About the Session: Science offers us some astoundingly powerful evidence that our heart has its own intelligence, and is a powerful living organism that can shift our ability to regulate, and thus connect. When we work with complex harm and conflict cases, one of the largest obstacles to going deeper into needs and repair is individual dysregulation. At the cutting edge of facilitation practices is the incorporation of simple practices for self and others that can and do support cultivating the optimal potential for trust, truth, and potential increases that restorative transformation might even occur.
About the Presenter: Molly Rowan Leach is the founder of Restorative Justice on The Rise (RJOTR), a global restorative justice advocacy, education, and inspiration platform in its 12th year. Her experience within the field includes survivorship of parental long-term incarceration, directing a non-profit restorative justice program in Colorado (working alongside/with courts, community and schools), extensive research and writing on restorative justice (including widely circulated blog essays and an appearance in Oxford University's Current Debates in Peace and Conflict Studies), and mentorships with a diverse array of dialogue and RJ elders. She has also been a presenter/lecturer for universities, organizations, and is a passionate educator. She has collaborated with the Peace Alliance as their RJ Fellow, Worked closely for many years with the NACRJ as their media liaison at conferences, and partnered with CNN and Van Jones' REFORM Alliance on a major dialogue series (The Redemption Project). Molly has interviewed amazing voices from all over the globe on the RJOTR podcast.