What we do
More Ways to Move Through Conflict and Harm.
Community justice is the capacity of people, organizations, and communities to work through conflict and harm together — with dignity, responsibility, voice, and meaningful choices about what happens next.
CJC helps grow that capacity through practical learning, mediation, restorative processes, community relationships, and supported pathways.
A simple frame
The Work Changes With the Moment.
Community safety is not one program or one response. Different moments call for different kinds of capacity, support, and practice.
Prevention
Before conflict grows
Build practical skills, relationships, belonging, and places where people can work through conflict earlier.
Intervention
When something is happening
Create a constructive place to turn for preparation, mediation, restorative conversation, or another next step.
Restoration
After harm
Support voice, responsibility, repair, and connection — including return to community where that is part of the work.
Learning runs through all three moments — because community justice is also something people can practice before they ever need a formal process.
Paths through the work
Different Situations Call for Different Paths.
You do not need to know the right program first. These pages explain the differences so you can understand what may fit — or decide that another response makes more sense.
Disputes · interests · options
Mediation
A voluntary process for people exploring a dispute, what matters to them, and possible next steps or agreements.
Explore mediationHarm · accountability · repair
Restorative processes
Carefully prepared processes that can make room for voice, responsibility, questions, repair, and a meaningful next step after harm.
Explore restorative processesSkills · relationships · youth voice
Schools & youth
Work with school communities before conflict grows, while something is happening, and after harm — with young people, families, educators, and partners.
Explore schools & youthRights · information · choice
Victim voice & options
Plain-language information and restorative options for people harmed by crime, including the choice to ask questions, pause, participate, or decline.
Explore victim voice & optionsBelonging · accountability · connection
Returning to community
Relational and restorative support around returning home — strengthening trusted relationships, responsibility, community connection, and follow-through.
Explore returning to communityNot sure where you fit?
Start With What Is Happening.
You do not need to diagnose the situation or choose a process before you begin. Start with what is happening, what you need, or what you hope could be different.
Connect
Stay connected with CJC.
Follow CJC’s work, share what you’re seeing, or get occasional updates about trainings and community events.