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co-creating
futures without violence 

Starting
this summer

Healing Courage joins with the newly created Jefferson county Advisory Council for Community & Restorative Justice to launch an initiative that aims to address harm in our community with a focus on healing, accountability & repair.

Intimate harm, elder abuse, and sexual violence don't happen in a vacuum. These interpersonal violations take place in the context of relationships. They often happen in the context of community. The impacts of these violations are far-reaching, socially complex, and can be lifelong.​

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Through community conversations this summer, we’ll address intimate harm in the context of community and explore the complexities surrounding these community issues.​ Together, we’ll challenge the cultural myths that often silence survivors, name the barriers many face within the criminal legal system, and explore the need for restorative justice (RJ) and community-based responses to harm.

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This fall, we’ll launch a Consentric Circles series—a healing and learning conversation developed by Healing Courage that centers survivor wisdom, deep listening, and meaningful dialogue as tools for transformation.​

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While this initiative focuses on survivors of intimate violence (ages 50+), this project will also serve survivors of other forms of elder harm, including emotional/psychological abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, and abandonment. 

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Whether you're a victim-survivor, family member, community member, advocate, or simply curious about how we can better support those impacted by harm, your voice is welcome and needed.​

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This collective effort has the potential to extend well beyond the current grant period and help our county move towards a more just and restorative Jefferson County, across all ages, sectors, and systems of care.

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This work is generously supported by Futures Without Violence STAGES (Strategies to Advance Greater Elder Safety) Pathways Grant. 

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the initiative phases

This collaborative initiative includes a series of community conversations and circles for survivors of intimate violence to inform the implementation of a community-based, restorative practices Pilot Program designed to improve justice outcomes for survivors, ages 50+.

phase i

Advisory Board

gather local wisdom into a representative

spring 2025

connect & learn in local 

community conversations for all ages
SUMMER 2025
consentric circles
Age 50+

circle up for intimate survivor centered conversation in

fall and
winter 2025
rj pilot program
age 50+

implementing long term solutions informed by community

spring 2026
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phase Ii

phase IIi

COUNCIL

A council
of community

The advisory council guideS Engagement, Education and Conversation, to Inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of the restorative justice pilot program,

grounding the work in restorative practices and input gathered from the Jefferson County community.

  • Angel Afford, LMHC, SUDP, Clinical Director of Addiction Recovery Services, Discovery Behavioral Healthcare

  • Tonia Burkett, Usawa Consulting

  • Marisa Withey Byrne, Community Advocate, Moonlit Path Advocacy

  • Erika Dawn Coyer, Restorative Facilitator, Quilcene School District

  • Anne Dean, Vice President of Social Impact, Olympic Peninsula YMCA

  • Suzie Duscha, Community Advocate & Restorative Justice Facilitator

  • Mary Irwin, Executive Director, Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center

  • Lily Haight, Jefferson Associated Counsel Defense Investigator

  • Beulah Kingsolver, Executive Director, Dove House Advocacy Services

  • Susan Larson, Founder, Beyond Bars SPC

  • Brandon Mack, Jefferson County Superior Court Judge

  • Jessica MacKinnon, PhD, Clinical/Forensic Psychologist, Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Operating Officer (Interim), Discovery Behavioral Healthcare

  • Rebecca Marriott, Court Coordinator, Family Therapeutic Court

  • Andy Pernsteiner, Sheriff, Jefferson County 

  • Vinnie Schwartz, Community Advocate

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Advisory Panel: Subject Matter Expertise

  • Terry Copeland, Licensed Psychologist, Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider

  • Katie-Rose Fischer-Price, RN, BSN, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Manager, Jefferson Healthcare

  • Apple Martine, Director, Jefferson Public Health

  • Lilly Powers, JD, Public Defender, Jefferson Associated Counsel

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Healing Courage

  • Alexis Rose, Creative Director & Co-Founder, Healing Courage, Artist

  • Grace Crowley, M. Ed., Research Director, Healing Courage, Employment Case Manager, TRAC Associates, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington

  • Michelle Seyler, Policy Director, Healing Courage

  • Stephanie Burns, MA Restorative Justice, Director & Co-Founder, Healing Courage

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