Continuing Conversations on Race

Lakisha Adams, director of the Restorative and Transformation Justice Hub in Trenton, gives a presentation on practices that repair harm and transform systems. In person and on Zoom.

There is no need to register to attend in person. Please register here for Zoom link.

In this talk, Lakisha Adams will reflect on what it means to move beyond conversations about race and white privilege toward practices that repair harm and transform systems. Drawing from her work with youth, families, and communities navigating the justice system, she will explore how race and power shape institutional responses to harm and opportunity. 

Through the lens of restorative justice, participants will consider how communities can hold accountability, center healing, and challenge systems that have historically produced inequity.

This conversation invites participants to reflect on their own roles in moving from awareness to meaningful change.

About the speaker:

Lakisha Adams is a restorative justice practitioner, strategic leader, and community advocate with more than twenty years of experience advancing equity and systems change. She serves as director of the Restorative and Transformation Justice Hub in Trenton, New Jersey, an initiative designed to provide restorative responses, youth empowerment programming, and community-based alternatives within the justice system. 

Lakisha holds a master’s degree in public administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and is certified in Lean Six Sigma and Results-Based Accountability. Her work focuses on bridging community voice with institutional systems to create pathways for accountability, healing and transformation.

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