Restorative Works

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...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes professor, author, and restorative justice facilitator, Dr. Lindsey Pointer to the Restorative Works! Podcast.   Lindsey's work and passion for education through play shines through all that she does. She explains how experiential methods to teaching restorative methods gives way to art and expression in powerful ways that help connect people of all ages to this...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Kenyatta Stephens, Chief Executive Officer of Black Family Development, Inc. (BFDI) to the Restorative Works! Podcast. BFDI is a comprehensive, restorative, non-profit family counseling agency created in 1978 by the Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers. BDFI is committed to equity and supporting families throughout the lifespan thr...

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 often untold stories and fractured histories are put on display as whole and true experiences and reflecti...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Irene Gotera, language justice advocate and a social entrepreneur who is passionate about language, justice, and equality, to the Restorative Works! Podcast.   Born in Venezuela, Irene is a refugee in the U.S. She is a former attorney with a Master's Degree in Civil Procedural Law. Upon relocating to the U.S., she pursued her linguist training and national certi...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Dr. Eric Toshalis, author, educator, and consultant to the Restorative Works! Podcast. Dr. Toshalis is impassioned about creating stronger more inclusive schooling environments by working with educators to challenge a punitive, reductive education system that pushes students out of classrooms, causing more ripples of harm and disruption. He explains how joy, str...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Deron Bell to the Restorative Works! podcast. Deron is an educator, licensed restorative practitioner, and the creator of My Music Ed, a social emotional learning app. Deron also received the State of Ohio Department of Youth Services Community Service Award in 2016 for his work inside juvenile detention facilities.   Deron tells the story of how he came to the...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Claudine Miles, who has extensive experience in education and created Restore More in 2017. Restore More offers professional development, student curriculums, and parent support services to help school leaders focus on what really matters the most. These wrap-around services are rooted in building capacity through restorative practices, anti-racist training, tea...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Kathleen McGoey, a trainer and facilitator of restorative justice practices and conflict transformation, to the Restorative Works! podcast. Kathleen is the former executive director of Longmont Community Justice Partnership and the owner of Kathleen McGoey and Associates, Inc. (KMA). Her team provides training in restorative workplace culture and facilitates res...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes restorative practitioner, trainer, and researcher, Arti Mohan, to the Restorative Works! podcast. Arti is the Restorative Justice and Practices Program Manager at Counsel to Secure Justice in New Delhi, India. She is also involved in restorative justice research, working on a forthcoming chapter "Mapping Restorative Justice in India" for the International Encycl...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Kiyaana Cox Jones, M.S., an  educator, advocate, and Restorative Practitioner. Kiyaana has served in Higher Education as an Assistant Director of Multicultural Life and in K-12 education as Coordinator of Equity and Inclusion. She now serves as an Instructor and Implementation Coach for the IIRP, and as part-time faculty teaching Culture and Identity at the new...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Henry McClendon, Jr., the Director of Community Engagement for the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) and Pastor at the Berean Chapel of Detroit. Henry was previously the Southeast Michigan Area Director for Prison Fellowship Ministries, Director of Youth Development for New Detroit, Inc., and Program Officer for the Skillman Foundation. He...

Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Borbala Fellegi, Ph. D. to the Restorative Works podcast. Dr. Fellegi is a criminologist, researcher, mediator, conference and peacemaking facilitator, writer, and assistant professor for the IIRP. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Four C Research Group and a consultant for the United Nations.   Dr. Fellegi's career started as a probation officer...

Host Claire de Mézerville López speaks with RJ Maccani and Stephan Thomas from Common Justice. Topic points include alternatives to incarceration and victim services that face violent crimes in the United States.   RJ Maccani brings over fifteen years of experience in transformative justice responses to violence and trauma-informed leadership development to his current work as the Director of Trai...

Claire de Mézerville López and Trio! Harris discuss restorative practices and gender-based violence prevention.   Trio! has over a decade of experience in the intersections of restorative, educational, and transformative justice. They currently work with Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in West Oakland, California as a Restorative Justice Facilitator and Human Trafficking Prevention Lead. Wh...

Claire de Mézerville López and Abdul Malik Muhammad, Ph. 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 with Restorative Practices .   For nearly three decades, Abdul-Malik Muhamma...