Restorative Resources--Providing Restorative Justice in Sonoma County California

Restorative communities are characterized by inclusive networks of right relationships that support healthy development of individuals, families, and institutions, and that enable resilient responses to conflict and crisis.

Restorative community builders focus on two broad outcomes:

1. Creating opportunities for community members to build and strengthen mutually supportive and respectful relationships; and

2. Creating opportunities for community members to solve problems, address challenges, and heal relationships when things are not right.

The restorative community-building strategies we are currently using include:

Restorative Conferencing
Restorative Practices Training and Consulting
Community Forums
Circlekeepers Practice Group
Volunteer training and involvement
Community presentations
Participation in collaborative and multi-agency planning processes

How can we help your community?

Our trained cadre of circlekeepers can help your famiily, church, neighborhood, business, activist group---just about any collection of people--look deeply into your common causes. Using the time-honored tradition of working in circles (also called "The Way of Council") we can help you explore your unique vision, challenges, and opportunities.

We believe that circles are an important and particularly appropriate method for helping us face the many challenges of the times we are in. They are an excellent complement to more familiar approaches, such as boardroom style meetings. Many people find that once they begin to work in circles there is a sense of familiarity about them, as if they remember the circle way somewhere deep within.


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Restorative Communities The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. Jane Addams We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occuring simultaneously. Grace Lee Boggs	Restorative communities are characterized by inclusive networks of right relationships that support healthy development of individuals, families, and institutions, and that enable resilient responses to conflict and crisis. Restorative community builders focus on two broad outcomes: 1. Creating opportunities for community members to build and strengthen mutually supportive and respectful relationships; and 2. Creating opportunities for community members to solve problems, address challenges, and heal relationships when things are not right. The restorative community-building strategies we are currently using include: Restorative Conferencing Restorative Practices Training and Consulting Community Forums Circlekeepers Practice Group Volunteer training and involvement Community presentations Participation in collaborative and multi-agency planning processes How can we help your community? Our trained cadre of circlekeepers can help your famiily, church, neighborhood, business, activist group---just about any collection of people--look deeply into your common causes. Using the time-honored tradition of working in circles (also called "The Way of Council") we can help you explore your unique vision, challenges, and opportunities. We believe that circles are an important and particularly appropriate method for helping us face the many challenges of the times we are in. They are an excellent complement to more familiar approaches, such as boardroom style meetings. Many people find that once they begin to work in circles there is a sense of familiarity about them, as if they remember the circle way somewhere deep within. Contact us for more information on how we can help you build restorative communities using the circle way.	Community Buildling Circles are useful for: Neighborhoods Churches Businesses Collaboratives Committees Schools Families Activist Groups Organizations Campfires Boardrooms Crises Planning Evaluating Celebrating Problem Solving Troubleshooting Learning Debriefing Healing and much more...
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