Restorative Justice Collaborative of Houston
Promoting community building, healing, and transformation through restorative practices
Restorative Justice 360:
A Year of Application
Fall Conference Postponed
Restorative Justice 360: A Year of Application (Postponed)
Saturday, September 30, 2017
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Blackshear Elementary
(2900 Holman St, Houston)
Want to start the school year thinking about how to implement Restorative Practices in your classroom or on your campus? Want to connect with restorative practitioners from around the city? This is the place for you!
The conference will include a morning of traditional sessions (8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.) and an afternoon unconference (12:00 - 3:30 p.m.) following the edcamp model.
Best of all the conference is FREE!
2017 Spring Keynote: Robert Spicer
Robert Spicer is the CEO of Restorative Strategies, LLC based in Chicago, IL. Restorative Strategies, LLC provides training and technical support to a variety of stakeholders throughout the country with a focus on eradicating the school to prison pipeline. Through the practices of Restorative Justice with an emphasis on teaching Social/Emotional Learning, Restorative Strategies, LLC focus is to build capacity around these practices and move away from criminalizing our most precious resource—our youth. Learn more here.
The 2017 spring conference of the Restorative Justice Collaborative of Houston was held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at YES Prep North Central. The theme for this year's spring conference is Restorative Justice 360: A Year of Implementation. Following up on last year's theme of "Strengthening Our Communities," this year's conference will focus explicitly on restorative justice within the context of K-12 education.
We held one-hour sessions in three strands: RJ 101, Experienced, and our youth-focused Future strand. See the full presentation descriptions here!
