Storytelling and restorative justice

This is a 90 min taster of how traditional stories support restorative justice and are also provocations to think in new ways as they invite the listener to connect personal experience to collective understanding. 

Using folktales and creative exercises, solo reflection and group work, this workshop will explore key themes including:

• The importance of bearing witness to others’ stories and of being witnessed in sharing one's own.
• The importance of understanding the complex range of diverse experiences that makes up an individual.

This workshop is for anyone interested in how we can use traditional tales to work for restoration within ourselves, in our communities and across the divides we encounter. 

Hannah Moore (UK) is a storyteller, facilitator and arts practitioner with a background in arts for wellbeing and community building. She trained with, and now teaches for, the School of Storytelling, who have a particular emphasis on how traditional storytelling can help us meet the challenges of the world today.

Hannah’s work focuses on using the wisdom of myth and folktales for personal and professional development, with a particular emphasis on storytelling as a tool for peace and reconciliation. 

Hannah trained in restorative justice with Resolve West and has worked as an RJ facilitator and community mediator for Restorative Gloucestershire. She also trained in Working With Stories Of Lived Experience with The Forgiveness Project and in Peace and Reconciliation Leadership with Reconcilers Together, including work as an associate facilitator for St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation.

Drawing on a depth of experience in using creativity in group processes, Hannah is especially interested in how the imagination of old tales can benefit our wellbeing and support experiential learning.

This event is free of charge, but registration is compulsory: click on "subscribe" to register.

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Registered participants will receive the Zoom link prior to the event.

To avoid any unexpected technical difficulties you may run this Zoom test in advance. If needed, find here the link to download the Zoom application on your computer or mobile phone.

The 90-min webinar will start at 10:00 CET (Brussels time). You can login a few minutes before. To adapt the hours to your own time zone you can use this tool.

The event will be in English. Once in the Zoom meeting room, you may enable automated captions to follow the presentations and conversations with automated English subtitles. These may not be fully accurate, but may support your language accessibility needs. 

Photos credits: 12th international EFRJ conference (Tallinn 2024)