Success Story: The Hive--Creating Healing and Restorative Practices

Abstract

This is the first story in a new series of success stories focused on restorative justice work. The work featured in these stories seeks to acknowledge the impact of harmful practices and creates opportunities to heal that harm between those who enacted it and those impacted by it to transform the community. This report discusses The Hive, which is a Black-led, intergenerational and multi-racial community that believes in a world where all young people feel like they belong and have the resources they need to become independent, healthy and thriving adults. Its model challenges conventional pathways through the juvenile justice and child welfare systems by engaging legacy work, where helping emerging adults build their skills and healing practices enables them to be drivers of generational transformation. The Hive believe that tangible investments in the diverse needs of young people can reverse the intergenerational trauma caused by systemic racism and solve our community's most pressing issues.