Our Team

Pathways to Restorative Communities (P2RC) was founded in 2018 by Candace Julyan, JJ Durham and Beth Hampson, all experienced Restorative Justice facilitators who saw a need for Restorative Practices to be applied more widely in their communities. P2RC now serves the greater Boston area and beyond through regional trainings, circle facilitation, coaching, and training local school administrations and teachers in the implementation of Restorative Practices. P2RC also provides direct facilitation services to businesses and communities experiencing conflict.

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Beth Hampson

Partner & Co-founder

My commitment to teaching and learning has spanned 30+ years and every age from preschool through high school. I began my journey as an undergraduate studying elementary education, tutoring and student teaching in Washington, D.C. public schools. Those early experiences opened my eyes to systemic racism and the historical roots of inequity—and shaped my belief that education can be a path to justice.

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Rebecca Taplin

My undergraduate degree in Anthropology led me to teaching, where my curiosity about how humans relate to each other helped me form strong bonds and hold high expectations for my students. Working with both students and adults, the common thread connecting every role I have is my belief that everyone, no matter what, possesses dignity, deserves respect, and needs connection.

Collaborators

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Jaron Green

I come to this work at the intersection of educational leadership, pastoral care, and justice. My journey began in urban schools, where, as a longtime educator, school leader, and ordained minister, I discovered the transformative power of listening, repairing trust, and creating spaces where people feel seen and valued. Over the past 25+ years, I’ve served students, families, and communities, driven by a deep conviction that true transformation happens when we lead with empathy, equity, and high expectations.

Grounded in faith and informed by my academic foundation from Evangel University, Cambridge College, and Northeastern University, I’ve applied Restorative Justice alongside culturally responsive education and leadership development. Whether reimagining school culture, designing mentorship programs for young men of color, or facilitating circles that honor each person’s dignity, I approach every initiative with strategic clarity and a steadfast commitment to belonging, healing, and agency.

Facilitator/Trainer
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Rachel King

As founder and restorative justice practitioner at RK Resolution LLC, I specialize in issues of identity-based and sexual harm in education.

For over two decades, I have been facilitating restorative justice conferences in community and school-based programs. I am passionate about helping individuals and schools respond to difficult situations in ways that give voice to those involved and promote healing and accountability. Restorative justice offers a framework for responding to harm that emphasizes relationships and repair over retribution and shame.

Experiencing serious interpersonal harm is difficult enough, but often that harm is exacerbated when we feel our needs go unmet afterwards. Through facilitation, coaching, and training, I have the honor of collaborating with and assisting the students, teachers, and staff within schools to effectively respond to and prevent harm using Restorative Practices.

Facilitator/Trainer

Co-founders

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Candace has a doctorate in education and an extensive background in curriculum development, staff development training and teaching students from the graduate level to elementary school. After a long career in science, research and environmental education, she turned her focus to conflict resolution. For the past 15 years she has worked in the fields of mediation and restorative justice, holding a variety of roles including court mediator, trainer, circle keeper, case coordinator, and consultant. Her interest is in helping schools and organizations find ways to apply the principles of restorative justice to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and address conflicts in productive and meaningful ways.

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Candace Julyan

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Janice (JJ) holds a master's degree in counseling and has an extensive background in public health with a focus on prevention and adult learning.  She served as the Executive Director of the Prevention Center in Cambridge, MA and has spent over two decades conducting staff development training on social health topics, parenting and training facilitators.  She also created and implemented Harassment Prevention and Workplace Respect Programs for the New England Carpenters Union, among other organizations. She is a mediator in the district courts, mediating small claims and housing disputes. JJ loves introducing individuals, schools and organizations to restorative practices, as they provide tools for building relationships and community.

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Janice Durham

Our Impact

We work with a wide range of people and organizations, including schools, businesses, non-profits, faith-based organizations, young people, teachers, school counselors, youth workers, administrators, community leaders, and others who want to bring Restorative Practices to their particular context. Individuals from all over the country have participated in our online trainings.

Massachusetts Public School Districts

Amherst-Pelham, Auburn, Acton Boxborough, Bedford, Chelsea, Chelmsford, Concord-Carlisle, Lexington, Littleton, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Nashoba Valley, Needham, Newton, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wakefield, Waltham, Westford

Massachusetts Private and Charter Schools

Baystate Academy, Springfield, MA

Charles River School, Dover, MA

Dearborn Academy, Newton, MA

Seaport Academy, Chelsea, MA

The Rivers School, Weston, MA

Massachusetts Public Health Coalitions

Mystic Valley Public Health Coalition, Medford, MA

Prevention Partners of Northern Middlesex, Tewksbury, MA

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Non-profits and Faith Communities

First Parish Church, Malden, MA

Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA

United Way of Acton Boxborough, Acton, MA

YWCA, Malden, MA

Beyond Massachusetts

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME

Eatontown Public Schools, Eatontown, NJ

Mount Desert High School, Bar Harbor, ME

Mount Desert Historical Society, Mount Desert, ME

Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, Bennington, VT

Twin Valley Unified Union School District, Whitington, VT