CCEJ’s Upcoming Events
Community Building Training - Day 1
$400/person
Thursday-Friday, 10/26-10/27/23 9am-4pm
This 2-day experiential Community Building Training will help you start building your own Restorative Justice practice in your workplace, community, or classroom. We will reflect on our own communication and discipline styles, learn what makes our practices authentically restorative, and engage in skill-building around teambuilding and leading circles. If you are interested in applying restorative practices and leading this work in your own life, this foundational training is for you. Participants leave with concrete Circle plans, ready to facilitate on their own. All participants will receive a Community Building Handbook during the training.
Community Building Training - Day 2
$400/person
Thursday-Friday, 10/26-10/27/23 9am-4pm
This 2-day experiential Community Building Training will help you start building your own Restorative Justice practice in your workplace, community, or classroom. We will reflect on our own communication and discipline styles, learn what makes our practices authentically restorative, and engage in skill-building around teambuilding and leading circles. If you are interested in applying restorative practices and leading this work in your own life, this foundational training is for you. Participants leave with concrete Circle plans, ready to facilitate on their own. All participants will receive a Community Building Handbook during the training.
Trauma Sensitivity
$125/person
In this training, participants are introduced to basic trauma theory and the embodied effects of traumagenetic experiences. Participants also create connections through personal and collective resiliency practices. Participants explore key principles fundamental to a trauma-informed approach and reflect on how restorative practices, including Circles, can be used as a traumasensitive modality.
Faith in Justice: Interfaith Dinner & Dialogue
Join CCEJ for an evening of interfaith breaking of bread and dialogue, as we explore the ways religion can be a source for creating more equity and respect in our communities.
To continue discussions about Gender Justice from CCEJ's convening in March, we’ll be reflecting on current efforts across the United States to use religion as a basis for dehumanizing people and removing legal protections for reproductive rights and LGBTQI+ rights. We’ll close our evening by identifying concrete actions that people of all faiths can take to be voices for equity in their communities.
Our dialogue will be grounded in CCEJ's core values of relationships, care, curiosity, accountability, imagination and interdependence.
Space is limited to 50 people - please RSVP by Thursday, May 2.
Please contact Daniel Solis at dsolis@cacej.org if you have questions.
Harm & Conflict Facilitator Training* Day 1
*Requires Community Building Training as prerequisite.
$550/person
Wednesday-Friday, 6/5-6/7/24 from 9am-4pm
Our in-depth 3-day Harm & Conflict Facilitator Training will take your Restorative Practices to the next level in situations where harm has occurred. Participants will learn specific strategies to address harm and conflict in restorative ways that center relationships and minimize exclusion. Building on our Community Building Training, this advanced skill-building session will help you unpack conditioned conflict responses, roleplay specific harm scenarios, and lead Harm & Conflict circles to give you firsthand practice with restorative responses. All participants will receive a Harm & Conflict Handbook during the training. This training is especially recommended for all those involved in any aspect of creating policies around or implementing disciplinary practices.
Harm & Conflict Facilitator Training* Day 2
*Requires Community Building Training as prerequisite.
$550/person
Wednesday-Friday, 6/5-6/7/24 from 9am-4pm
Our in-depth 3-day Harm & Conflict Facilitator Training will take your Restorative Practices to the next level in situations where harm has occurred. Participants will learn specific strategies to address harm and conflict in restorative ways that center relationships and minimize exclusion. Building on our Community Building Training, this advanced skill-building session will help you unpack conditioned conflict responses, roleplay specific harm scenarios, and lead Harm & Conflict circles to give you firsthand practice with restorative responses. All participants will receive a Harm & Conflict Handbook during the training. This training is especially recommended for all those involved in any aspect of creating policies around or implementing disciplinary practices.
Harm & Conflict Facilitator Training* Day 3
*Requires Community Building Training as prerequisite.
$550/person
Wednesday-Friday, 6/5-6/7/24 from 9am-4pm
Our in-depth 3-day Harm & Conflict Facilitator Training will take your Restorative Practices to the next level in situations where harm has occurred. Participants will learn specific strategies to address harm and conflict in restorative ways that center relationships and minimize exclusion. Building on our Community Building Training, this advanced skill-building session will help you unpack conditioned conflict responses, roleplay specific harm scenarios, and lead Harm & Conflict circles to give you firsthand practice with restorative responses. All participants will receive a Harm & Conflict Handbook during the training. This training is especially recommended for all those involved in any aspect of creating policies around or implementing disciplinary practices.
