Stoneleigh Youth Partner Grantees Collective Climb and the Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project are featured for their work as community programs practicing restorative justice.
Late last year, restorative justice organization Let’s Circle Up gathered community members in West Philadelphia for a two-day workshop to explore alternative approaches to punitive models of criminal justice.
The event comes as lawmakers, prosecutors and advocates across Pennsylvania debate whether restorative justice practices should play a larger role in the state’s legal system — and whether healing, accountability and repair can coexist with public safety.