Location: Denver, CO
VORP tirelessly works to keep our kids out of jail by restoring relationships with self, family, and community with value rooted in social justice, inclusiveness, community and non-violent resolution to conflict. VORP’s programming is a safe place for youth and families. VORP uses restorative justice to help youth understand their choices in terms of the harm to themselves, their families, the community and the victim. VORP emphasize being held accoutable for criminal thinking and choices and at the same time understanding crime in the larger socio-economic context. Finally, VORP gives youth and families and opportunity to change the conversation to begin the process of repairing the relationships that are harmed as a result of their choices.
Campaigns & Current Work:
VORP of Denver is launching a new grassroots fundraising campaign in honor of their 20th anniversary of providing critical restortive and transformative programs to youth and their families to empower them, heal generational wounds of oppression, stay out of the criminal justice system and reach their full potential. Join them as a monthly donor today and become one of their 200 for 20.
Lessons for youth interactions with police & elected officals to protest police shootings of youth of color and dialogue to reform our criminal justice system.
Gave testimony at the legislature on how various policies within the juvenile justice system have extremely detrimental negative consequences for youth.
VORP hosted community meetings in which youth were given space to share first hand experiences with the school to prison pipeline and how zero tolerance policies are not healthy for youth or communities.