offerings
restorative workshops
FOSTERING TRUST, HEALING, AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to restorative principles and tools to build community and repair harms within their organizations and team dynamics. While discussing relevant scenarios, participants will share their experiences and explore proactive and responsive restorative practices. Participation in this training includes two infographic toolkits to guide participants through restorative responses to harm and restorative accountability processes.
100% of participants reported that they learned at least one tool they can use to respond to harm, as a result of this workshop.
INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING
This 2-3 hour interactive training explores an inclusive decision-making model that incorporates the voices of those most impacted, fosters transparency, builds a sense of belonging, and elicits shared understanding— regardless of the outcome or decision. This interactive session is especially useful for team leaders and decision makers to reflect on ways to engage others in fair processing, explain the decision-making rationale, and ensure there is clarity around expectations. Participation in this training includes a fillable toolkit with reflective prompts that guide you through an inclusive decision-making process.
team dynamics
UNPACKING WHITE SUPREMACY IN TEAM DYNAMICS
This interactive session engages participants in a movement-based activity that explores how white supremacy culture impacts team dynamics. Together, we’ll unpack our working styles, communication preferences, perceptions and misconceptions, and orientation to conflict. Participants will identify their individual and collective needs while building trust and embracing vulnerability along the way.
This session is open to all, regardless of identity. Familiarity with white supremacy culture characteristics is recommended for a more enriching dialogue.
NAVIGATING TEAM DYNAMICS
This energizing, movement-based activity empowers participants to build trust and community through an interactive experience that explores working styles, communication preferences, perceptions and misconceptions, and conflict. Participants will explore their individual and collective needs while embracing laughter and joy along the way.
repairing harm
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE
Process impact, accountability, and what is needed to repair harm and restore trust. A restorative justice conference begins with facilitated prep meetings 1-1 with those who caused the harm and those who were harmed to introduce the process and explore their personal experiences, impacts, thoughts, and feelings about the harm and repair. Upon accountability and readiness, both parties come together for a facilitated process to explore the harm and reach an agreement on the repair process.
facilitation
RESTORATIVE RETREAT
This 1-2 day event brings participants together to process multiple issues while building trust and community. The restorative retreat is based on the needs of the group and may include a combination of the restorative offerings listed above.
The retreat centers co-created values and group agreements to foster a greater sense of connection while addressing underlying issues among the participants including but not limited to: navigating conflict; giving & receiving feedback; cultural differences; team & power dynamics; and navigating past & institutional harm/trauma.
RESTORATIVE CIRCLE
This 2-3 hour transformative process of community building, trust building, and active accountability cultivates shared vulnerability, authenticity, and empathy through powerful story-telling and emotional processing designed to build solidarity among participants.
Circle topics vary based on needs and may include: restorative accountability; team dynamics; processing trauma; navigating my identities at work; reconciling the past (harm & institutional trauma); etc.
"I learned new ways to have difficult conversations."
Participant of Fostering Trust, Healing, and Accountability through Restorative Practices
Portland State University