Read the latest updates from our November 2023 newsletter. Building restorative school communities in Seattle Public Schools, check out our new site, we’re hiring a part-time Development Manager!, and Giving Tuesday!

In early November we joined the Seattle Public Schools’ Restorative Justice (RJ) team, Huayruro, and additional community practitioners to hold circles for 100 principals! You can read more and check out the pix on our Instagram post. We also held professional development trainings and circles for staff at John Muir Elementary, Madrona Elementary, Lowell Elementary and Licton Springs K-8, supported teachers with community building circles in their classrooms and conversations about Native American Heritage month and the history of Palestinian life and resistance, and much more. 

Boosting this beautiful conversation we recently had with @rvcorg @creativejusticenw, and @restorative_community_pathways about the Restorative Justice movement here in Seattle and the special ways our organizations are helping to create alternatives to harmful systems of punishment and incarceration, and building lasting change and healing with our communities.

The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Solidarity School and Washington Building Leaders of Change (WA-BLOC) Freedom Schools are redefining the learning experience offered by academic institutions. Organized by a collaboration of passionate educators, grassroots organizations, and community effort, these two programs extend the educational journey beyond the standardized curriculum, drawing inspiration from the historic Freedom Schools of the Civil Rights Movement.