Healing Together: Sharing Healing Practices and Skills (Up to 5.0 CEUs are offered for social workers)

This symposium event will allow attendees to listen to community healing practitioners in panel discussions around the origins of restorative justice (RJ) in Chicago and the place and practice of restorative circles in a variety of contexts across the city of Chicago, including the Restorative Justice Community Courts, RJ in schools, RJ at DePaul, and RJ based community organizations. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in circles to learn about the circle process and the main components of circle keeping.

Featured Panel Members

Artist Haman Cross III

John Zeigler, Director, Egan Office of Urban Education and Community Partnership at DePaul

Fr. Larry Dowling, Retired Pastor and steering committee member of the first restorative justice court in Cook County

Michelle Day, Director, Nehemiah Trinity Rising

Tomas Ramirez, DePaul Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies

Sandra Sosa, Haywood Burns Institute

Parrish Brown, Director of Partnerships, Good Lookin Out LLC

Henry Cervantes, The Peace Exchange

Rito Martinez, Umuwi Ethnic Studies and Founder of Love and Liberation

Annie Buth, Northwestern Law School, Co-Director, Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice

Audrey Dunford, Lawndale Restorative Justice Court
Elizabeth Vastine, DePaul Law School and Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies

This Event is Co-Organized and Sponsored by:

DePaul University’s

Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies

Center for Black Diaspora

The Women’s Center

The Center for Community Health Equity (Rush and DePaul)

The Department of Social Work

The Monsignor John J. Egan Office of Urban Education and Community Partnerships

and The Division of Mission and Ministry

This Event is funded by the Healing Illinois Initiative of the Illinois Department of Human Services in partnership with The Field Foundation of Illinois

Up to 5.0 CEUs are offered for social workers. Make sure you sign in for CEUs at the check-in table.

Questions? Contact centerforcommunityhealthequity@gmail.com