As of Jan 2026, we will be the RJ Hub. Our new mission is to provide information and resources about all matters relating to RJ, Justice & Reconciliation in the US and beyond. The website is currently under construction to reflect these changes.
RJOY's primary goal is to improve the mental health and wellness for underrepresented communities of color using RJ practices. They offer restorative justice trainings to the community that creates community building skills and teaching on RJ circle conduction.
The Ahimsa Collective works to support healing, build safety, and challenge punitive practices by working directly with support-justice based movements through training and technical assistance, opportunities to convene, and grantmaking to organizations doing similar work. Their guiding principle comes from the Sanskrit word, "Ahisma', meaning non-harm and non-violence. Through many great programs like reentry housing, the Santa Cruz Healing and Justice Center, and grant-making circles, the collective pushes changes by providing alternatives to the harmful systems of punishment.
CURYJ is a youth-led organization in Oakland that's working to heal youth affected by the justice, foster-care, and immigration systems and end youth criminilization. CURYJ highlights the stories of young people directly impacted by system violence, shown by their mantra, "for us, by us", all of their work is for the repair of their own community. CURYJ provides far more than services. The program works to disrupt and permanently change the systems that criminalize youth so that the communities can regain control over what safety looks like for them.
Community Works West is a nonprofit with a goal to disrupt harmful justice systems and transform communities by centering humanity and healing. Their primary mission is to cut incarceration rates and recidivism rates. They do so through programs centered in RJ, working with kids of incarcerated parents, supporting adults leaving incarceration with wrap-around services, and translating direct service insights into advocacy and transformation efforts. CWW uplifts communities by creating alternatives to punitive measures and creates spaces where people that are impacted by incarceration can heal, lead, and change systems rather than be destroyed by their effects.
The RYSE Center, in Richmond, is a youth led organization that creates safe spaces grounded in RJ to uplift the youth, teaching them to love, learn, educate, heal and transform their lives and communities. RYSE offers integrated support covering integral aspects of communities like health, education, and economic justice. RYSE aims to dismantle punitive models of punishment and change the lives of the youth, turning them into leaders through healing and collective transformation.
The town project was founded in 2019 as a response to the Oakland housing crisis and gentrification. The Town Project works toward a future based in healing and shared power. The organization offers restorative justice training, conflict mediation, youth led initiatives, and schools programs that challenge oppressive systems and restore balance in communities. With their core values of accountability, community, and dismantling inequity the Town Project uses a structure to approach conflict: building readiness, vision, leadership, and long term practice. The Town Project partners with schools and families to foster community centered justice and transformation.
The Ella Baker Center organizes Black, Brown, and low income communities to divert resources away from policing and prisons toward opportunities that create real safety. Through policy advocacy, organizing and member led campaigns, they fights for reinvestment in community solutions and prioritize the ones most impacted by incarceration. They're centered in values like Black liberation, transformation, and with a culture of care, they lead programs like the Inside/Outside Fellowship and collaborates with Restore Oakland.
Located in the Fruitvale district, Restore Oakland is a community advocacy and training hub. They help BIPOC, immigrant, queer, and formerly incarcerated residents to build political power, economic security, and accountability centered justice. Through organization of healing justice work, HOPE circles, PATH programs, and restorative economic initiatives, the organizations helps communities shift away from punishment and belonging and sustainable development. Restore Oakland fights displacement, builds local leadership, and creates people centered economic pathways where everyone can thrive.
LSPC is a nonprofit that organizes communities affected by the criminal justice system and advocates for the release of incarcerated people, family reunification and the restoration of civil and human rights. With over 40 years under their belt, LSPC uncovers structural racism in policing, courts, and prisons while simultaenously pushing forward racial and gender justice. LSPC has legal manuals, referrals, and statewide support and is a California Bar recognized legal service center.
