A community conference is a voluntary one-time circle process that includes everyone involved in and affected by an incident, crime, or conflict, and their respective support networks.
A trained, invested facilitator brings everyone together to provide a space and structure for people in conflict to have a dialogue with each other. Being invested simply means that while the facilitator doesn’t take a side in matters, they have everyone’s well-being in mind during the conferencing process. Each person has a voice, and everyone collectively decides how to make things right and prevent a conflict from happening again.
Participants have a chance to heal and learn from the incident, and everyone decides how to be accountable to one another. Here’s how community conferencing works in these types of conflicts:
Participants have a chance to heal and learn from the incident, and everyone decides how to be accountable to one another. Here’s how community conferencing works in these types of conflicts:
Juvenile Court DiversionOur current, often overburdened criminal justice system does not always provide the opportunity for young people to learn how their actions affect others. Community Conferencing provides a space for youth involved in an incident to be accountable for their actions, gives everyone involved a voice, and includes everyone in deciding how to resolve the incident.
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Community ConferencingStarting and sustaining a community conferencing program that delivers high quality services requires good up-front planning and strategic implementation.
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