Scores of Asheville minors get into legal trouble every year, and <a href='https://buncombealternatives.org'>Buncombe Alternatives</a> is working to keep them out of the judicial system and put them back on a positive track. Karen Peerson, the executive director; and Juan Holladay, director of program services and community development, with Buncombe Alternatives. We’ll talk about teens who come to them from inside and outside the court system, the details of their community service through this program and how restorative justice looks through the lens of Buncombe Alternatives’ teen court. <a rel="payment" href="https://patreon.com/theoverlookpodcast">Support the show</a>Support The Overlook by <a href='https://patreon.com/TheOverlookPodcast'>joining our Patreon campaign</a>! <a href='https://podavl.com/advertise'>Advertise your event</a> on The Overlook. Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/avloverlook/'>AVLoverlook</a> | Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/AVLoverlook'>AVLoverlook</a> | Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/AVLoverlook'>AVLoverlook</a> Listen and Subscribe: <a href='https://overlook.buzzsprout.com'>All episodes of The Overlook</a> The Overlook theme song, "Maker's Song," comes courtesy of the Asheville band <a href='https://theresonantrogues.com'>The Resonant Rogues</a>. Podcast Asheville © 2023

The Overlook with Matt Peiken

Course Correction | Karen Peerson and Juan Holladay of Buncombe Alternatives

Local newsmakers, civic leaders, journalists, artists and others in the know talk with host Matt Peiken about the growing, complicated city of Asheville, N.C. 