Welcome to Partners in Restorative Initiatives!
Partners in Restorative Initiatives is a nonprofit community-based organization that provides advocacy, education, training and facilitation in Restorative Practices. Our goal is to build a more peaceful community.
• Restorative Practices build respect and community, resolve
conflicts, and repair harm caused by wrongdoing.
• Restorative practices promote a victim focused, collaborative
resolution of wrongdoing and address the need to heal
relationships.
Our founder, Will Bontrager, had a dream that restorative practices would be more widely known and practiced throughout the community. Will planted the seed and it has grown by leaps and bounds!
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“You will never know how important this circle has been for me. It feels like a big load has been lifted off my shoulders.”
- Local parent of juvenile offender
“I believe that a program such as this goes a long way towards teaching the offender about the ramifications of their actions...it personalizes things the way prison and court will never do.
- community conference participant
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- Training of teachers, students, social workers, criminal justice professionals and more
- Providing services for victims and offenders in conjunction with or as alternatives to the criminal justice system
- Changing school climates through restorative practices
- Special events that educate professionals and the public about restorative practices
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