Restorative Justice, Healing Justice

Erika Huggins speaks at Bioneers Summit, 2014.

Recorded at the 2014 Bioneers Summit in San Rafael, California, this conversation brings together J. Miakoda Taylor, Fania Davis, founder and executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, and Ericka Huggins, professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Laney and Merritt Colleges.

Together, they explore a transformative approach to justice—one that prioritizes healing over punishment and cares more about repairing broken lives than enforcing broken laws. They discuss how restorative justice can challenge the “New Jim Crow” of mass incarceration, disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline, and offer a path toward more just and healing-centered communities.