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Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm

Restorative Response Baltimore

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What is community conferencing? For a full description of our programs, visit our website at www.communityconferencing.org.

Restorative Response is a conflict resolution and community-building organization that provides ways for people to collectively and effectively prevent and resolve conflicts and crime. Lauren Abramson explains: http://poptech.org/popcasts/lauren_abramson_better_justice

Community Conferencing Center works with communities, institutions, and schools to build restorative justice practices in their environments.

03/13/2024

Has there been a fight? Is there a conflict that needs resolving? Restorative Response Baltimore's services are free for Baltimore City School students, families, caregivers, and staff.

03/06/2024

The latest news from Restorative Response Baltimore - https://mailchi.mp/restorativeresponse/march-news-from-rrb

11/28/2023

Every Donation Counts: Can We Count On You? - https://mailchi.mp/c96d2ad95da2/every-donation-counts-can-we-count-on-you

Address

1500 Union Avenue, Ste 2700
Baltimore, MD
21211

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.restorativeresponse.org/

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Our Story

Restorative Response Baltimore works with communities, institutions and schools to create environments lending to restorative justice, while also working to provide alternatives to the punitive models of the criminal justice system and school discipline.

We imagine a world where strong relationships, authentic communication, and the desire to understand one another thrive. We trust that solutions reside within our individual communities, and we believe that every voice must be heard.

Our Beginnings

In 1995, Dr. Lauren Abramson introduced community conferencing in Baltimore. After learning about the process at a conference of the Silvan S. Tomkins Institute in Philadelphia in 1994 — from Australian David Moore — Lauren attended the first facilitator training workshops conducted in the United States by Transformative Justice Australia.

Lauren became keenly interested in bringing community conferencing to Baltimore because of the power conferencing has to not only bring about important systemic reforms (e.g. in criminal justice and education), but also to co-power individuals, families and communities to resolve their own conflicts and crimes.

Up to this point, Lauren had been coordinating community conferencing efforts on her volunteered time, which greatly limited the amount of effort dedicated to this work. In 1998, Lauren received an Open Society Institute Community Fellowship, allowing her to focus her work on developing and expanding Community Conferencing efforts in Baltimore and throughout Maryland.

As the use of conferencing grew in Baltimore, Lauren drew from research and theory, extracting and defining basic principles for both the conferencing process and for the implementation of the program, which has given rise to a model that allows for the effective use of Community Conferencing in a variety of sectors and with a variety of populations.

The Community Conferencing Center was born in the year 2000, and we remain unique in that we are the the only broad-scale conferencing program in a large American city, with highly dedicated and trained staff on hand full-time (as well as a collective of volunteers) to carry on with the initial vision and mission begun by Dr. Abramson over 20 years ago.

Where We Are Now (And Where We’re Headed)

Restorative Response Baltimore, newly branded in March of 2018, now serves as a training and technical assistance hub for the state of Maryland. Working with over a dozen jurisdictions, we have helped establish community conferencing programs throughout the state.

We regularly receive inquiries about our work from other states and from other countries, and we have worked nationally and internationally to assist others in establishing similar restorative justice programs.

Over 97% of community conferences result in an agreement developed by the participants, with compliance in over 87% of those agreements. Additionally, 99% of participants surveyed last year reported satisfaction with the process.

We strive to assist communities in working together to resolve conflicts by building connections and communicating with one another in ways previously thought impossible. Refer a conflict, inquire about training and learn more about us by visiting our website.