RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DURHAM MISSION
Restorative Justice Durham (RJ Durham) seeks a just and restorative response to harm that defies this gap, engaging all affected in community-sourced practices of accountability and repair.
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We desire to see Durham become a restorative city, a community where we own and address the reality of harm within our schools, neighborhoods, organizations, and everyday relationships. Restorative justice processes point us toward those more human and holistic ways of relating to one another, and ultimately, toward transformative communities that embrace their responsibility for the prevention, repair, and healing of harm.
who is RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE Durham?
Restorative Justice Durham (RJ Durham) began in 2017 as a collaborative,
volunteer-led effort to foster the transformative practice of restorative justice within our Durham community and the criminal legal system.
RJ Durham is an initiative of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham (RCND), whose three decades of walking alongside homicide survivors and formerly incarcerated neighbors bears witness to harmful limitations of that legal system.
​Today our work rests in the diverse experience of our trained volunteer facilitators—people of many faiths and no particular faith—whose shared values guide everything we do.
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what values drive RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE Durham?
Everything we do takes root in the essential values participants bring to our Circles,
assuring that each Circle is shaped by the collective assets of all involved.
Alongside these communal resources, RJ Durham also espouses four core values
to serve as an anchor and foundation for our restorative work: respect, integrity, responsibility, and honesty.