Restorative Justice Center

Our Services

Our center offers restorative processes for responding to conflict and harm for staff, faculty and administrators.

Our processes include:

• restorative conversations for 2 or more people involved in an interpersonal conflict or a situation where harm has occurred

• harm and peacebuilding circles for groups, units or teams that are experiencing conflicts or where people have experienced harm and seek pathways for improving communication and developing plans for repair

• community building circles for groups, units or teams interested in regrouping, reframing relationships, and developing shared values and community agreements after harm has occurred

In our restorative responses to conflict and harm, we guide participants in co-creating spaces where people can build trust and engage in open conversations to explore and deepen relationships, address intentions and impacts of our actions and responses, and take accountability for actions and behaviors with the goals of personal growth and collective transformation. We recognize that hurt people hurt people and seek to explore the root causes of harm and conflict, and interrupt cycles of harm that can deeply impact campus communities. For confidentiality, we invite people to sign agreements where they agree that nothing said within our process can be utilized in a legal or official university process. This allows people to speak their truths without fear of having their words repeated in other contexts or misrepresented.Please complete our intake form to help us determine how we can best serve your needs.