Colleagues, Collaborators, & Co-conspirators

Here are a few of my nearest-and-dearest in this work, with links to get in touch with them.

Amore Alvarenga

Amore (They/Them/Theirs) creates invitations for people to embody their remedios. Amore facilitates accountability dialogues and curates healing spaces centered on ancestral practices, nervous system engagement, and healthy relationship skills. They are a Healing Justice Practitioner and Curandere based on Ohlone lands. Contact them at lamorealvarenga@gmail.com 

Conly Basham

Conly (they/she) is a Neuroqueer multidisciplinary performing and healing practitioner centering collective liberation. They have been a space holder in community for over 30 years working with infants to centenarians. In RJ and circle tending Conly weaves somatic, expressive arts, spirituality, ancestral-ecological lineage, Neurodivergent paradigm, decolonizing and liberatory frameworks. Find them online at @conlysings.

David Belden

Dave is an activist, restorative justice practitioner, and scholar. He has joined struggles for feminism, global justice, and workplace democracy; authored novels of politicized science fiction; driven change as an organizer in the Network of Spiritual Progressives and as editor of Tikkun Magazine; and invested himself in an RJ movement striving to heal the root causes of violence and harm. You can contact him here.

Parker Chamberlin, a social worker and restorative justice and victim-offender dialogue facilitator.

Parker Chamberlin

Parker is an abolitionist therapist and restorative justice facilitator living in the Central Valley of CA, the land of the Yokuts. He is a formerly incarcerated person and works primarily with individuals and families who have been impacted by the criminal legal system. You can reach Parker here.

Alison Espinosa-Setchko, an associate social worker, restorative justice facilitator, and survivor support specialist.

Alison Espinosa-Setchko

Alison’s bio coming soon!

Simone Harris, whose work bridges ancestral healing and modern emotional recovery. She draws from the Earth-centered healing traditions of her Yoruba ancestors of Benin and Nigeria.

Simone Harris

Simone’s work bridges ancestral healing and modern emotional recovery. She draws from the Earth-centered healing traditions of her Yoruba ancestors of Benin and Nigeria — a lineage of storytellers, dreamers, and community healers who guided people towards individual & collective care as they move through life transitions. She can be reached here. 

Kristine Hill, a restorative justice facilitator, circle keeper, circle weaver, and a story crafter.

Kristine Hill

Kristine’s bio coming soon!

Ana Maria Hurtado, a bilingual (Spanish & English) therapist and restorative justice facilitator from Colombia.

Ana Maria Hurtado

Ana is a bilingual (Spanish & English) therapist and restorative justice facilitator from Colombia. She supports individual harm cases and guides restorative justice processes within the framework of Colombia’s peace agreement. You can reach her here.

Anushah Jiwani

Anushah is a facilitator, consultant, and writer based in Albuquerque, NM. Her current work advances restorative justice for survivors of sexual violence. She offers workshops and support for groups that want to transform the way they respond to harm. You can reach her here.

Kony Kim, a restorative justice facilitator, lawyer, and therapist in training based in the Bay Area.

Kony Kim

Kony’s bio coming soon!

Kenton Kirby

Kenton’s bio coming soon!

Jaime Leyva, the Circles of Support & Accountability program director at Community Justice Center in Fresno, CA, as well as a Substance Use Disorder counselor and mediator, and Victim Offender Dialogue facilitator.

Jaime Leyva

Jaime is the Circles of Support & Accountability program director at Community Justice Center in Fresno, CA, as well as a Substance Use Disorder counselor and mediator, and Victim Offender Dialogue facilitator. He has also mentored at-risk youth, and has facilitated a range of groups on topics like cognitive behavioral therapy /intervention, anger & denial management, and substance abuse.

Martina Lutz-Schneider, a Community Justice Center program manager and longtime RJ practitioner and Victim Offender Dialogue facilitator.

Martina Lutz-Schneider

Martina is a Community Justice Center program manager and longtime RJ practitioner and Victim Offender Dialogue facilitator. CJC collaborates with California prison rehabilitation groups to provide healing pathways for survivors of interpersonal violence through surrogate dialogue processes. 

Jonathan McRay, a farmer, facilitator, and writer living in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He is a cofounder of Silver Run Forest Farm, a riparian nursery and folk school.

Jonathan McRay

Jonathan is a farmer, facilitator, and writer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He is a cofounder of Silver Run Forest Farm, an agroforestry nursery propagating beautiful and useful tree crops and plant allies that cross-pollinate food sovereignty and ecological restoration. He also teaches on cultural ecology, radical social movements, antiracism, and agroecology, and supports grassroots groups through conflict transformation and participatory decision-making.

Kristen Parker, an online RJ facilitator, therapeutic coach, and consultant in the areas of research, evaluation, and mental health in RJ.

Kristen Parker

Kristen is an online RJ facilitator, therapeutic coach, and consultant in the areas of research, evaluation, and mental health in RJ. She has extensive experience with intimate partner and sexual harm. You can reach her here.

Nicole Pittman

Nicole is an RJ practitioner and survivor of child sexual abuse who moves with a deep belief in truth, repair, and the humanity of everyone touched by harm. She specializes in CSA cases, accompanying survivors, family members, and those who caused harm through careful, trauma-informed processes. Nicole also serves as E.D. of Just Beginnings Collaborative. Her advocacy centers those who’ve caused harm, guided by the conviction that what is not transformed gets transferred.

Erika Sasson

Erika is an attorney and RJ practitioner focused on creating opportunities for difficult conversations, while reimagining how we relate to each other in the aftermath of harm. Her work is focused on areas of complex harm, such as intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and homicide. She also consults on long-term projects with organizations in New York City and around the country that want to create RJ programming, or that need to navigate complex dynamics in the workplace. Learn more here.

daniel jacob self

daniel is a Somatic Therapist, Coach, and Restorative Justice Facilitator based in Manhattan working online with clients worldwide. He works with individuals, families, groups, and romantic relationships on accountability and more skillful communication through deepening our embodied connection with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. You can reach him here.

Maegan Willan, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in the Bay Area who also facilitates restorative justice processes.

Maegan Willan

Maegan is a licensed marriage and family therapist and restorative justice facilitator working in the East Bay. She is specialized in utilizing EMDR and Internal Family Systems and providing support to queer and trans people, to activists and people in movement spaces, and to people navigating sexual trauma. You can reach out to her through her Psychology Today profile.

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