Past Forums
Past Forums
The Northwest Justice Forum began in 2004 with a by-invitation only event to gather people committed to restorative justice in order to encourage and support each other in efforts to implement restorative justice practices in the Pacific Northwest. Denny Maloney, the Director of Deschutes County Juvenile Court at the time, contacted Eric Gilman at Clark County Juvenile Court with an interest in starting a restorative justice focused conference, and the seed was planted. Planning members from Deschutes County, Clark County, and Clackamas County Juvenile Courts, along with Resolutions Northwest and interested community partners came together to start what is now an annual tradition, open to all with an interest in this philosophy and practice.
2025 - TRANSFORMATIONS
Featuring:
Dr. Bre Haizlip, PhD, LPC, & CEO of Evolution Engineered, Inc.
Cellblocks to Mountaintops & Unlikely Friendships – Lydia B. Smith, Cameron Hayes, Rabbi Avrohom Perlstein
Collective Justice – Matt Kama’aina
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2024 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS
Featuring:
Open Space Event
Dr. Bre Haizlip, PhD, LPC, & CEO of Evolution Engineered, Inc.
Rusty Butler, RJ Practitioner & Siletz Tribal Member
Chinook Winds Convention Center
Lincoln City, OR
2023 - EXPRESSIONS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Featuring:
Open Space Event
Canada Taylor Parker, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Multnomah County Health Department
Gilbert Salazar & Sarah Kay Peters, Freelance Educator/Consultant/Coach, World Citizen Productions
Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus
Portland, OR
2022 - HONORING THE PAST AND CREATING A FUTURE TOGETHER
Featuring:
Open Space Event
Alexis Mburu, Ayanle Ismail, Lian Caspi, Dominique Davis, Marcus Stubblefield, Maryem Weini, DeShaun Nabors, Polly Davis
Dispute Resolution of King County, Bridging Cultural Gaps, Community Passageways, King County Criminal Justice Strategy & Policy Section, and King County Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Office
South Puget Sound Community College
Lacey, WA
2019 - INVITING EVERY VOICE
Featuring:
Zed Xaba and Kathy Bernatt, Process Work Institute
Stephen Fowler, community educator
Sheila Kembel, Puget Sound Educational District
Pamela Bond, educator
Multnomah University
Portland, OR
2018 - COLLABORATING FOR A RESILIENT COMMUNITY
Featuring:
Mandy Davis, Trauma Informed Oregon
Judah Oudshoorn, Professor in Community & Criminal Justice, Conestoga College
Noah Schultz, Social Innovator, Public Speaker, Youth Advocate
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
2017 - RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN EDUCATION: EMPOWERING STUDENTS, TRANSFORMING DISCIPLINE, BUILDING COMMUNITY
Erin Jones, Trainer
Dr. Katherine Evans, Assistant Professor of Education, Eastern Mennonite University
Lewis and Clark University
Portland, OR
2016 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: VIEWS FROM THE BENCH BRINGING A RESTORATIVE SPIRIT INTO THE COURT SYSTEM IN A PRACTICAL WAY Featuring: Mark A. Ingram, Magistrate Judge in the 5th Judicial District, Idaho Catherine Bargen & Aaron Lyons, Just Outcomes Coeur d’Alene Casino Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Featuring:
Mark A. Ingram, Magistrate Judge in the 5th Judicial District, Idaho
Catherine Bargen & Aaron Lyons, Just Outcomes
Coeur d’Alene Casino
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
2015 - HONORING THE PLACE & VOICE OF VICTIMS/SURVIVORS: THE ROLE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Featuring:
Greg Taylor, Community Connection Consulting
View Resources:
Meg Garvin, National Crime Victim Law Institute
View HD Video “Re-integrating Victims’ Voices into Justice”
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
View HD Video – Special Video and Discussion “Honor Totem”
2014 - BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: SCHOOLS, JUVENILE JUSTICE & COMMUNITY
Featuring:
Judge Steven C. Teske, Chief Judge from Clayton County Juvenile Court, Georgia
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington
2013 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY THEN, NOW...THE FUTURE
Howard Zehr, Eastern Mennonite University
View HD Video “A Vision for Restorative Justice”
Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, Mennonite Central Committee
View HD Video “Restorative Justice: Then and Now”
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
View HD Video “A Tribute for Dennis Maloney”
2012 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?
Featuring:
Sujatha Baliga, National Council on Crime & Delinquency
View PowerPoint “Restorative Justice and DMC”
View PowerPoint “Restorative Justice 101”
Colette S. Peters, Oregon Department of Corrections
View PowerPoint “Vision for Oregon’s Criminal Justice System”
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
2011 - ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: RESTORATIVE APPROACHES PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, & RE-INTEGRATION
Featuring:
Stephanie Muller & Ramiro Mejia from Delancey Street Foundation
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
2009 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Featuring:
Susan Sharpe, author and private consultant
Mike Niemeyer, ADR – Oregon Department of Justice
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon
2008 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: FROM BASICS TO CUTTING EDGE
Clark College
Vancouver, Washington
2007 - THE NUTS & BOLTS OF IMPLEMENTING RJ INITIATIVES
Mt. Bachelor Village Resort
Bend, Oregon
2006 - STRONGER BRIDGES/DEEPER ROOTS: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO FURTHERING THE GROWTH OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Clark College
Vancouver, Washington
2005 - FROM PROGRAM TO PARADIGM
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA
2004 - INAUGURAL FORUM (INVITATION ONLY)
Bend, Oregon
