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What We Do

Training

CJYI has provided intensive 4-day peacemaking circle trainings to more than 300 people in Chicago, throughout Illinois, and nationwide including:

• CeaseFire street intervention workers mobilized to stop shootings and prevent gang violence in Chicago neighborhoods including:

  • Auburn-Gresham
  • Bronzeville
  • Englewood
  • Humboldt Park
  • Logan Square
  • North Lawndale
  • Southwest

• Organizers around the country working to end the school-to-jail pipeline and eliminate racial disparities in the juvenile justice system as part of the Community Justice Network for Youth of the Burns Institute, including:

  • Arab American Action Network, Chicago, IL
  • Bronx Connect, Bronx, NY
  • Center for Young Women’s Development, San Francisco, CA
  • Freedom Inc, Madison, WI
  • La Plazita Institute, Albuquerque, NM
  • Power U, Miami, FL
  • POWER-PAC, Chicago, IL
  • Southwest Youth Collaborative, Chicago, IL
  • Team Build Up, Madison, WI
  • United Playaz, San Francisco, CA
  • Youth Justice Coalition, Los Angeles, CA
    

• Administrators, teachers and community partners in Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools and Catholic Schools using restorative practices to reduce arrest, suspension and expulsion including:

  • Dyett High School
  • Maria High School
  • Rudy Lozano High School
  • Newberry Academy
  • Manley High School

• Staff of youth serving organizations using restorative practices to build community and address conflict including:

  • Lawrence Hall Youth Services
  • Alternatives, Inc.
  • Pretend Town
  • North Lawndale Juvenile Justice Collaboration
  • Sankofa Safe Child Initiative
  • Beloved Family Community Services
    

• City and county staff advocating for restorative responses to youth crime and conflict from within systems, including:

  • Chicago Children and Youth Services
  • Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center
  • Chicago Police Department
  • Cook County Juvenile Intervention and Support System
  • Cook County Juvenile Court, Resource Section
  • Cook County Juvenile Probation
  • Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
    

Technical Assistance

CJYI provides support to schools and community organizations seeking to implement restorative justice practices. We also work with staff of social justice organizations to promote healing, communication, team-building, and creating safe spaces for having difficult conversations within the organization.

Advocacy

We advocate for community based restorative justice as a way to eliminate racial disparities in the juvenile justice system and restorative practices as a way to stop the school-to-jail pipeline.