorative justice from the clients and staff of the Springfield Restorative Justice Center, where she served as the Reentry Coordinator, and from the Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center, where she interned, volunteered, and served as a board member since 2016. In 2019, she got her Master’s degree in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation from SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT. Polly enjoys cross-country skiing, walking her dog, and taking trips with her family.
Mel Dawson
Reentry Coordinator and Victim Advocate for Bellows Falls
[email protected]
(802) 376-9637
Melissa (Mel) Dawson is first and foremost passionate about honoring the humanity and dignity of all people, and working toward a more just world, beginning with her own children and family, and in the wider community. She has worked as a Family Therapist for over 20 years with families facing multiple challenges and marginalization. Mel has worked intensively with individuals who have experienced complex trauma and has recently completed a Sacred Grief apprenticeship. Mel is in the process of completing a coaching certificate in Soul-Centered Depth Psychological Coaching. Mel has also been trained as an herbalist and yoga teacher. In her less formal roles, Mel homeschools two of her three children, lives on an off-grid farm, and loves to take meandering foraging walks, grow and preserve veggies and herbs, knit, make music, and dance like there’s no tomorrow!
Reentry Coordinator and Victim Advocate for Bellows Falls
[email protected]
(802) 376-9637
Melissa (Mel) Dawson is first and foremost passionate about honoring the humanity and dignity of all people, and working toward a more just world, beginning with her own children and family, and in the wider community. She has worked as a Family Therapist for over 20 years with families facing multiple challenges and marginalization. Mel has worked intensively with individuals who have experienced complex trauma and has recently completed a Sacred Grief apprenticeship. Mel is in the process of completing a coaching certificate in Soul-Centered Depth Psychological Coaching. Mel has also been trained as an herbalist and yoga teacher. In her less formal roles, Mel homeschools two of her three children, lives on an off-grid farm, and loves to take meandering foraging walks, grow and preserve veggies and herbs, knit, make music, and dance like there’s no tomorrow!
Christine Colascione
Intern
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Christine is interning with GFCJC as part of her Masters of Social Work internship requirement at the University of New England. She holds a B.A. in Ethnoecology and Social Change from Sterling College, is trained as a yoga teacher and recently completed Common Good Vermont's Fundraising and Development Certificate program. She currently works as the Fundraising Coordinator for the Springfield Area Parent Child Center and recently finished up a three-year term on the board of the Community Asylum Seekers' Project. In past lives she has been a farmer, food shelf director, community organizer and farmers' market manager. Social justice is extremely important to her, and she hopes to one day combine her passions for personal and collective liberation, spirituality, and climate resiliency, in whatever form that takes. She enjoys spending time with her rambunctious toddler, her partner, and her several animals, practicing vipassana meditation, cooking, and gardening.
Intern
[email protected]
Christine is interning with GFCJC as part of her Masters of Social Work internship requirement at the University of New England. She holds a B.A. in Ethnoecology and Social Change from Sterling College, is trained as a yoga teacher and recently completed Common Good Vermont's Fundraising and Development Certificate program. She currently works as the Fundraising Coordinator for the Springfield Area Parent Child Center and recently finished up a three-year term on the board of the Community Asylum Seekers' Project. In past lives she has been a farmer, food shelf director, community organizer and farmers' market manager. Social justice is extremely important to her, and she hopes to one day combine her passions for personal and collective liberation, spirituality, and climate resiliency, in whatever form that takes. She enjoys spending time with her rambunctious toddler, her partner, and her several animals, practicing vipassana meditation, cooking, and gardening.
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Greater Falls Community Justice Center
(802) 376-6998 [email protected] 39 Village Square Bellows Falls, VT 05101 56 Main Street, Suite 212 Springfield, VT 05101 |
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