Advanced Restorative Justice: Introspection and Racism

Restorative Justice, or "RJ," is a philosophy and set of practices that engage the community in building relationships and repairing harm through inclusive dialogue, deep understanding, and shared power. This is an activity-based workshop aiming to provide participants a chance to engage restorative practices through the lens of relationship building, restoration, and maintenance.

This is an Advanced Training session encouraging individual and collective introspection on racial identity and reflection on what participants were taught about race and racism through a restorative justice practice. This foundation aims to promote continued dialogue on race and healing from the effects of racism. RJ practitioners will apply an intersectional framework to this session and ask participants to come to this session mindful of how this conversation shows up in the body.

Objectives:

1) Provide a high level understanding of racial identity and race

2) Encourage reflection on the effects of racism and promote continued…