Training and Program Development Resources
Alaska-based RJ facilitator training
RuralCAP’s Alaska Circle Keeper Training
“The goal of this training is to provide a three-day interactive and informational
presentation on Circle Peacemaking. The training will familiarize participants with
the role of Circle Keeper – the facilitation of Talking Circles with the purpose of
creating an environment and the opportunity to discuss important and sometimes difficult
things in a good way. Participants will learn and share the intentions, philosophies,
and styles of different approaches to using a Circle for restorative practices in
two tracks: tribal courts and tribal youth programs.”
Circle Alaska Consulting: Circle keeper training with Curt Shuey.
circlealaska@gmail.com; (907) 252-5660
Toolkits and guides for setting up an RJ program
Alaska Tribal Justice Resource Center Circle Peacemaking Resources
Codes, handbooks, and other resources from existing Alaska RJ programs (Organized
Village of Kake Circle Peacemaking and the Kenaitze Indian Tribe Circles).
Restorative Justice Diversion Toolkit
“The toolkit provides our first phase of technical assistance and prepares sites to
begin receiving a suite of trainings and support from us. Once trained, sites are
ready to launch their own diversion programs. This toolkit was primarily created for
community-based organizations interested in starting a restorative justice diversion
program for youth in their county.”
Using Restorative Approaches to Address Intimate Partner Violence: A New York City
Blueprint
“This report, published by the New York City Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based
Violence, outlines pathways for developing restorative and community-based approaches
to intimate partner violence.”
European Forum for Restorative Justice Manuals and Guidelines
A variety of manuals for implementing restorative justice programs, some for specific
types of crimes such as cases involving child victims, road traffic offenses, etc.
Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence
“This Toolkit is meant for anyone interested in using a community-based approach to
address, reduce, end or prevent violence (what we call an intervention). Unlike most
violence-related resources, it does not assume that those intervening in violence
must be trained professionals. It sees any and all of us involved in or affected by
violence in our personal lives as potential actors in the solutions to violence.”
Community Accountability for Survivors of Sexual Violence Toolkit
“In this toolkit we provide: An overview of the Community Accountability for Survivors
of Sexual Violence reading group, including background information and lessons learned.”
Leuven Institute of Criminology - Doing restorative justice in cases of sexual violence:
A practice guide
“The two principal authors of this guide are RJ practitioners in Western European
countries, who have undertaken RJ in cases of SV between adolescents and adults, where
there is an ongoing familial relationship or where the parties are strangers to each
other, in cases within or outside of the criminal justice system, and in cases where
the offender has been incarcerated. Restorative models such as mediation, conferencing
and family group meetings have all been used.”
Interrupting Intimate Partner Violence: A Guide for Community Responses without Police
“The purpose of this guide is to present organizers, IPV providers, advocates, policymakers,
community members, and families with practical, safe considerations and tools to create
a community first response for IPV that is not based in the punitive U.S. carceral
system.”
Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators
“Fumbling Toward Repair is a workbook by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan that includes
reflection questions, skill assessments, facilitation tips, helpful definitions, activities,
and hard-learned lessons intended to support people who have taken on the coordination
and facilitation of formal community accountability processes to address interpersonal
harm & violence.”