2023 Down South RJ Conference
Conference Schedule
Friday, Oct. 20
Arrival & check-in, opening circle, introductions, and community building. Arrival between 3-5pm is most ideal to check in. Dinner will be served at 5:30pm.
Saturday, Oct. 21
Workshop sessions, interactive group RJ activities.
Sunday, Oct. 22
Workshop sessions, FRJA member meeting, closing circle. Conference activities will end at 2pm.
Arrival & check-in, opening circle, introductions, and community building. Arrival between 3-5pm is most ideal to check in. Dinner will be served at 5:30pm.
- 3:00pm - until | Participant Check In
- 5:30pm -6:45pm | Dinner
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Opening Welcome
- 8:30pm | Community Building Activities - Optional
Saturday, Oct. 21
Workshop sessions, interactive group RJ activities.
- 7:30am - 8:45am | Breakfast
- 8:45am - 9:00am | Welcome
- 9:00am - 10:30am | Interactive Activity
- 10:45am -12:00pm | Block A
- 12:00pm -1:15pm | Lunch
- 1:20pm - 2:35pm | Interactive: Soul Weave, Pema Reid
- 2:45pm - 4:00pm | Block B
- 4:00pm - 4:10pm | Break
- 4:10pm - 5:25pm | Block C
- Session 1:
Making the political case for restorative and transformative practices - lessons learned from the United Kingdom by Jim Simon - Session 2:
Recognizing and Regulating ourselves as a Prerequisite for Restoring Relationships with others! by Gigi Gutierrez - Session 3:
Community Responders: How Restorative Practices Can Apply to 911 Response by Raven Cruz Loaiza, Nicole Guincho, Major Neill Franklin - Session 4:
RJ in a Local Detention Setting (Leon County) by Bradley Janowski
- Session 1:
- 5:30pm - 6:45pm | Dinner
- 6:45pm - 8:00pm | Organic Connection
- 8:00pm | Smores + Jams
Sunday, Oct. 22
Workshop sessions, FRJA member meeting, closing circle. Conference activities will end at 2pm.
- 7:30am - 8:45am | Breakfast
- 8:45am - 9:00am | Check-out
- 9:00am - 10:15am | Welcome + Interactive Warm-up | The Restorative Power of Silence, Donna Davis
- 10:15am - 11:30pm | Block D
- 11:30am - 11:45pm | Break
- 11:45am - 1:00pm | Block E
- Session 1:
Journey of Hope - From Violence to Healing by Edith Georgi & SueZann Bosler - Session 2:
The Restorative Self: Exploring the Transformative Power of Language in Cultivating Change for Self and Communities by L'Tomay Varlack-Butler - Session 3:
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Data and Restorative Justice by Abby Whipple
- Session 1:
- 1:00pm - 1:45pm | Closing Circle
*Please offer grace if this schedule is altered or edited in any way.