RFP Opens December 1, 2024

General Guidelines and Instructions 

1. The format for breakout sessions is flexible but all sessions are 90 minutes in length (including a Q&A).
2. All breakout session applications must be submitted using the google form application available December 1.
3. Deadline for submission is Friday February 7, 2025.
4. Conference breakout sessions cannot be used to market or sell products or services.
5. Presenters will have access to the standard audio/visual equipment provided by the venue, which includes projectors, screens and lectern microphones. Lectern computers will have internet access. Any additional audio/visual needs must be approved by the DRC to ensure that the conference venue can provide your requests.  
6. Registration is covered for presenters. Lodging and travel expenses are not covered.

We encourage innovative, non-traditional, and creative approaches to building engaging sessions! Interactivity, participant engagement, and time for discussion and questions is highly encouraged. Breakout sessions should be designed to fit a 90 minute time slot. Each session may include up to three presenters, plus one moderator (optional). 

In your proposal, please include how your work is centering reclaiming a culture of healing based on the mission/vision above and highlighting personal and/or community impacts, challenges, learning curves, successes, and new initiatives creating systemic change, awareness, and education about restorative justice.

Breakout sessions should only be 90 minutes long and can be formatted in a variety of ways including, but not limited to:

• Presentation
• Workshop
• Working/input session
• Training
• Panel presentation/discussion
• Simulation

Breakout Session Categories

Below is a broad list of categories for potential presentations. These categories are shared as a starting point and are not exhaustive. Additional relevant sessions outside of these categories are welcome and encouraged.

Restorative Justice Practitioner Skills Building - Examples:

• Practices and approaches used by RJ organizations and RJ practitioners
• Holding community circles
• Re-entry circles with formerly incarcerated individuals and their families
• Holding restorative circles on Zoom
• Circles for IPV/DV cases
• How to implement RJ practices in the workplace

Systems Change (Advocacy, Activism, Legislation, Policy, & Criminal Reform, etc...) - Examples:

• Deflection and diversion programs
• Legislative bills, local administrative orders, policies
• Advocacy campaigns

Youth & Schools - Examples:

• Youth led programming & initiatives
• Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline
• RJ in the classroom

FULL RFP details coming soon.

Google form application available December 1.