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Participant Grievances: Community Restorative Action Plan

In addition to individual restorative action, it may be necessary to restore the community or, where possible, transform it in such a way that similar issues are avoided in the future.

This can look like a lot of things and really depends on the community and the issues at hand. No matter what, it’s important to think about how the community may be impacted by escalated situations and to try to make room for those impacts to be addressed, and to document any decisions regarding community restorative action.

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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.
Building internal community means building relationships based on your shared values as a part of a harm reduction organization.