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YOUTH

TRANSFORMING

JUSTICE

Ending the school-to-prison pipeline through peer-driven, restorative, and trauma-informed solutions

$8 to $22 

Billion

of taxpayer money is spent on incarcerating youth

40%

Increase

of adults (who were confined in detention centers as youth) arrested for all felony charges 

74%

DROP

in suspensions from school after implementation of restorative justice practices in student discipline

24%

Decrease

in chronic absenteeism after implementing restorative justice practices in schools.

OUR MISSION

We believe the best way to end the school-to-prison pipeline is to transform traditional, punitive school discipline and juvenile justice systems into restorative, trauma-informed, and peer-driven solutions where youth can reflect and learn from mistakes, repair damage and relationships harmed, and move forward successfully.  

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Working in collaboration with youth, schools,  community organizations, and county probation departments, we envision safer communities where youth stay in school, schools cultivate a greater sense of personal connection, safety, and accountability, and youth exercise authentic agency in their lives and neighborhoods.

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Change a Young Person's Future

Make sure every young person who makes a bad decision has the opportunity to repair
damage and learn from their mistakes.

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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Volunteer. Advocate. Donate. 

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” - 
Buckminster Fuller

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ADDRESS

734 A Street, Suite 3, San Rafael, CA 94901

CONTACTS

PHONE

EMAIL

Don Carney​

Executive Director

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Antonio Zavala

Bilingual Director of Programs

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William Orrego

Bilingual Restorative Justice Coordinator

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Jessica Chi Sanchez

Bilingual Restorative Justice Coordinator

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Melissa Oviedo

Bilingual Restorative Justice Coordinator

415-686-1356

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415-299-2418

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415-398-9858

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415-748-4535

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415-497-9016

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