
ED311, SaulPaul Productions, & Life Anew Restorative Justice present
Be the Change:
A Restorative Practices Community-Building Conference
A 3-day conference on how to build a restorative practices ecosystem in your community. An integrated training for educators, school administrators, faith leaders, community organizers, service providers, and law enforcement officers
July 15, 16, & 17, 2019

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Build it!
Come find out how to create the connections and partnerships you need to create a restorative ecosystem in your community.

Conference Takeaways
You will learn how to:
- Play your part
- Who to partner with
- How to develop those partnerships
Be the Change
July 15-17, 2019
Huston-Tillotson University
Austin, TX
$375/per registrant

Award-winning Presenters
SaulPaul, 2017 Austinite of the Year and “Musician with a Message” in collaboration with Sherwynn Patton of Life Anew Restorative Justice, and Troy Gay, Chief of Staff of the Austin Police Department
“Why should I attend Be the Change?”
Educators
Have you ever wanted to implement Restorative Practices in your school in a way that included families and community involvement? Do you want to focus on improving your school culture and climate?
Educators will learn how to integrate their current or future Restorative Practices programs with community stakeholders and increase parent participation by including them in the implementation process. We will provide strategies and tools for implementing RP in your schools. Many educators want to know how to find the time to implement restorative practices in the classroom and we will answer that question! We’ll also give you specific tools to build relationships and provide techniques & materials for you to teach classroom content while using relationship building processes. We want you to leave better equipped to improve classroom management.
Law Enforcement
Learn how to build trust, strong relationships, and transparency, and heal past harms that have arisen between police and their communities. You will take away tools to co-produce a continuum of restorative practices with other stakeholders in your cities ecosystem in order to create stronger and safer communities. You will learn how to develop restorative diversionary processes, for youth and adults. Additionally we’ll discuss how to create opportunities for those who have caused harm in the community and to repair the harm allowing them to grow and become productive citizens through the utilization of Restorative Practices.
Faith Communities
You will learn how to work alongside the communities that you serve to build trust and develop supportive relational practices. Faith leaders can expect to learn how to be a part of the Restorative Practices’ implementation plan on school campuses, how to facilitate the healing process when harm has happened between community and law enforcement, co-produce Restorative Practices programs and circles within the city, how to address race & equity, and how to advocate for Restorative Practices. You will leave with tools to be actively involved in implementing Restorative Practices with other stakeholders in your community.
Governmental Agencies, Community Leaders, & all stakeholders:
You will learn what restorative justice is, how to work together to advocate for restorative practices throughout your city and how to co-produce restorative systems within governmental agencies, law enforcement, schools and the community at large. In addition, all participants will learn how to address cultural understanding, race, and equity by using the Restorative Practices to breakdown barriers of assumptions.
Be the Change Programming
Sunday, July 14th: Optional Programming
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Music + Chasing Smoke Movie Screening + Message and a Meal @ Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Monday, July 15th
8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15am A Word from the Mayor’s Office and Dr. Collette Burnette, Huston-Tillotson University President & CEO
9:15a.m – 9:30am Morning Activity with SaulPaul
9:30 am – 10:15 am Sherwynn Patton, Program Director for Life Anew Restorative Justice: Why the Restorative Ecosystem Approach
10:15 am – 10:30 am Transition with Break and Beverages
10:30 am – 11:45 am Breakout Session A
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Lunch on your own
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Breakout Session B
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Transition with Break and Snacks
2:45 pm – 3:10 pm Afternoon Activity with SaulPaul
3:10 pm – 4:15 pm Daphanie Latchison, Principal of Brazos High School: The Restorative Ecosystem in Schools & Community Building Workshop
Tuesday, July 16th
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am Morning Activity with SaulPaul
9:30 am – 10:15 am Alan Graham, Founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes: Restorative Practices Addressing Homeless Children & Families, and Community Building Workshop
10:15 am – 10:30 am Transition with Break and Beverages
10:30 am – 11:45 am Breakout Session A
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Lunch on your own
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Breakout Session B
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Transition with Break and Snacks
2:45 pm – 3:10 pm Afternoon Activity with SaulPaul
3:10 pm – 4:15 pm Troy Gay, Austin Police Department Chief of Staff: Restorative Justice in Law Enforcement
Wednesday, July 17th
8:30 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am Morning Activity with SaulPaul
9:30 am – 10:15 am Ashley Goudeau, KVUE News Anchor: Restorative Practices in Media: How to Tell the Community’s Story in a Way That Builds
10:15 am – 10:30 am Transition with Break and Beverages
10:30 am – 11:45 am Breakout Session A
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Lunch on your own
1:15 am – 1:40 pm Afternoon Activity with SaulPaul
1:40 pm – 3:40pm General Session, Community Building Workshop, & Closing by Sherwynn Patton
4:00pm – 5:30pm Tour of Community First! Village (optional) – Transportation/ride-share sign-up sheet at registration. Location: 9301 Hog Eye Rd, Austin, TX 78724
INTEGRATED
Be the Change is for educators, school administrators, faith leaders, community organizers, service providers, and law enforcement officers
EMPOWERING
Tools for administrators, teachers, students, and families to build safer learning communities
EVIDENCE-BASED
Equipping the national body of law enforcement to be a part of building the Restorative Ecosystem nationwide through Life Anew’s evidence-based training
CONCRETE
Activities for community-building and planning ecosystem implementation