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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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