The Circle of Restorative Initiatives for Maryland, Inc.
A statewide network which promotes restorative principles, practices, and initiatives throughout Maryland
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What is Restorative Justice?
Indigenous communities around the world have a long history of living in alignment with certain values — accountability, connectedness, openness — and embodying those values in particular practices.
Those practices are for the building of community in the first place, for fostering balance and harmony within a community, and also for repairing harm when wrongdoing disrupts it. Justice is about more than what you do after something has gone wrong; it involves building a robust community that is capable of prevention as well as restoring what has been harmed. Present-day challenges in building healthy communities call for a revival of those values and those practices, and efforts to adapt them to various dimensions of our present society are called Restorative Justice.
Our Leadership Circle brings years of experience to promote and support the use of restorative principles in a wide variety of contexts, situations, and organizations. We’re relationship-oriented, with an emphasis on bringing people together through our events and networks.
It takes a team.
The mission of CRI is to be the central resource for Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices in Maryland through our partnerships, digital presence, programs and conferences.
We make resources available through our webinars and conferences. Find upcoming events here.
We improve access through regular communication with our network. Join our mailing list here.
We build up Maryland’s RJ resources through advocacy. To support our advocacy efforts, donate here.
