Below you can find recordings of the four webinars in this series.
1. Expanding Restorative with Terry O’Connell and Linda Kligman
In the kickoff to this series, Ted Wachtel shared some key features from his Expanding Restorative paper, IIRP President Linda Kligman discussed ideas on applying restorative practices to the workplace featured in her new book Heart Strong Work, and Terry O’Connell reflected on his long journey in the field of restorative practices as the field has expanded over the decades.
2. Restorative Communities with Kerra Bolton, Ben Fisk and Inger Brit Lowater
During this second installment, we welcomed author Kerra Bolton to share key ideas from her book Restorative Communities and researchers Ben Fisk and Inger Brit Lowater shared what restorative practices looks like across Gloucestershire County, UK as professionals in various sectors begin to collaborate and gain synergy.
3. True Representation with Ieva Cesnulaityte, Philip Lindsay and Linn Davis
Ted has expanded the restorative practices continuum to include various large group decision making processes. This installment features experts in the are of Citizens’ Assemblies: Ieva Cesnulaityte is an innovator in democratic practices who co-developed the Deliberative Democracy Toolbox and currently serves as Senior Advisor at DemocracyNext. Phillip Lindsay leads the Democracy Innovation Hub at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. Linn Davis is a program manager at Healthy Democracy, a U.S.-based nonpartisan non-profit where he has co-designed and -managed numerous lottery-selected deliberative events, from city-level lottery assemblies to statewide Citizens’ Initiative Reviews.
4. Beyond the Schoolhouse with Kan Danford and Ellen Morbyrne
In the concluding episode of this series, guests shared a radical education model that liberates students from compulsory education. BANR Communication Director Josh Wachtel talked about the program where his is a teacher and core staff member, North Star Self-Directed Learning for Teens. He was joined by colleagues Ellen Morbyrne, Core Staff Member, alum and parent of current North Star members, as well as director and cofounder, Ken Danford, who has also cofounded the Liberated Learners network of related programs. North Star utilizes a proactive restorative approach, and, as Ted argues, is fundamentally restorative by its non-compulsory nature.
