About

Living Justice Press has been a nonprofit publisher for restorative justice since 2002. 

Founded in 2002, Living Justice Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose purpose is to publish and promote alternative works about social justice and community healing. Every time we place one of our books into someone’s hands—a student, judge, parent, business owner, or community activist—we provide a chance for that person’s understanding of justice to evolve and deepen in ways that can be challenging or even life-changing. By distributing and promoting our books, we act as a catalyst for dialogue on more holistic ways of dealing with conflicts and harms.

We publish books on restorative justice and peacemaking. Within this field, our concentration is two-fold: first, to promote the understanding and use of peacemaking circles as a means to deal with conflict in many different settings; and second, to publish the voices of those “in struggle” for justice. Our books seek to apply what we have learned about healing harms between people to the larger challenge of healing harms between Peoples.

Publishers play a critical role in effecting social change, because they decide which books are available for use in college courses, community justice initiatives, trainings, law enforcement, and social service programs.

At Living Justice Press, we have chosen to publish books that take the restorative justice dialogue to deeper levels by addressing racism, historic harms, and other conflicts between Peoples. To this end, we privilege the voices of those not otherwise heard.