Justice Rooted in Healing
Harm to Healing Collaborative transforms harm and conflict into opportunities for accountability, healing, and lasting change — restoring relationships, rebuilding communities, and reimagining justice.
Formerly Transformative Justice Institute
OUR APPROACH
What we do
We facilitate Restorative Justice dialogues, circles and structured programs for individuals and groups who have been harmed or are in conflict.
We facilitate restorative justice dialogues and structured programs for individuals and groups who have been harmed and those who have caused harm. We also offer these services to prevent harm before it occurs and reduce future harm. In community and in-custody settings, we bring people together through guided processes led by trained professionals and those with lived experience. We also offer trainings to teach individuals and organizations how to facilitate restorative justice dialogues, circles, and structured programs and build the skills needed to run them effectively. Additionally, we provide services to resolve workplace and housing conflicts and build positive culture.
We believe harm is best addressed not through punishment and isolation, but through processes that foster accountability, honesty, and repair. We create space for people harmed to be heard and for those responsible to be accountable and make amends. Through proven practices, we support meaningful repair, healing, dignity, and reintegration for everyone involved.
OUR Mission
Our mission is to transform the way communities respond to harm by focusing on accountability, repair, and healing.
OUR Vision
We aspire to create a world where justice is measured by healing rather than punishment and communities have the courage and resources to address harm without creating more harm.
OUR APPROACH
Our Two Focus Areas
Community Justice Services
We bring restorative approaches to real-world community conflicts and harm through facilitated dialogues and circles. We address harm ranging from neighborhood tension to life-altering situations.
Justice-System Programs
We run structured programs that work alongside justice-system partners to support victim-centered, accountability-driven alternatives that strengthen repair, safety, dignity, and reintegration, including work rooted at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQRC).
OUR APPROACH
How we deliver our work
Dialogues and Circles
Facilitated conversations that help people address conflicts and harm, understand impact, and create concrete plans for accountability and repair. This work has a dynamic process and open-ended time frame.
Programs
Learning and support designed to build restorative capacity and strengthen reintegration for in-custody, reentry, workplaces, housing, and community settings. This work has a structured process and timeline.
Training
We train individuals and organizations on the skills that equip teams and leaders with practical tools for communication, de-escalation, facilitation, and effective conflict resolution. We teach them to effectively run restorative dialogues and programs in house.
“Every time a Harm to Healing circle happens, something remarkable occurs: people choose honesty over avoidance, responsibility over blame, and healing over disconnection. That kind of work requires time, care and a community willing to stand behind it.”
Our Approach
Our Philosophy
We believe that human beings are capable of far more than the harm they cause or endure. At the heart of our work is a deep trust in human kindness, dignity, and potential. Restorative justice begins with the understanding that people are capable of accountability, empathy, and meaningful change when they are met with honesty, care, and community support. Restorative practices invite people to reconnect with their humanity and with one another.
By addressing harm at its roots through truth-telling, accountability, and repair, our work can produce outcomes that punishment often does not: meaningful amends, restored dignity, stronger relationships, and safer pathways forward.
Why Our Approach Works
- Restorative approaches work when they are structured, well-faciliitated, and used where they fit. Our work is designed to support outcomes that matter to communities and public-safety partners.
- Accountability and repair that don’t default to escalation or exclusion
- Better outcomes for people who have survived or endured harm.
- Safer conflict response in high-stakes settings, including in custody and during reentry transitions
- Stronger reintegration and family/community stability as people return home
What We Don't Do
- We don’t excuse harm or help people avoid accountablity. Restorative justice is not “no consequences” – it’s a structured process that requires honesty, responsibility, and follow-through.
- We don’t pressure anyone to participate, forgive, or reconcile. People who have been harmed always have voice and choice, and reconciliation is never guaranteed or required.
- We don’t replace legal counsel, clinical treatment, or emergency safety responses. We work alongside existing systems and supports, and we pause or refer out when a restorative process isn’t a fit.
Harm to Healing Collaborative
Work With Us
We would love to hear how we can support you to make a change.
Turning harm and conflict into opportunities for accountability, healing, and lasting change — restoring relationships, rebuilding communities, and reimagining justice.
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Contact Us
2173 Francisco Blvd.
Suite B
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone:
415 908-6786
Email:
info@harmtoheal.org
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