Restorative Works

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Erin Kenway and Katherin Hervey to the Restorative Works! Podcast. Erin and Kathrine discuss their award-winning documentary film The Prison Within , which follows the powerful stories of survivors of violent crime and incarcerated individuals as they participate in an innovative restorative justice program to heal the roots of their untreated traumas. Erin and...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Kerrie Sellen to the Restorative Works! Podcast, World Conference series. This series of conversations was held during the 2023 IIRP World Conference, Building Thriving Communities, A Radical Approach Through Restorative Practices, held in Detroit, MI, October 2-4, 2023. Kerrie speaks about engaging in work with youth in Australia and dealing with the frustratio...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Hedda van Lieshout, to the Restorative Works! Podcast, World Conference series. This series of conversations were held during the 2023 IIRP World Conference, Building Thriving Communities, A Radical Approach Through Restorative Practices, held in Detroit, MI, October 2-4, 2023. Hedda speaks with us about the work of Eigen Kracht Centrale and how this organizatio...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Shelley Jones-Holt, Ed. D., to the Restorative Works! Podcast, World Conference series. This series of conversations were held during the 2023 IIRP World Conference, Building Thriving Communities: A Radical Approach Through Restorative Practices, held in Detroit, MI, October 2-4, 2023. Dr. Shelley shares with us how to have courageous conversations around race a...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Michael G. DeAntonio, Ph. D., to the  Restorative Works! Podcast. Dr. DeAntonio tells the story of how Buxmont Academy , comprised of six alternative schools in eastern Pennsylvania, USA, came to be from the minds of the founders, Susan and Ted Wachtel. He explains how their ideas became the foundation of how we use restorative methods with children in alternati...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Amy Dallas, J.D., to the  Restorative Works! Podcast. Amy's work with the Vera Institute of Justice is focused on supporting prosecution offices across the U.S. in making policy changes that divert community members from the justice system. These policy changes are accomplished through partnerships with offices in various jurisdictions. Policy changes can range...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Raphael D. Florestal-Kevelier, Ph. D., M.P.H., to the  Restorative Works! podcast public health series. In this series of episodes, we discuss the U.S. Surgeon General's recent report, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation , with experts in the public health field. We continue the conversation with Dr. Florestal-Kevelier and dig deeper into methods for succes...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Raphael D. Florestal-Kevelier, PhD, MPH, to the  Restorative Works! Podcast, public health series. In this series of episodes, we discuss the US Surgeon General's recent report, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation with experts in the public health field. Dr. Florestal-Kevelier discusses the significance of creating physical spaces where college students can...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Gina Baral Abrams , Dr. P.H ., Ed. M., LSW, to the Restorative Works! Podcast public health series. Today we are discussing insights on Dr. Abrams' recently published white paper , A Restorative Practices Strategy to Advance Community Health .   Using a restorative framework provides community health professionals a human-centered view from which they can begin...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Dr. Sandro Galea to the Restorative Works! Podcast, public health series. In this series of episodes, we discuss the US Surgeon General's recent report, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation with experts in the public health field. The US Surgeon General's report revealed how different generations are experiencing this epidemic of loneliness and isolation in...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad to the Restorative Works! Podcast, public health series. In this series of episodes, we discuss the US Surgeon General's recent report, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation with experts in the public health field. Humans are social creatures and like all social species, have a better chance of survival when they are in community as...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Carlus "Ray" Evans to the Restorative Works! Podcast. Ray speaks with us about his experience as a Transformative Justice Circle Keeper, situating community building as paramount to making strides in fostering safety and trust in communities. He describes how a transformative circle looks and feels and provides the steps needed to sustain, internalize, and dupli...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Jim Jelinske to the  Restorative Works! Podcast.  Jim speaks with us about using restorative methods to address bullying that happens both in-person and online. Harm created by bullying has widespread effects, going well beyond the bully and the bullied. Restorative methods help us to understand the importance of the relationships we have to the people in our sc...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Sloane Johnson to theRestorative Works! Podcast. Sloane speaks with us about the challenges and victories in implementing restorative practices in schools across Bermuda and the importance of implementation beyond the classroom. Creating a supportive and nurturing network within the school system requires policies that uphold restorative principles through peer...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad to the  Restorative Works! Podcast.  Ardavan discusses the impact of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of restorative practices. He shares that the ways individuals' environment, socioeconomic circumstances, demographics in a community, and overall situation can impact their mindset and influence behavior. In this context, usi...

Glenn North, Educator, Poet, and Director Speaks with Claire de Mézerville López Published Jun 08, 2023 Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Glenn North, educator, Poet, and Director of Inclusive Learning and Creative Impact at the Kansas City Museum to the Restorative Works! Podcast.   Glenn explains how the Kansas City Museum is a space where truth and storytelling are paramount. A place where of...

Abdul Malik Muhammad, Ed. D. speaks with host Claire de Mézerville López Claire de Mézerville López and Abdul Malik Muhammad, Ed. D. discuss the revolutionary aspects of Restorative Practices. Dr. Muhammad references Affect Psychology (Tomkins, 1962; Tomkins, 1963) and the Compass of Shame (Nathanson, 1992). View this descriptive video to learn more about these principles and their integration wit...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Reverend Annette Love to the  Restorative Works! Podcast.   Rev. Love speaks to us about her experience facilitating restorative conferences in matters of domestic abuse, homicide, and assault. She emphasizes that participation in these conferences is often steeped in familial love, relational bonds, and the need for accountability and forgiveness for healing to...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes award-winning public servant leader, Ruchelle Pride, to Restorative Works! Podcast.   Ruchellespeaks to us about working with people involved in the justice system. She speaks to engaging with people in ways that subvert the traditional experience of the justice system, one that removes conflict from the stakeholders and never asks them what they truly need to f...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes political scientist, Daniel Rios Moreno, to the Restorative Works! Podcast.   Daniel speaks with us about his role in intervening and diverting youths from the criminal justice system in Bogotá, Colombia. His team uses restorative methods to increase safety in response to violent action committed by youth in detention centers and schools. Daniel's team addresses...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes entrepreneur and Presbyterian minister, Jonathan Shenk, to the Restorative Works! Podcast.   Jonathan speaks to us about how he incorporates restorative practices in his business in order to build stronger relationships with his team. He focuses on proactively addressing conflict amidst language and cultural barriers by utilizing different restorative methods an...

Claire de Mézerville López and co-host, Kaleigh Mrowka, Ph. D., welcomes Patience Whitworth, Ph. D, to the Restorative Works! Podcast as part of our higher education series.   Patience describes how her students have taken on the basics of engaging with each other restoratively and made it their own through listening circles, participatory leadership, and creative problem solving. She discusses ta...

Claire de Mézerville López and co-host, Kaleigh Mrowka, Ph. D., welcomes Katryna Sardis, to the Restorative Works! Podcast as part of our higher education series.   Katryna discusses the importance of creating and sustaining an environment where stakeholders, students, and staff are heard during discussions that affect them. She is helping to set the foundation for others to take methods like list...

Claire de Mézerville López and co-host Kaleigh Mrowka welcome Laura Mack to the Restorative Works! Podcast as part of our higher education series.   Laura speaks about the difference between using restorative methods in higher education spaces versus K-12 education. Navigating the transition between teenagerhood into young adulthood requires high support and high accountability. This allows studen...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Kaleigh Mrowka, Ph. D., to the Restorative Works! Podcast.   Kaleigh speaks to us about the status of higher education as we continue to move forward through the pandemic and examining the disconnect between students and faculty, faculty and administration, and students with fellow students. She challenges fellow members of higher education community to reimagin...