Periagoge
Scenario

When co-facilitators have different approaches to power dynamics in restorative processes

My colleague and I are supposed to co-facilitate a restorative justice process for a workplace conflict but we fundamentally disagree about whether the person with institutional power should participate on equal terms with the person they harmed.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Practitioners are confronting how power imbalances affect their ability to create genuinely restorative rather than performative processes.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Restorative justice — theory and practice?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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