CCEJ Love Day
To uplift the power of love as a force for justice, we’re hosting a CCEJ Love Day celebration in Long Beach (location to be announced).
Plans are in the works for a community park day complete with cookout, games, arts n’ crafts, and live music and spoken word. All are welcome, including kids!
Summer Youth Leadership Institute Retreat (SYLI)
This is a 5 weekly session course. Attendance to all sessions is mandatory.
The Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SYLI) offers an intensive training for students becoming Youth Leader staff at Building Bridges Camp. Participating students must have previously attended Building Bridges Camp. This program focuses on developing facilitation skills, dialogue immersions, and deeper exploration of historical and contemporary forms of oppression and movements for justice. A 3-day retreat and 5 weekly sessions are required on Wednesdays, June 26th, July 10th, July 17th, July 24th and, July 31st from 2-6pm each day.
SYLI Graduation will be held on a separate date following the final SYLI session.
Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SYLI)
This is a 5 weekly session course. Attendance to all sessions is mandatory.
The Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SYLI) offers an intensive training for students becoming Youth Leader staff at Building Bridges Camp. Participating students must have previously attended Building Bridges Camp. This program focuses on developing facilitation skills, dialogue immersions, and deeper exploration of historical and contemporary forms of oppression and movements for justice. A 3-day retreat and 5 weekly sessions are required on Wednesdays, June 26th, July 10th, July 17th, July 24th and, July 31st from 2-6pm each day.
SYLI Graduation will be held on a separate date following the final SYLI session.
CCEJ Roots of Justice - Follow-Up Dialogue
Join us online to continue discussions about Gender Justice from CCEJ's convening in March - we invite you to bring your reflections and questions from Dr. Ocampo's talk.
If you have questions, please contact Jessy Needham at jneedham@cacej.org.
Los Angeles Regional Mixer
Join CCEJ at our free Regional Mixer in Los Angeles!
Learn how to deepen your skills to create equitable and restorative communities, schools, and workplaces
Connect with others doing this work in your area
Inland Empire Regional Mixer
Join CCEJ at our free Regional Mixer in the Inland Empire!
Learn how to deepen your skills to create equitable and restorative communities, schools, and workplaces
Connect with others doing this work in your area
San Gabriel Valley Regional Mixer
Join CCEJ at our free Regional Mixer in the San Gabriel Valley!
Learn how to deepen your skills to create equitable and restorative communities, schools, and workplaces
Connect with others doing this work in your area
Orange County Regional Mixer
Join CCEJ at our free Regional Mixer in Orange County!
Learn how to deepen your skills to create equitable and restorative communities, schools, and workplaces
Connect with others doing this work in your area
Building Bridges Racial Justice Camp
Building Bridges Camp is a transformative program for high school youth. The Building Bridges program is a three-day residential experience where youth learn about social justice topics in a safe and brave environment. Through interactive workshops, activities, and dialogues, students will come away with knowledge about themselves, ways to be a change maker in their school, and how to be a leader in their community.
Building Bridges Camp is FREE for all LBUSD students this year.
ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.
Games & Teambuilders for Relationship-Building
$100/person
Whether you’re already an active facilitator or looking for activities to build community with your teammates, this 3-hour session will provide a series of sequenced activities for you to replicate. Designed for those interested in strengthening relationship-building skills, this training will provide opportunities for participants to experience activities as a participant, practice games and teambuilders facilitation, and receive feedback from the group. All participants will receive a Games & Teambuilders Handbook during the training.
Roots of Justice Breakfast & Convening
CCEJ’s Breakfast and Convening brings hundreds of people together for a day of learning, dialogue and reflection in service of making our community more just and equitable.
After the keynote, we invite you to attend one of our multiple identity affinity groups, followed by workshops, lunch, and an afternoon speaker. Stay for all or part of the day and connect with hundreds of other community members.
Restorative Leadership*
*This session is for organization & school leaders
$150/person
Designed for organization and school leaders, this session outlines how those of us in positions of power and decision-making can center relationships in the ways we lead our communities. Building out visions of restorative workplaces and schools, we will discuss how leadership rooted in Restorative Justice values can support us in interrupting punitive thinking and actions. How we decide on and roll out new policies and procedures is just as important as what those new practices include, so we will review strategies for being restorative in our communication and decision-making.
