PROGRAMS & IMPACT

The Restorative Approach

Circle Sessions

The Movement

Recovery In Motion

Outreach 101 (Introduction to the communities we serve)

Institution To Identity

Pain To Power

Projects

Restorative Justice Movement (RJM) offers healing-centered, community-based programs that address harm, foster accountability, and support transformation. Our work includes restorative dialogue and circle processes, intergenerational engagement, and culturally rooted healing practices. We support individuals in recovery, our unhoused community, and those navigating mental health or life transitions through wellness-focused, creative, and community-building activities. Our outreach provides essential resources, harm reduction tools, and education directly to communities in need. We also offer training, peer support, and educational opportunities to help participants and professionals reclaim purpose and build sustainable futures. Through it all, RJM remains committed to justice, connection, and collective healing.

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REPAIR
The Restorative Approach ( Circle Sessions )

RJM creates spaces for individuals and communities to process trauma and conflict in ways that honor emotional truth and foster genuine healing. Through restorative circles, community dialogues, and accountability processes, those affected by harm are heard, validated, and supported. Survivors regain voice and agency; those who have caused harm are invited to make amends and grow.

REBUILD
-the wisdoms of our elders is the culture of our youth-

RJM programs are culturally responsive initiatives designed to introduce, restorative practices, generational and cultural value. RJM developmental programming engages youth—from elementary through high school—and community elders in a journey of learning, understanding and healing

Over 350 members have participated in program between 2023- 2025

RESTORE
-Institution to Identity-

An living experience designed for community members navigating societal systems, managing transitioning mindsets , through life’s many stages. Through guided education and reflection, participants explore how personal beliefs and institutional conditioning shape internal narratives. The introduction to the Self-Value System — a transformative reality that initiates healing, accountability, and self-awareness. The lessons benefit individuals as it rebuilds community beyond imposed labels.

Over 200 members have participated in this program between 2023- 2025

Outreach 101-We are OUR Community -

RJM’s weekly outreach divides St. Louis into four quadrants, allowing us to meet each community’s unique needs with care and intention. Led by staff and volunteers with lived experience, the program centers relationship-building as a pathway to healing harm and restoring dignity.The program honors community w

Over the last 15 years we have serviced over 50,000 community members

Renew
-Restore to Renew -

This initiative supports holistic practices for professional and personal well-being. Organizations and individuals will explore strategies for restorative mental health maintenance, self-awareness, and alignment within position as well as purpose, we will highlight symptoms of trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and professional "drifting" .

Through an examination of harm, relational trauma, nonverbal behavior, triggers, and responses, the program offers tools to foster emotional accountability and strengthen interpersonal dynamics. Relational-awarenesses are core practices for being in spaces with oneself and others.

Community Partners & Programs
Project Pack

RJM + UMSL Addiction Science Partnership

Restorative Justice Movement (RJM) and UMSL’s Addiction Science Department partner to combat the opioid crisis through a community-led harm reduction initiative. Together, they assemble overdose response kits—including Narcan, bag valve masks, fentanyl test strips, and educational materials—packaged by local community members. This hands-on effort not only saves lives but also empowers individuals with lived experience to play a vital role in public health and healing

RJM has compiled over 36,000 Fentanyl test strips and 52,5,00 resource kits to be distributed throughout the state of Missouri as a result of partnering with UMSL Science Addiction dept with the Project Pak initiative.