Supporting Right Relationship, Healing,
and ACcountability in Higher Education
What I Do:
I help colleges, universities, and communities build restorative cultures that last. From introductory workshops, to multi-day facilitator trainings, to standing up full campus RJ programs, I work with institutions at any step in the process of building a restorative campus. Restorative justice is a way of moving toward right relationship, and a path toward more just institutions and communities. I've helped stand up campus programs that are still thriving years later, and I would love to help your campus do the same!
Trusted by: Haverford College · Yale University · Bryn Mawr College · Community College of Philadelphia · Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (in partnership with MCCP)
"Pablo's passion for the work is contagious and their deep experience gives everyone the confidence they need to take on this important and difficult work."
— Jill Stauffer, Professor of PJHR (Peace, Justice, and Human Rights), Director of Restorative Practices, Co-Director of Kim Institute for Ethical Inquiry and Leadership, Haverford College
WORK WITH Me
Build the skills and confidence to approach conflict and community the Restorative Way
Training
Get individualized support in developing or strengthening a Restorative Justice or Restorative Practices program
Consulting
Receive direct facilitation support
Facilitation
What Are “Restorative Practices”?
Restorative Practices (RP) are, at their core, an approach to being in right relationship with others. This state of right relationship is pursued through the promotion of accountability, healing, and strong relationships. Using a combination of facilitated dialogue, values development and personal skill-building, RP provides a scaffolding which supports a healthy community, before, during, and after a harm has occurred.
Restorative Justice (RJ) is a particular subsection of RP which focuses on repairing and moving forward after someone in a community has done harm. RJ has been described as a modern practice with ancient roots.[1] The fundamental forms and philosophies that undergird this work draw from many traditions and fonts of wisdom including Indigenous traditions and technologies (from Tlingit, Māori, Dakota, Diné, and other Peoples), Mennonite restorative theology, and the Black freedom tradition.
Whether your campus is just discovering these practices or sustaining an established program, explore the trainings, consulting, and facilitation pages, or just reach out!
[1] Kay Pranis – Circle Keeper’s Handbook
About my Approach:
With these and other practices and lifeways in mind, I try to hold an honest question in my work - whether a set of practices, a program, or a policy supports the sovereignty and self-determination of the communities who originate them, or whether it borrows their language while leaving structures untouched. As Dr. Edward Valandra says, “Because settler colonialism (a structure that harms) and RJ (a framework that addresses harms) intersect in settler states, I challenge RJ theorists and practitioners alike to address this intersection with another fundamental principle: the mandate to undo harm caused by wrongdoing.” This is, for me, an ongoing process of repair, learning, and most importantly relationship. It is an invitation to seek out opportunities for meaningful social and structural change, and interpersonal healing.