Restorative Accountability
$130/person
Leaders moving toward Restorative Justice are often challenged with how to address harm in ways that both promote accountability while moving away from punishment and shame. Gaps often exist in our policies, procedures, and practices when we need more structure than the motivational interviewing that Restorative Dialogue offers us while at the same time responding to situations where a full Harm & Conflict Circle process may not be available or the best fit. This workshop will support participants in defining the differences between punishment, consequences, and accountability, and to reflect on where they can take action in better aligning their own policies and practices with Restorative Justice values.
Conscious Classrooms Facilitator Training
Please note this is a 3-day training: Wednesdays, February 7, 14, and 21 from 10am - 4pm each day.
Join us for our in-person Conscious Classrooms Facilitator Training this February 2024! If you are passionate about and interested in facilitating student workshops on racial, gender, and social justice, this training is for you!
*Please Note:
This training is for people 18+ who are able to facilitate for CCEJ’s Conscious Classrooms program during regular school hours.
Folks must attend all 3 training sessions to facilitate for Conscious Classrooms.
This training is in-person and FREE. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided for all 3 days.
CCEJ/NCCJ Online Alumni Reunion
Calling all CCEJ/NCCJ alumni from our Building Bridges Camp, Brotherhood/Sisterhood Camp, Anytown Camp, Conscious Classrooms/Talking in Class programs, and any youth programs! We’re hosting an online reunion to bring together all folks near & far in our alumni network for reflection and connection – join us on February 1, 2024 from 6:30 - 7:30pm PT.
RSVP for the link at: https://bit.ly/CCEJOnlineReunion24
Introduction to Restorative Justice
$75/person
Come experience an interactive introduction to Restorative Justice! In this 2-hour session, you will learn about the foundations of the work, and experience a Restorative Justice Circle. This workshop is designed for people interested in learning more about restorative practices, or who want a refresher on the guiding values of restorative justice work.
Building Bridges Leadership Academy (BBLA)
Please note this is a 3 day training: Saturdays, January 20, 27, and February 3, 2024.
The Building Bridges Leadership Academy (BBLA) is a training program designed for young adults (18 and over and out of high school) and adult allies who are interested in volunteering for CCEJ's youth programs. Young adults interested in becoming Youth Mentors must attend this program to be eligible to return to Building Bridges camp. The training provides participants with the necessary knowledge and skills that are needed when working with any of CCEJ's youth programs. This 3-session program is also particularly suited for volunteers who will be attending Building Bridges Camp and other CCEJ programs. It is packed with helpful strategies, techniques, tools and insights.
MLK National Day of Service Event
Give back through Learning, Reflecting, and Creating by joining this chance to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy of service to provide an opportunity to become more informed and inspired to carry on his work throughout our life every day.
K-12 Educators New Year Regrounding Circle
CCEJ will be hosting an online New Year Regrounding Circle to share, listen, and connect with other educators.
We'll be reflecting on the first part of the school year and sharing our needs and hopes for the upcoming remainder of the year.
National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day Dialogue
In honor of National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, Days of Dialogue and CCEJ invite all community members to join a facilitated dialogue about the issue of homelessness in our communities and how we can collaborate to find solutions. Facilitators will be volunteers trained by the Institute of Nonviolence. Space is limited to 40 people - RSVP by Tuesday, 12/19
Building Bridges Volunteer Appreciation Celebration
Join us for an evening of celebrating and appreciating YOU and all that you do for our young people at CCEJ. This is a chance to (re)connect with other Building Bridges for Youth volunteers, and share a meal, laughter, and joy together. Please register by Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 at 5 pm.
Building Bridges Camp Reflections & Dreaming (Virtual)
This is a virtual program to reflect of Building Bridges Camp past experiences and dreaming for the future.
Games & Teambuilders for Relationship-Building
$100/person
Whether you’re already an active facilitator or looking for activities to build community with your teammates, this 3-hour session will provide a series of sequenced activities for you to replicate. Designed for those interested in strengthening relationship-building skills, this training will provide opportunities for participants to experience activities as a participant, practice games and teambuilders facilitation, and receive feedback from the group. All participants will receive a Games & Teambuilders Handbook during the training.
Restorative Dialogue Training
$110/person
We believe all humans need to be seen, heard and understood. Each interaction we have brings us closer or further from that vision. Restorative Dialogue empowers us to respond to challenges with others through a relationship-centered lens. In this training, we will explore dialogue skills that affirm positive relationships and provide interventions to shift relationships towards accountability and self-directed actions.
