Dr. Fania Davis: "Is the United States Ready for a Truth-Telling Process"

Fania Davis is a leading national voice on restorative justice, a quickly emerging field which invites a fundamental shift in the way we think about and do justice. She is a long-time social justice activist, Civil Rights trial attorney, restorative justice practitioner, writer, and scholar with a Ph.D. in Indigenous Knowledge. A founder and currently Director of Restorative Justice of Oakland Youth (RJOY), Fania served as counsel to the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. Numerous honors include the Ubuntu award for service to humanity, the Dennis Maloney Award for excellence in Youth Restorative Justice, World Trust's Healing Justice award and the Los Angeles Times named her a New Civil Rights Leader of the 21st Century. Also, Fania is a recent recipient of the Ella Baker/Septima Clark award and the EBONY POWER 100 award.