Join our guest Sonia Wang from New Community Covenant Church's Community Outreach Program as she talks about how her work as a teacher and administrator on the south side of Chicago influences her work today. What does it mean to define Restorative Justice as an ecosystem -- or as a lifestyle? What does it mean to be stuck as the result of Trauma? Let's talk about it.

• 0:43 Episode starts
• 1:42 Jes’s check in
• 3:38 Rob’s check in
• 6:56 Rob introduces Sonia
• 7:21 Sonia joins the call
• 7:39 Sonia’s check in
• 9:16 Rob reads Sonia’s bio
• 11:59 What led you to this work?
• 17:32 Understanding intersectionality among young people
• 21:54 What is a day in the life like?
• 25:18 Interlude
• 26:52 How do people process trauma and do good work?
• 33:28 What does it mean to live out sankofa?
• 37:55 Where do you find hope?
• 40:37 How can listeners show up?
• 41:52 Where can listeners find you?
• 42:41 Wrap up
• 42:57 Jes’s takeaways
• 45:56 Rob’s takeaways
• 49:58 Outro

Thank you to DJ Pdogg and Producer Lo Key for our awesome music throughout the show!

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Our sponsors:

• ReCity Network
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Our hosts:

• Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet Homecoming
• Rob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.

Our Producer:

• Ben Azevedo, owner of Bear Cave Audio

Our Editor

• Chris Pappalardo