Restorative Justice Training - Register now for six free sessions this fall

Where Mercy and Truth Generate Justice

View this email in your browser

All are welcome to register for Reunion's Restorative Justice

Circle Keeper Training
& Re-integration Circle Keeper Training

September-October 2019, Washington, DC

Six free training sessions will prepare participants to keep restorative justice circles which support men and women coming home from incarceration, and/or to keep circles that can be adapted for various purposes.

To register, please read the description of the training (below), and
reply to this email-
Times and dates are listed below; we will send more info about location.
Training session locations will be accessible by DC metro.

Restorative justice circles change hearts, open minds and deepen relationships, and can be used in many ways. Circles can gather in homes, schools, places of employment, faith communities, jails and prisons, government agencies; and RJ circles can be adapted for many different purposes, including:

community building
celebration/grief/honoring a person/group or event
collaborative decision making
supporting a person/group through a challenging time
conflict-resolution and mediation
sentencing and court referrals

Re-integration circles are RJ circles which are adapted to support men and women who are coming home from incarceration. In re-integration circles, the circle keeper works with the returning resident to identify a small group of supportive people who are already part of the returning resident’s life, and who will participate in circles regularly for about six months while the returning resident establishes and works towards goals.

Reunion’s September/October 2019 circle keeper training has several different intentions/outcomes:

Select sessions of this training will prepare participants to keep (lead/facilitate) restorative justice circles which can be adapted to your own personal/professional needs and circumstances. Please attend Sessions 1, 3, 5 and 6 as well as any other sessions that are of interest to you.
The full complement of this training will prepare participants to keep re-integration circles, supporting individuals who are coming home from incarceration. To receive a certificate of completion as a trained re-integration circle keeper, please plan to attend all six sessions.
For those who have already been trained as a re-integration circle keeper, this training is an opportunity to brush up your re-integration circle keeping skills and coach others. Please attend Session 1, 2 and 6 as well as any other sessions that are of interest to you.

The training is free and sessions will be accessible by DC metro.
Please register by replying to this email. We will send you info about location and other details.

Session 1: Intro to Circles and to Reunion	Saturday September 14	9am-1pm
Session 2: Returning from incarceration in DC and returning resident/ re-integration circle referrals	Sunday September 15	2pm-6pm
Session 3: Circle Keeping Tools and Techniques	Saturday September 28	9am-1pm
Session 4: Practicing in large group	Sunday September 29	2pm-6pm
Sign up for one: Session 5 A: Re-integration circle role play in small groups Session 5 B: Re-integration circle role play in small groups	Saturday October 5 Saturday October 5	9am-1pm 1pm-5pm
Session 6: Self and peer evaluation and next steps	Saturday October 26	9am-1pm

This event is sponsored by Reunion, an interfaith community that challenges the damaging effects of our failed justice system. Current strategies of incarceration are broadly experienced as punitive, leaving people and communities damaged and disengaged. We believe in practices that redeem, repair and rebuild love within the community.

For more information about Reunion, visit our website at
www.reuniondc.org

Click to the Reunion website here.
Support Reunion here.

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

This email was sent to <<Email Address>>
why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
Reunion · 614 S St. NW · Washington, DC 20001 · USA