The Restorative H.U.B. (Healing, Understanding, Belonging) is an intentional space for building community, navigating conflict, and restoring relationships. In order to actualize a beloved community, this requires meaningful community partnerships and youth collaboration. The Restorative H.U.B. helps break down barriers to support student and family needs in and out of school. This school year, the Restorative H.U.B. is located at the Douglass Campus (940 Fernwood Park, 3rd Floor).

Restorative practices at the H.U.B. include:

• Mediation for Students, Adults, Families & Community 
• Restorative Training for Students, Adults & Community 
• Student Re-engagement: Suspension, RTS Bus Suspension, Incarceration
• Teacher Wellness Activities
• RCSD Proactive Outreach for Restorative Work
• Meeting & Facilitation for Community Partners
• Collaborative Space for RocRestorative & Community Partners

Our community partners include: Center For Youth, Center For Community Alternatives, IBERO, Pathways To Peace, Partners In Restorative Initiatives, Rise Up Rochester, SNUG 585, and Tribe 7

The RocRestorative Team is made up of Social Workers, counselors, dedicated coaches, and community partners trained in restorative practice and ready to support our schools and serve all students in the Rochester City School District.

Our Restorative Practices are built from the bottom up, by our school communities, through dialogue, assessing needs and resources through a strength-based lens, and applying these principles to each unique situation.  Our team, through ongoing coaching and support, partners with schools to recognize and enhance existing and additional resources, provide training, and design and evaluate professional learning opportunities.

We envision schools where peace, equity, social justice, and academic excellence are achieved through a collaborative effort of all school-community members to engage in restorative practices to build relationships, respond to and repair harm and wrongdoing, as well as to learn from one another.

For more information, please contact us today at RocRestorative@rcsdk12.org.