Creating spaces of restoration in Public Schools, Alternative Schools, and Out of School Time (Rec Centers, Libraries, Boys & Girls Club).

Your Voice is centered on Youth Development. Through Your Voice we focus on creating spaces for healing and enabling infinite possibilities, ultimately fostering spaces for restoration. Your Voice utilizes Restorative Theatre™ (RT) to help youth create theatre that helps them process the trauma, habits, and choices they currently embody. Through a deeper sense of self with newfound language, youth can strengthen self-agency, problem-solving, and decision-making.

• Early Literacy with Mia (Kindergarten-1st grade)

• My Curious Courage (2nd/3rd grades)

• You, Me, WE (4th grade)

• Finding Your Voice (5th grade)

• Shaping Your Voice (6th-8th grades)

• Your Voice Matters (9th-12th grades)

“Members who normally don't spend time together were able to come into this group space and feel safe enough to try new things and share what was on their minds." - Dartmouth Elementary

Creating communities of transformation in Facility Schools, Detention Centers, Diversion. Division of Youth Services, and Re-entry.

Our Brighter Future program is focused on Restorative Theatre™ for youth who have been involved with the legal system. We weave Restorative Theatre™ and restorative practices together. This empowers youth to take control of their story and avoid the harms of the criminal legal system. Restorative Theatre is rooted in evidence-based pedagogy that combines somatic play, storytelling, and restorative practices to create spaces of belonging that deconstruct harm, promote healing, and transform communities. It’s centered in Social-Emotional Learning and empowers youth and their supporters. Trauma-Informed Care and Positive Youth Development are core elements. Programming is tailored to align with the social-emotional developmental needs and adapted to suit specific needs of each group.

• Facility Schools

• Diversion

• Division of Youth Services

• Re-entry

Youth Quotes:

"MIA has been a great experience... I grew as a person by trying something new and taking down that barrier I once had."

"You have taught me how to recognize my emotions when I get escalated."

"I feel so grateful your program chose our pod... I felt safe with the group because I could be myself."

"I grew and learned to put more effort into things even when I didn’t always feel like it."

"What encouraged me the most was knowing I wasn’t being judged by the people around me."

It Starts With Us is focused on professional learning for adults serving youth. Through consultation and theatre-based curriculum we provide professional development. Youth serving adults explore play as a tool for healing, belonging, and building authentic student relationships. Through our PD, adults serving youth practice techniques of transformational conflict and curiosity to build intentional and supportive cultures rooted in evidence-based approaches: Nervous System Regulation, Positive Youth Development, Trauma-Informed Care, Healing-Centered Engagement, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and Restorative Justice.

• Youth Serving Adults

• Restorative Theatre™ Certificate

• Training & Workshops for communities, organizations, businesses.

“It was wonderful working with you and it was easily the best training we have received all year.”

“I feel confident and excited to show students that it’s okay to take a moment."

"I appreciated that practitioners voiced the skills we were working on; this helped me with the Why for my students."

"I feel like I know how to better support and ask for support from others."

“Recognizing others as humans with their own stories... is something I want to practice better with my team."