Loving Justice: Embodied Conflict Resolution & Transformative Justice

Part of Project Nia's series, "Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox: Everyday Resources for a Punishment-Free World." For more information, visit abolitionist.tools​.
Transformative Justice and abolition are important values for many of us in social justice and anti-racist movements. But wanting Transformative Justice in theory and staying true to those values in moments of crisis and high emotion can be an enormous challenge.
How do we develop the skills to embody TJ in our day-to-day lives? Kai Cheng Thom's Loving Justice Framework is a somatic and spiritual lens that is intended to help people stay grounded and mindful in situations of interpersonal and systemic conflict. Kai Cheng will present the basics of Loving Justice and provide some practical, trauma-informed tools for participants to take home.
Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, somatic coach, and trained mediator based in Toronto/tkaronto.

[@zainabamadahy9918]

Been trying for a while to open my heart to TJ and I'm so grateful that this video has inspired me to transform myself and work for more wider acceptance and practice of this model. Thank you.

[@tmi925]

I am so happy to have recently 'met you' on the Embody Lab meet the faculty session. You and your collegues look so serene and I look forward to absorbing all these new lessons of transformation that now seem possible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience and hope with the world. ❤️

[@jessikatastic]

This framework is incredible!! I’m grateful for who you are, what you’re doing, how you’re doing it and THIS FRAME. 🎉🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✨🤩