Colorado Governor Jared Polis opens the 8th NACRJ Conference and Welcomes 1,627 attendees.
In between sessions, attendees carry on discussions and renew acquaintances.
President Sheryl R. Wilson makes opening remarks and introduces Adam Foss as the opening keynote speaker.
Roughly 200 breakout sessions were held, in this session small group circle processes were involved.
Poster board at the NACRJ display table presenting prior award recipients.
Image from the award video shown at the presentation of the NACRJ Leadership and Innovation Award to Dr. David Karp.
Exhibit table for Good Books Publications one of 40 exhibitors at the 8th NACRJ Conference.
Keynote Presentation by Christina Swarns.
Plenary discussion with Jazmyn Story and Ed Valandra on Educator's & Education with a View - Colorizing RJP.
The Sankey Sisters Gospel Singers opened the last day of the conference with a wonderful performance.
Fania Davis former Executive Director and Founder of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth received the NACRJ Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also one of the founders of NACRJ.
A tragic personal story is shared with an actor from Playback Theater West which then improvised a healing dramatization. Powerful!
A scene from the healing dramatization.
Closing performance by Circles and Ciphers restorative hip hop group from Chicago.
The National Association of Community and Restorative Justice promotes effective forms of justice that are safe, just, equitable, sustainable, reparative and socially constructive, addressing not only crime, but conflict, incivility, injustice and all forms of harm. NACRJ hosts the biennial National Conference of Community and Restorative Justice, and provides supports for members.
"Shaping Justice for the 21st Century"
Vision
We envision a safe and equitable world where restorative interactions transform individuals, relationships, communities and systems through the prevention, repair and deep healing of harm.
Mission
We advance community and restorative justice as a social movement by serving people and organizations committed to building community and addressing harm. NACRJ provides guidance and support to establish high quality practices with fidelity to restorative principles.
The Chicago community of North Lawndale is in the process of living the NACRJ motto - "Shaping Justice for the 21 Century". In forming the nations first Restorative Justice Community Count it is cutting new ground in two ways - a new type of specialty court and integrating community justice and restorative justice practices. The following video tells their story.
Our page for NACRJ online programs and events. Read more...
The 8th NACRJ Conference in Chicago is now set for July 8-10, 2022. Please print this Save the Date flyer to inform others.
The 7th NACRJ Conference in Denver (June 14-16, 2019) set a new record with over 1600 in attendance! Recordings of all major sessions from this year's conference are now be ready for all to hear on our Conference 2019 Recordings page. A YouTube recording the Motus Theater performance has recent been added. This is a great way to extend the highlights of the conference to others.
Please note that we have also listed all of our 2019 award recipients under each respective award category.
Members have access to large collections of documents on victimization, restorative justice, community justice and many other topics (see the Public Resources page for samples).
NACRJ wants to annually support new initiatives driven by members. Read more...
Featuring some of the best restorative justice videos available online. Read more...
