RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Safe & Restorative Schools Learning Tour made a stop in Richmond on Saturday, bringing awareness to mental health crises in Black teens and advocating for the implementation of restorative and healing practices.
The event brought together students, community leaders and legislators at the Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church on Saturday, Dec. 13. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., attendees discussed building restorative schools rooted in justice and integrating safe and healing approaches into education and the community.
Hosted by Transformative Changes, New Virginia Majority and other community-minded organizations, the event called attention to the school-to-prison pipeline, where unfair discipline can push students out of class and closer to the justice system…