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Hacks for Community Involvement in RJ & TJ Processes

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Restorative and transformative justice processes are holistic in their approach to conflict and escalated or harmful situations. This means they aim to address all affected parties—those directly involved, and all others who are more laterally impacted. For harm reduction service providers this can sometimes be the entire community of participants.

  • Designate calm point people—these may also be your Community Ambassadors.
  • Make space for community members to share the impact of the event or situation.
  • Create—and invite community members to join—a hearing or accountability board.
  • Have community debriefs, particularly when an escalated event directly impacts others because they witnessed or experienced the event.

Featured Hacks

These featured hacks highlight creative, practical solutions from harm reduction leaders on the ground. From DIY tools to clever workarounds, each one reflects the ingenuity, care, and real-world experience that keeps this movement alive. 

Hacks for Reaching Affirmation & Accord

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One of the main goals of active listening with an agitated person is reaching affirmation and accord. You are looking to try and find ways to agree with the person who is agitated. Even if you don’t entirely agree with the person, try to find at least a small way in which they may be right, or in which you can be on the same page, or team, with them.
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Principles of Harm Reduction

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These principles were developed over a period of about four years in the 1990s amid much debate among early harm reductionists, who came to consensus on these enduring principles of harm reduction.
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