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Honoring the Legacy of Leaders

February 29, 2024/by Christine Evans

In our work, the team at Shared Roots Mediation strives to honor and recognize the communities that originally built, nurtured, and modeled the healing-centered models of justice that we use in our practice today. We are following in the footsteps of generations of activists, organizers, and visionaries from Indigenous, Black, and other historically marginalized communities […]

How is mediation different from restorative justice/transformative justice processes?

August 14, 2023/by Christine Evans

Mediation refers to a specific dispute resolution practice, which may also be used as part of a restorative justice or transformation justice process if deemed appropriate by those involved. You may be most familiar with the facilitative mediation process, in which the mediator – a neutral third party – assists the parties in the dispute […]

Summer Reading List
How We Show Up by Mia BirdsongHow We Show Up reimagines connection and community in a time of deep isolation. Birdsong challenges the idea that family and support must follow traditional structures, and instead offers a beautifully grounded blueprint for how we can build belonging through mutual care, vulnerability, and intentional relationships. It’s affirming, hopeful, […]
Self-Care for the Summer
Summer often arrives with full calendars, longer days, and the hum of activity. Amidst the sunshine and movement, it can be easy to forget to slow down and care for ourselves with the same tenderness we offer others. At Shared Roots Collective, we believe self-care doesn’t have to be extravagant or time-consuming, it can be […]
Race Matters: Black Women Face Unique Barriers to Healing from Sexual Violence
Sexual violence in the United States remains at epidemic levels, affecting people across race, ethnicity, class, and gender identities. Research clearly demonstrates that Black women face heightened risk of both sexual victimization and its devastating mental and physical health consequences compared to White women. This increased vulnerability stems from systemic factors – poverty, childhood trauma, […]
Introducing Shared Roots Collective
As we move into 2025, we’re excited to share a preview of the next chapter for Shared Roots.
Community Transformation After Sexual Harm: Churches and Religious Institutions
Throughout the two decades of my legal work representing survivors of violent crime, I was often told that sexual harm is an individual problem, solely a conflict between the person who was hurt and the person who harmed them. Yet what I saw on a daily basis is that sexual harm goes beyond this binary, […]