CREATING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEMS & FACILITATING RESTORATIVE CIRCLES

Restorative Circles are a community-based approach to conflict transformation, supporting organizations and communities of all kinds – including families, schools, non-profits and businesses – in transforming and learning from conflict. Conflict is a natural part of any social system, but conscious facilitation of conflict can transform damaging dispute and tension into an amazing source of positive learning, creativity, and connection.

Recognized internationally for their effectiveness, the development of Restorative Circles began with the work of Dominic Barter with youth gangs in Brazil in the mid 1990s and continues with a growing network of practitioners in over 23 countries. Restorative Circles projects have won awards for innovation in justice and in education, and have been recognized internationally by organizations including the United Nations Development Programme, the Brazilian Justice Department, and NESTA, the UK’s foremost social innovation think-tank.

This hands-on learning event will offer practical capacity-building and a space in which participants will be invited to explore and discover what kinds of restorative practices can serve the communities they are a part of – schools, courts, families, organizations, etc. In doing so, we will explore the basics of both facilitating Circles and setting up the systems to support restorative practices in our home communities.

For more information on Restorative Circles, visit http://www.restorativecircles.org/

***This event is full, but we do have a wait list. To join the wait list, please simply email i n f o AT DOMAIN findflow~org~***

Come early: You’re welcome at the house as of 5pm Friday. We’d love to start at 5:30pm sharp, and parking may involve a little walk (see below), so please arrive early if you can.

Parking: I suggest looking for parking North of the house (628 12th Ave E @ Roy St), on 12th, 13th, or 14th Ave E, toward Volunteer Park. Or, there is lots of free parking in Volunteer Park, which you can enter at 14th Ave E and E Prospect St (http://goo.gl/maps/l2S7m)

We're looking forward to seeing you!