United Against Hate Community Care Breakfast
During this painful time in our country and across the globe, all of us at CCEJ have been reflecting on our many years of bringing people together to reinforce our care for and inclusion of all identities and faiths in our communities.
On November 15, during United Against Hate week, CCEJ will host a Community Care Breakfast for our community to share compassion for each other and activate our allyship with those who are experiencing harm due to acts of hate. It is imperative that we all work together at this time to prevent Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and ensure that safety prevails in our communities.
We invite you to join us for a light breakfast to connect with others who are committed to building a world where people live free of oppression and thrive. You'll have the opportunity to hear from community leaders who are supporting people impacted by hate, and learn about what steps to take for anyone who has experienced a hate incident or hate crime.
Space is limited - please RSVP by Monday, November 13 at https://forms.gle/cikM7CRV5fWUhcF3A.
Building Bridges Youth Council
Building Bridges Youth Council is a leadership development program open to all high school students. This program offers exploration of issues of inequity and justice present in their communities through field trips, speakers, and hands-on workshops. Past topics have included homophobia, reproductive justice, environmental racism, criminalization of young people of color, relations with police, art for social justice, navigating relationships, code-switching, and discrimination against immigrants.
Building Bridges Gender Justice Camp
Building Bridges Camp is a transformative program for high school youth. The Building Bridges program is a three-day residential experience where youth learn about social justice topics in a safe and brave environment. Through interactive workshops, activities, and dialogues, students will come away with knowledge about themselves, ways to be a change maker in their school, and how to be a leader in their community.
Building Bridges Camp is FREE for all LBUSD students this year.
ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.
Community Building Training
$400/person
Thursday-Friday, 10/26-10/27/23 9am-4pm
This 2-day experiential Community Building Training will help you start building your own Restorative Justice practice in your workplace, community, or classroom. We will reflect on our own communication and discipline styles, learn what makes our practices authentically restorative, and engage in skill-building around teambuilding and leading circles. If you are interested in applying restorative practices and leading this work in your own life, this foundational training is for you. Participants leave with concrete Circle plans, ready to facilitate on their own. All participants will receive a Community Building Handbook during the training.
Bold Together: Continuing Dialogues for Racial Justice with Temple Israel
CCEJ and Temple Israel are co-hosting an intergenerational dialogue for Temple Israel members and friends on racial justice and Jewish identity on Wednesday, October 25 between 7 - 8:30pm.
The dialogue is intended for young adults and adults (ages 18 and up) who identify as Jewish.
Our dialogue will incorporate themes discussed by CCEJ's March 2023 Breakfast speakers, Regina Jackson and Saira Rao. We request all participants to watch (or re-watch) their conversation in advance of our dialogue: https://youtu.be/uKnhy8eM9CE?si=_oLfB2vWkqkgLIc8&t=1201
Space is limited to 25 people - RSVP by 10/23/23 to reserve your spot!
For questions, please contact Jessy Needham, Chief Development Officer at CCEJ at jneedham@cacej.org or 562-606-6282.
59th Humanitarian Awards Celebration
All funds raised at the event will support CCEJ’s programs to educate and empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in our communities.
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
Event includes gallery walk and lunch.
Introduction to Restorative Justice
$75/person
Come experience an interactive introduction to Restorative Justice! In this 2-hour session, you will learn about the foundations of the work, and experience a Restorative Justice Circle. This workshop is designed for people interested in learning more about restorative practices, or who want a refresher on the guiding values of restorative justice work.
Conscious Classrooms Training
Join us for our in-person Conscious Classrooms Facilitator Training this September 2023! If you are passionate about and interested in facilitating student workshops on racial, gender, and social justice, this training is for you!
*Please Note:
This training is for people 18+ who are able to facilitate for CCEJ’s Conscious Classrooms program during regular school hours.
Folks must attend all 3 training sessions to facilitate for Conscious Classrooms.
This training is in-person and FREE. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided for all 3 days.
Long Beach Gives
Long Beach Gives is the citywide, online fundraising campaign to raise awareness and inspire community giving for Long Beach nonprofits. This year, we are looking to get CCEJ Youth involved in our online campaign! If you’ve had a positive experience with CCEJ, tell us about it! I will be collecting videos, written and/or audio testimonials to be featured on CCEJ’s social media platforms. Anyone interested, please find me after the program is concluded!
If you’d like to get further involved and help CCEJ raise money for our yearly programs using peep to peer fundraising (similar to a go fund me) please let any staff member know and we will be in touch!
Support us at https://www.longbeachgives.org/ccej