Sheriff Garcia was invited by students in AOC’s Leadership class, who run a peer mediation program at the school using restorative justice peacemaking circles. Leadership students Angel Miranda and Eduardo Retiz introduced Sheriff Garcia, sharing the successes of restorative justice and the hope that it be spread to other areas of Houston to promote peace. Of the talk, Retiz says, “I thought it was amazing because I always saw him on TV every time something tragic happens…I thought he would be too busy to come but he actually came to talk to us.” He said the most important piece of advice he received from the talk was that every decision he makes now impacts how he is viewed by employers in the future. “You have to have a clean record and a history of doing good things because if you get in trouble it could affect you for a long time. I really didn’t realize it. He also talked about being careful on Facebook and other social media because that impacts you too.”
Sheriff Garcia is the latest in a series of leaders invited to talk AOC students about how they have pursued their goals; the first talk was with the Mayor’s Anti Gang Task Office Director Victor Gonzales.
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