Are you ready to garner fresh insights from the seasoned restorative practitioner?? Angelica Matias joins host, Allison Klee to share the transformative power of restorative justice in her teaching journey. The episode takes us through Angelica's restorative justice origin story, highlighting not just its reactive benefits, but also its proactive role in building community.

They also discuss the ins and outs of implementing restorative justice in the classroom, which goes beyond just holding circles to fostering understanding among students.  The two emphasize the healing potential of these practices and strategies on how to navigate resistance and onboard people into this transformative practice

If you're looking for an enlightening conversation that decodes the profound impact of restorative justice, this is the pod for you.

Producer EmJ's takeaways:

1. Greeting students by name and learning how to pronounce their names correctly can be restorative practices. 
2. There is an interesting and intriguing shift when you think about asking a smaller group of people to opt into learning about restorative justice rather than having a whole class/cabin learn about it. 
3. Angelica leaves no room for excuses on why "this doesn't work for my kids"!

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