Downeast Restorative Justice believes in our interdependence and in the power of social healing.
Furthermore, DRJ believes that through support and connection, community members can collectively meet one another’s needs, repair harm, take accountability, and move toward understanding and healing.
Relationships, respect, responsibility and repair, empathy and inclusiveness are some of the key components in Restorative work.
We engage in community building conversations through our work of coaching, training and facilitation of circles –from difficult conflicts and harm to support and community building circles.
When addressing harm and conflict the work is to repair harmed relationships and help make things as right as possible through equitable, non-punitive, non-adversarial, community-based justice.
“The underlying premise of restorative practices is that people are happier, more cooperative, more productive and more likely to make positive changes when those in positions of authority do things WITH them rather than TO them or FOR them.”
– The Restorative Practice Handbook, Costello and Wachtel
We are indebted to, and acknowledge the Indigenous roots of circle keeping which, here in Maine, remains a continuous live practice amongst the Wabanaki Confederacy, please visit: 
Wabanaki REACH