Anne Marie lleva muchos años facilitando procesos de grupo para abordar daños y heridas. Como trabajadora social y coordinadora de desarrollo comunitario, utilizó los procesos de Circle para ayudar a personas con daños cerebrales traumáticos a reincorporarse a sus familias y comunidades tras largos periodos de hospitalización. Como asesora en el lugar de trabajo, Anne Marie fue la primera en intervenir cuando las organizaciones se veían sacudidas por sucesos traumáticos o violentos, ofreciendo primeros auxilios psicológicos e información sobre incidentes críticos a grupos e individuos afectados por daños. Ha dirigido muchas conferencias en comunidades y lugares de trabajo utilizando los Círculos de Apoyo y las Conferencias Restaurativas como poderosos procesos para reparar el daño, restaurar las relaciones y establecer una reparación significativa. Anne Marie cree firmemente que el uso de una conversación estructurada apoyada por un proceso transformador devuelve el poder a los grupos y comunidades para que juntos puedan arreglar las cosas, permitiendo que se produzca una verdadera curación y que las personas sigan adelante. Anne Marie tiene un máster en Resolución de Conflictos y Mediación.
Arlana Bettelyoun is the Executive Director of Oglala Lakota Children's Justice Center located in Pine Ridge South Dakota. She has a Bachelor of Science in Human Services with an emphasis in social services and counselling and an AA Degree in Tribal Law-Oglala Lakota College. Her previous work experience includes working with abused children as a Juvenile Officer with in the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court System, Case Management and Investigations, South Dakota Department of Child Protection, as well as serving 18 years as Director of Oglala Lakota Children's Justice Center. Arlana has given national presentations regarding preparing Children for Court, Children’s Code, and has been recognized for National awards for Child Advocacy in Indian Country.
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Drífa (born 1973) is the spokeswoman of Stígamót in Iceland and has held the position since March 2023. Previously she has held leading positions within the Icelandic labour confederation the past ten years. Prior to that she was politically active and in the years 2003-2006 she was director of education and promotion at the Association for Women's Shelters as well as executive director. Drífa has been active through many roles in the struggle against trafficking and sexual violence, in her jobs, as an activist and researcher. Drífa has a master’s degree in labour market studies from the university of Lund in Sweden, focusing on vulnerability of domestic workers.
Elizabeth es una trabajadora social de corazón. Siempre le ha interesado la intersección entre el trabajo social y el derecho. Estudió en la Escuela de Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Columbia, donde se licenció en Trabajo Social y Derecho. Inmediatamente se puso a trabajar en el campo de la resolución de conflictos y ha estado practicando la resolución alternativa de conflictos (ADR) desde 1997. Elizabeth es la Directora Ejecutiva de Hidden Water, una organización sin fines de lucro que fundó en 2014 y que ayuda a las familias a sanar y resolver conflictos en torno al doloroso impacto del Abuso Sexual Infantil. Elizabeth es también la principal formadora de Planning Change, cuya misión es educar y capacitar a las personas para que puedan lograr un cambio significativo en los conflictos que les rodean. Además de estas actividades, Elizabeth también trabaja como mediadora, coach y chamán, y participa regularmente en eventos y conferencias.
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Jason Craige Harris (he/him/his) is an educator, facilitator, strategist, and restorative justice practitioner who works in a variety of contexts and organizations, moving smoothly among kindergarten classrooms, community spaces, professional workshops, and governing board meetings. Jason serves as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Friends Seminary, where he is a member of both the Senior Administrative Committee and the leadership team of the School's Center for Peace, Equity, and Justice, which brings together diversity and inclusion, civic engagement, and global education. As a member of the History and Social Sciences Department, Jason teaches courses on social justice, human rights, ethics and philosophy, and religion. He is a community partner at the Perception Institute, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm. Jason’s consulting work concentrates on diversity, equity, and inclusion; conflict transformation and restorative justice; and leadership development. He is on the boards of Inwood Academy, Seeds of Peace, and Hidden Water.
Kate Lauer began practicing law in 1990 at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. She is now at the financial/technology company Stripe, where she leads the strategic regulatory work. In between these jobs, she spent almost two decades as a regulatory policy advisor on increasing the access by low income people to financial services. Kate has also spent time teaching law in Budapest (at the Central European University), as in-house counsel in London (at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and in New York (at Goldman, Sachs & Co.). and working on risk and compliance at PayPal (in the Bay Area and in Singapore). Kate is an active member of a Berkeley non-profit that works on racial justice and criminal justice reform. She also serves on the board of the International Accountability Project, a human rights organization that works with communities threatened with forced eviction due to large infrastructure projects. And she is on the advisory board of Carbon AGX, a technology start-up that is building tools to enable small and underserved farmers to participate in the current USDA efforts to promote carbon removal through healthy soil. Kate has a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College. In her free time, she plays music (cello) and enjoys life with her family (husband, three children, dog, three chickens ...).
