What Partnership Means...
A partnership with me is not a one-time training, workshop, or consulting engagement.
It is an educational and organizational JOURNEY designed to help your community learn Restorative Justice, practice it together, apply it to your real-world context, and gradually build the capacity to embody it in everyday relationships, decisions, and systems.
Who Makes a Good Partner?
I am looking for organizations that are genuinely ready to learn, practice, and grow through Restorative Justice, not simply organizations looking to add “RJ” to an existing program or initiative.
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K–12 School Communities
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Faith-Based Congregations & Communities
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Community-Impact Organizations
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Foundations & Funders
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Juvenile & Adult Justice Organizations
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Public Safety & Law Enforcement
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Higher Education Institutions
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Arts & Cultural Organizations
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Other Institutions committed to building more restorative communities
The right partners are willing to:
I am not looking for organizations seeking a quick fix. I am looking for partners willing to participate in a meaningful journey of learning, practice, transformation, and growth.
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Invest time in learning and relationship-building.
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Engage honestly with their organization's strengths, challenges, and history.
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Move from theory into consistent practice.
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Make space for reflection, accountability, and difficult conversations.
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Support leadership and community participation.
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Measure, document, and learn from the process.
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Commit resources necessary to sustain the work.
Core RJ Implementation Curriculum
Every partnership is customized to the community and goals of the organization. However, my work is grounded in a core Restorative Justice curriculum that provides the foundation for every partnership.
The curriculum moves beyond learning and understanding Restorative Justice into practicing, applying, and embodying restorative principles.
Outcomes + Impact
Stronger Relationships
Deeper trust, connection, communication, and respect among the people who make up the organization and community.
Greater
Belonging
Increased opportunities for people to feel seen, heard, valued, connected, and meaningfully included.
Improved Communication
Greater capacity to listen, speak honestly, navigate differences, and engage difficult conversations.
Healthier
Conflict
Increased ability to recognize, navigate, and transform conflict without defaulting to avoidance, punishment, or disconnection.
Meaningful Accountability
Greater capacity to understand harm, take responsibility, repair relationships, and participate in restorative responses.
Increased Voice & Participation
Greater involvement of people affected by decisions in shaping the conversations, solutions, and practices that impact their lives.
Stronger Leadership
Leaders and community members develop greater confidence and capacity to model restorative values in their everyday work.
Improved
Culture
Restorative principles become increasingly reflected in relationships, communication, decision-making, policies, programs, and daily practices.
Increased Internal Capacity
Organizations develop people, skills, structures, and shared language necessary to continue the work beyond individual trainings or external support.
Stronger Community Partnerships
Increased trust, collaboration, and shared responsibility among organizations, families, community members, and other stakeholders.
Prevent & Respond to Harm
Organizations become better equipped to recognize harm, intervene earlier, respond more intentionally, and support pathways toward repair and restoration.
Documented Learning & Impact
Organizations develop meaningful stories, reflections, feedback, and data that help them understand what is changing, what is working, and what needs to evolve.
DOCUMENT THE WORK.
LEARN FROM THE WORK.
SHARE WHAT WE LEARN.
VIDEO · WRITING · DATA · STORY
Restorative Justice is lived through people, relationships, moments, challenges, breakthroughs, and change. I believe those experiences are worth documenting, not simply to tell a story, but to help us understand what makes restorative transformation possible.
As part of the partnership, I seek to document our shared journey through a combination of written reflection, photography, video, audio, interviews, participant experiences, stories, and organizational data.
Documentation may help us:
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Capture the experiences and perspectives of people participating in the work.
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Identify patterns, challenges, growth, and opportunities for improvement.
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Measure meaningful changes over time.
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Give organizations a record of their own restorative journey.
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Contribute knowledge and practical learning to the broader Restorative Justice field.
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Share stories that may help other communities imagine what is possible.
Consent & Care
Documentation is always approached with intention, transparency, and respect. Before recording, photographing, interviewing, or publicly sharing any material, we establish clear agreements around consent, privacy, confidentiality, ownership, access, and use of the material.
In short, what comes with the partnership is:
Education & Training — Restorative Justice philosophy, contextual curriculum, Peace Circle Training, and ongoing learning.
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Facilitation & Practice — Opportunities to experience, practice, and apply restorative approaches.
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Strategic Partnership — Thought partnership around organizational goals, challenges, culture, and implementation.
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Leadership Development — Building the knowledge, confidence, and capacity of leaders and internal restorative champions.
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Implementation & Coaching — Support as Restorative Justice moves from learning into everyday practice.
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Reflection & Evaluation — Structured opportunities to gather feedback, examine progress, measure impact, and learn from the work.
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Documentation — Written, photographic, audio, and video documentation of the journey, developed through shared agreements.
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Ongoing Support and Coaching — Continued consultation, mentorship, and partnership throughout the agreed-upon engagement.
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Commit to the learning. Make meaningful time and space for education, practice, and reflection.
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Show up honestly. Be willing to examine what is working, what is not, and what may need to change.
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Practice the work. Move beyond understanding Restorative Justice intellectually and create opportunities to live it.
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Engage leadership and community. Ensure that the people most affected by the work have meaningful opportunities to participate.
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Make room for accountability. Be willing to acknowledge harm, examine patterns, and participate in repair.
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Share responsibility. Restorative transformation cannot rest on one person or department.
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Commit resources. Allocate the time, people, funding, and organizational support necessary for the work to take root.
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Learn alongside me. Approach the partnership as a shared learning journey rather than a predetermined formula.
If you believe your organization is ready to deepen its relationship with Restorative Justice, I would love to learn more about your work.
The inquiry is the beginning of a conversation, not a commitment.
I use this information to understand your organization, what brings you to Restorative Justice, what you hope to accomplish, and whether our approaches, expectations, and capacity are aligned.