Welcome to the RJC at UNCW!

This partnership between the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Office of Community Engagement seeks to aid in resolving the pain caused by crime and other harmful experiences. In addition to personal conflicts, we can address the generational traumas of racial injustices, and other forms of injustices. The RJC at UNCW offers training and case facilitation to help people move towards repair, reconciliation, and transformation whenever possible. Healing begins by acknowledging the harm, taking active responsibility for the harm, and meeting the (often complex) needs for people to feel whole again. It can occur in community, through deep dialogue in a safe setting, and the RJC aims to provide a platform for positive change and equity through restorative initiatives and training opportunities.

• General Information

  What is Restorative Justice?
  

  Restorative Justice is a set of practices that help to produce healing in situations where harms have occurred. With ancient roots in indigenous customs, African cultures, and revitalized in the modern world with trauma-informed practice and resiliency cultivation techniques, restorative practices help to promote equality, healing, and reconciliation in daily life and in situations with complex trauma. Furthermore, restorative justice practices explicitly promote racial justice, particularly as it relates to historical harms of institutional racisms.  

  Restorative Justice in the Region

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  Restorative Justice in North Carolina

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• Resources
  
  

  Training Opportunities

  Case Facilitation

  Student Interns

  Faculty Fellows

• Frequently Asked Questions

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• Community Partners

  This work is not possible without community partners who generously provide locations for our students to work and learn. Furthermore, and in these times of racial strife, building the Restorative Justice Collaborative at UNCW would enhance the University’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.  

News and Events 

Third Annual Social Justice Symposium February 25, 2021, 7 - 9 p.m. Click here for more information.

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