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2025 Down South Restorative Justice Conference
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Friday, Oct. 24
Arrival, check-in & opening circle, introductions, and proficient knowledge-sharing. Arrival between 9:45 - 10:15am is most ideal to check in. Program will begin at 10:30am.
Saturday, Oct. 25
Workshop Presentations | Interactive RJ group activities.
🔴”Justice Walk” - Invitation to showcase symbolic attire representing YOUR story, culture, or journey.
🔴”Reclaim the Narrative” - Invitation to showcase slogans, fabrics, or colors that tell a Justice-centered story.
🔴”Fashion Futures” - Invitation to showcase Futuristic styles imagining a world where justice, equity, and sustainability reign.
Sunday, Oct. 26
Power Building & Collective Action | Community Cookout
Arrival, check-in & opening circle, introductions, and proficient knowledge-sharing. Arrival between 9:45 - 10:15am is most ideal to check in. Program will begin at 10:30am.
- 10;30am - 12:00pm | Opening Welcome & Activities
- 12:00pm - 12;55pm | Lunch
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Storytelling for Organizing and Policy Advocacy Training
- 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Travel to Intensive Workshops
- 2:30pm - 5:30pm | Intensive Workshops
- Policy Advocacy in Action - @ the Capitol
- Restorative Practice: From Foundation to Facilitation & Program Building
- Whole School Restorative Systems
- Move and Be Moved: Freedom Dreaming to Direct Action in Dance, Song, Story
- 6:00pm | Dinner on your own (Tallahassee fav's restaurant recommendations will be provided)
- 8:00pm | Optional Caucusing by topic or region at Florida People's Advocacy Center
Saturday, Oct. 25
Workshop Presentations | Interactive RJ group activities.
- 9:30am - 9:50am | Goodmorning Plenary
- 9:50am - 10:15am | Interactive Activity - Capoeira presentation and group movement
- 10:20am -11:30pm | Plenary Circle: What's Alive For You? Facilitated by NACRJ ED, Joel Friesz & FRJA ED, J Thompson
- 11:40 - 12:55pm | Block A
- Session 1: 28 Pitfalls Of A Man
- Session 2: Building Holistic Pathways for Reentry and Community Justice (IPF & CTP)
- Session 3: Youth-Centered Community-Building Community Connections: The City of Tallahassee’s Restorative Justice Program for Teens
- 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Re-Fire Catered Lunch & Connect
- 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Block B
- Session 1: Women in Restorative Justice
- Session 2: Connection Circles & Healing-Centered Engagement: Fashioning Belonging, Dignity, and Possibility
- Session 3: From Isolation to Liberation: Healing Justice Circles, the End of Solitary, and SCPTSD: Naming the Trauma of Solitary Confinement
- 3:30pm - 4:45pm | Block C
- Session 1: Root Legal Representing Victims Wishing to Drop Charges
- Session 2: A Case Study of Restorative Justice’s Co-optation of The Non-Traditional Approach
- Session 3: Exploring Restorative Justice through the Visual Arts
- 4:55pm | Threads of Transformation: A Restorative Justice Storytelling Fashion Showcase
🔴”Justice Walk” - Invitation to showcase symbolic attire representing YOUR story, culture, or journey.
🔴”Reclaim the Narrative” - Invitation to showcase slogans, fabrics, or colors that tell a Justice-centered story.
🔴”Fashion Futures” - Invitation to showcase Futuristic styles imagining a world where justice, equity, and sustainability reign.
- 6:30pm | Dinner on your own (Tallahassee fav's restaurant recommendations will be provided)
- 8:30pm | Optional Caucusing at Florida People's Advocacy Center Or Tallahassee Night Life Fun
Sunday, Oct. 26
Power Building & Collective Action | Community Cookout
- 10:30am - 11:15am | Opening Circle, Connection, Movement, Voice
- 11:15am - 12:30pm | Restorative Systems Advancing in Tallahassee and across the Region
- 12:30pm - 2:30pm | Community Fish Fry Cookout
- 2:30pm | Closing Circle
*Please offer grace if this schedule is altered or edited in any way.