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Working to Ignite the Power and Potential of Restorative Justice
The Restorative Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to ignite the power and potential of restorative justice. TRC advocates for a unique, power-sharing model of restorative justice circles as a component of a broader restorative justice landscape needed to create a healthy eco-system for individuals, communities, and schools. TRC is passionate about decriminalizing our response to offensive conduct.
Drawing upon a deep reservoir of real-world experience and restorative justice models from around the world, TRC develops and codifies unique, replicable, teachable, and flexible structures of restorative justice circles. Our work demonstrates the benefits of restorative justice for incarceration, community dysfunction and resilience, reimagining school conflict, social work, and workplace forums for issues of race relations and sexual harassment.
Restorative justice affords the opportunity to join together in facilitated circles to understand the disconnect we are experiencing in many areas of society so that we can live in a more easeful way with ourselves and others. Restorative justice offers a way forward for this nation to have transformative conversations with humility and humanity about race, inequity, policing and community, and to reduce the school suspension-to-prison pipeline. Most importantly, restorative justice can facilitate the restoration of a fractured relationship between government and its citizens.
TRC directs academic work and trainings to advance deeper analysis of the impact of restorative justice and the various manners in which the potential of restorative justice can be manifest, integrating restorative justice models from across the globe with spiritual traditions of community building, holding space, and transformation. The organization has led hundreds of restorative justice circle processes and many trainings across the country since its creation in 2015, resulting in a strong programmatic portfolio with a robust training curriculum.
Work with us.
TRC has experience working with a variety of organizations to utilize the power of Restorative Justice to build community, discuss the disconnect, and bring the issues of workplace ethics to the surface in a meaningful way.
We have experience working in schools, facilitating workplace trainings, consulting on innovative programming for organizations and agencies, bringing Community Circles to events and conferences, and tailoring new Circles to fit specific community needs. More here.
“There are endless praises to sing about the thoughtfulness and intentionality of this model and your deep well of knowledge and compassion. I think it’s safe to speak for the class (since I was in the number) when I say that the training was unique and powerful! It was a joy to go deeper into the science of the circles and ourselves.”
The introspection required to do this work will certainly make for better citizens of our little planet. The shadow work is something I’ve been discussing ever since we the training ended. I’m so very proud to help share your model and look forward to going even deeper in the days and months ahead.”
Train With Us.
“This is a process and training that must be replicated and spread throughout this nation”
— Training Participant
•Rejuvenate your spirit with daily guided meditations and yoga classes •Receive training as a Circle Keeper and learn how to hold sacred space for others •Learn about talking pieces, the phases of a circle, the use of prompts & how to use storytelling to develop empathy and share vulnerability •Watch a sunset
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