NW Justice Forum 2024
Restorative Justice for Community Wellness
The NW Justice Forum fosters the gathering of individuals committed to, or interested in learning about, the principles and values of Restorative Justice. This year, the Forum is highlighting healing justice methods and their connection with overall wellness: social wellness, relational wellness, and individual wellness.
Three key areas of focus for the conference are:
To see each day's breakout sessions, click here.
Three key areas of focus for the conference are:
- Wellness for the practitioner
- Wellness for the community
- Wellness for the world
To see each day's breakout sessions, click here.
NW Justice Forum 2024 - Program
NW Justice Forum 2024 - Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday, May 21st at 1:00pm
Open Space Event
Join us at the coast for an afternoon of Open Space Technology, where the agenda is created and managed by all who attend. This experience guarantees the conversations we have will be the ones we need the most!
Open Space meetings happen in circles. With a few simple logistical guidelines, participants are empowered to name and join the conversations they most want to have. This structure elevates topics that are urgent to the participants, promotes equality of voice and co-ownership of the experience. It has been used successfully to provide ah-ha’s, breakthroughs, community-building and fresh thinking for groups of a few people and a few thousand people. If you’ve ever been to a conference or training where the most valuable conversations happened at the coffee breaks, Open Space is designed to make those conversations the main event.
Please consider whether you can join us for this half-day Open Space kickoff to our Forum – form stronger interpersonal connections, spark new ideas, and grow your sense of belonging in this RJ community, leading into the two days of more traditional programming.
Open Space meetings happen in circles. With a few simple logistical guidelines, participants are empowered to name and join the conversations they most want to have. This structure elevates topics that are urgent to the participants, promotes equality of voice and co-ownership of the experience. It has been used successfully to provide ah-ha’s, breakthroughs, community-building and fresh thinking for groups of a few people and a few thousand people. If you’ve ever been to a conference or training where the most valuable conversations happened at the coffee breaks, Open Space is designed to make those conversations the main event.
Please consider whether you can join us for this half-day Open Space kickoff to our Forum – form stronger interpersonal connections, spark new ideas, and grow your sense of belonging in this RJ community, leading into the two days of more traditional programming.
Wednesday, May 22nd
Plenary Session - Dr. Bre Haizlip
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Join us for an inspiring keynote by Dr. Bre Haizlip, PhD, LPC. As a renowned therapist, DEI consultant, professor, and founder of the Mental Health as Generational Wealth Movement™, Dr. Bre will present “The People’s Keynote: Our Healing is Our Justice.” As CEO of Evolution Engineered, Inc., she'll draw on her vast experience to highlight this year’s theme of blending healing justice with overall wellness, including social, relational, and individual dimensions.
Dr. Bre will kick off Wednesday morning's session and then help us end strong with closing remarks on Thursday afternoon. |
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Thursday, May 23rd
Plenary Session - Rusty Butler
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Rusty shares his personal journey being a young Native American going through the juvenile justice system. His talk will include stories from that time, including requesting Native American services in a juvenile system that had never seen that sort of request. Rusty will share how he and his family were able to set precedent across the state of Oregon in the youth facilities. Through his challenges, Rusty grew and became inspired to create positive change for others. Rusty’s work continues as a prevention specialist and restorative justice practitioner working in the community with youth around drugs and alcohol, juvenile crime prevention, and a restorative justice approach using cultural teachings.
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