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Restorative and Transformative Justice

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Accountability doesn’t have to mean punishment. These resources explore alternative ways of responding to harm, conflict, and crisis—centred on healing, relationships, and community transformation, inside and outside of formal systems.

Equal Justice USA and especially their Resource Section

Creative Interventions and their Toolkit which is available in both English, Spanish, French and Maori

Just Practice Collaborative and their workbook Fumbling Toward Repair

The Transform Harm Resource Hub

Ahimsa Collective

European Forum for Restorative Justice

Abolitionists Toolbox

Vassar College has The Restorative Practice Center for Engaged Pluralism which hosts a Resource Section

Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice

Books

Whose Security Is It Anyway? A Toolkit to Address Institutional Violence in Nonprofit Organizations, Lara Brooks and Mariame Kabadesyuh

Saving Our Own Lives, Shira Hassan

Healing Resistance, Kazu Haga

Beyond Survival; Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement, edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, Mariame Kaba

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. 

Building internal community means building relationships based on your shared values as a part of a harm reduction organization.
Though largely unsupported by scientific evidence, the dangers of needle stick injury loom large in the popular imagination. As a result, the emotional response to needle stick injury can be intense even if, statistically, the risks are quite low. For this reason, if no other, it’s essential that harm reduction organizations be prepared for how they might deal with such an eventuality.