Students and Educators for Equity (SEE) and Youth Restorative Justice (YRJ) aim to bring together a collective of student voices to highlight the effects of disproportionality on students, while providing best practices to address and dismantle disproportionality. Through a youth-led summit, we elevate student perspectives in an effort to foster inclusive, humanizing, and critical learning environments for all members of our school communities.

The art gallery is a composed of a wide arrangement of talented youth artists expressing their feelings about the world they live in. Art can be a powerful tool in restorative justice. Students can use art to influence change and initiative within the community. 

Colby King is a recent graduate of Columbia University with a B.A. in African-American and African Diaspora Studies and Psychology from Dallas, Texas. During his time at Columbia, he served as a University Senator challenging the administration to pursue university wide DEI and community initiatives. An aspiring civil rights lawyer, he’s interned at the ACLU and Vera Institute of Justice and completed research projects for courses in collaboration with New York County Defender Services. He is currently working with colleague Jarrell Daniels to develop justice-oriented youth programs with the Department of Education. Colby is an avid multimedia storyteller, co-hosting a Southern hip-hop radio show, co-producing a podcast on religious history and anti-racist, queer, and feminist activism, and writing for small publications. 

Monique Autumn Carter is a 19-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, works in the Office of Safety and Youth Development at the Department of Education, and is the owner of the clothing brand and community development program Canji. As an alumni of Student and Educators for Equity, class of 2020, Monique Autumn has taken her passion of restorative justice and equity into her entrepreneurship work, striving to make way for minoritized children and young adults by creating opportunities in the creative industry. 

Adebola "Addy" Abbey-Peter is a student at Binghamton University planning to enter her third year seeking a dual degree in Human Development and Sociology with a minor in Africana Studies. She is a past member of the Youth Restorative Justice Team (2018-2020) and still continues to implement what she learned into her daily life at home, the school with her involvement in organizations and being an RA, work, and organizing with the community at her school. 

Alyssa Wheeler is a graduating 12th grader at Manhattan Hunter Science High School. At school, she is apart of the Black Student Union and Restorative Justice Action Team. She is also interested in dance, mainly contemporary/modern, photography, and crocheting. She's apart of YRJ as a way to help better myself and my community. YRJ is a family that truly values community, and she's very grateful to have been given the opportunity to be part of YRJ! It's a chance to create new, genuine connections with likeminded individuals, better oneself, both as a restorative justice practitioner and as a person in general, and learn so many useful skills that can be used in all aspects of life. To her, restorative justice is a set of practices and principles centered around actively building, sustaining, and supporting a community in a way that values each and every community member for who they are. 

Jarin Cole - also known as “JC Stringz” is a violinist, guitarist, and pianist. He is currently a student at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been influenced by some of the greatest in the business ranging from Lenny Kravitz to Bach. JC has shared the stage with two-time Emmy award-winning violinist Damien Escobar at the Austin Area Jazz Festival. He is also a featured artist on Austin’s Grammy Award-Nominated artist SaulPaul’s song “Rise” on the album Be the Change.