Katherine “KK” Peabody is a Certified Conflict Mediator and Restorative Circle-Keeper who works with families, school communities and workplace teams to build meaningful connections and transform conflicts compassionately. She implements restorative practices such as conflict coaching, mediation, conflict transformation training and Restorative Circles. Conflict is never just about concrete issues we see. Restorative practices help uncover the relational, emotional and energetic elements which also exist within a conflict. KK has designed and presented in-school programs for team building, conflict resolution, dignity literacy, as well as Restorative Circle training for faculty and students within independent schools. She has worked with division heads, diversity, equity & belonging teams, school psychologists, teachers, parents, athletic teams and arts organizations. She does Conflict Resolution training for organizations including CSEE.
Katherine received a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology at Santa Clara University. She was a Trustee at Williamstown Theater Festival from 2008-2024. She is currently a Trustee for Friends Seminary in NYC.
Kay Pranis teaches and writes about the dialog process known as 'Peacemaking Circles.' Kay learned about Peacemaking Circles in her work in restorative justice in the mid-90s. From 1994 – 2003 Kay held the position of Restorative Justice Planner at the MN Dept of Corrections, the first state government position in the US related directly to the framework of restorative justice. Since that initial exposure to the use of Peacemaking Circles in the justice system, Kay has been involved in developing the use of Peacemaking Circles in schools, social services, churches, families, neighborhoods, museums, universities, municipal planning and workplaces. Kay has authored or co-authored several books about Circles: Peacemaking Circles - From Conflict to Community; The Little Book of Circle Processes – A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking; Doing Democracy with Circles – Engaging Communities in Public Planning; Heart of Hope – A Guide for Using Peacemaking Circles to Develop Emotional Literacy, Promote Healing & Build Healthy Relationships; Circle Forward – Building a Restorative School Community. In addition to her work in the US Kay has shared Peacemaking Circles with people in Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica and Canada.
Laurent ha sido guardián de círculos en Hidden Water durante muchas temporadas. Ha tenido que rendir cuentas y se responsabiliza del daño que ha causado y está deseoso de transmitir sus conocimientos a otros en los Círculos Púrpuras como Guardián de Circle . Laurent cree que los Círculos permiten a las personas que han causado daño aceptar lo que han hecho. A partir de su propia experiencia en Circle, Laurent ha visto que las personas pueden asumir su responsabilidad y hacer los cambios necesarios para evitar causar más daño a los demás, lo que les permite vivir una vida más plena y feliz con dignidad. En su vida profesional es trabajador de la construcción y fotógrafo. Como fotógrafo, le gusta capturar a la gente "en sus momentos" y se centra en la comunidad LGBTQIA+ y en los artistas nocturnos. Cuando no está trabajando, le gusta pasar tiempo con su prometida (otra Guardiana de Circle ) y sus perros (Colin, Penny y Steve - en la foto), montar en moto, jugar a videojuegos y cuidar de un acuario de agua salada.
Liliana Riva Palacio es psicopedagoga, actriz, diseñadora de iluminación para artes escénicas, productora cultural y fundadora y directora general del Proyecto ConcentrArte. Liliana es actualmente la Directora de la asociación Proyecto ConcentrArte, que ella misma fundó. En este rol, desarrolló varios proyectos de desarrollo social incluyendo: promoción de los derechos de niñas y niños a través del arte, resiliencia para niños hospitalizados, educación ambiental, desarrollo comunitario con pueblos originarios, soberanía alimentaria, entre otros. Bajo su dirección el Proyecto ConcentrArte fue galardonado con el Premio al Mérito Ecológico 2013 en la categoría de educación no formal, el premio Razón de Ser en la categoría de Creatividad Educativa por su metodología, la Ventana Infinita en 2014 y el premio al Desarrollo Comunitario 2021 por la Fundación Compartir. Recientemente, Liliana recibió su certificación como permacultora por parte del Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura, Guatemala. En 2020 fue invitada por el Sistema Nacional de Creadores a participar en la comisión evaluadora de la categoría "diseño de escenografía, iluminación, sonido y vestuario FONCA 2020/22 y en 2015 participó en una charla TEDx para compartir su trabajo con el pueblo Wixarika. Ha sido educadora por más de 30 años y capacitadora nacional de CONACULTA para el programa "Alas para Nuestros Sueños para Hospitales Infantiles".
Suejin Yang has extensive experience in digital media, advertising, and promotion strategy, Suejin brings a creative and strategic lens to our work. She has held leadership roles in media startups and large corporate media companies and has a track record of driving engagement and growth. Her expertise in building impactful campaigns and her dedication to fostering meaningful connections will be invaluable as we expand our reach. We are excited to have Suejin’s innovative spirit and insight as part of our team!
Ms. Linares has more than twenty-five years of experience in the organizational and financial management fields including strategic planning, budgeting, financial analysis and reporting, project and accounting oversight for commercial and nonprofit organizations. Currently as Civic Nation’s Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Linares is responsible for the organization’s finance, accounting, and audit oversight. She held leadership positions at the American Immigration Council and CASA de Maryland. Ms. Linares also has more than seven years of consulting experience for small and medium sized private companies in strategic and operational planning with an emphasis on financial and operational design, projections, implementation and monitoring. Ms. Linares has held finance and management positions at multiple non-profits overseas, with a focus on women's economic development. A DC native with Venezuelan roots, Ms. Linares has volunteered her time and expertise to several nonprofits to advance health services for communities afflicted by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.