Join the Mend the World Movement
A community of peacemakers and restorative justice practitioners engaging Oklahoma City to seek truth, restorative justice, healing, and the common good.
About Mend
Our Vision: We envision a world where truth-telling, empathy, and restorative justice guide us back to ourselves as interconnected, beloved, and called to the sacred work of repair and peace. A world where all flourish.
Our Mission: MEND cultivates spaces of healing and transformation through restorative justice, community care, and embodied peacemaking. We face the truth with courage, hold space for lament, and walk with communities toward repair—so that justice is not retributive but restorative, not imposed but co-created.
“Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman
Mend Initiatives
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Mend Peacemaker Cohort 2025
The 2025 Cohort has eight incredible peacemakers committed to theory, contemplation, and to action. The cohort began in March and will continue until November. The curriculum is rooted in the wisdom of the Beatitudes. This immersive journey equips emerging peacemakers with tools for inner renewal and communal repair. Participants explore dimensions of peacemaking through community building, deep dialogue, and embodied practices.
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Retreats and Pilgrimages
The rest retreat is a sacred pause—a space for those on the frontlines of restorative justice to rest, reflect, and reimagine. Set within a peaceful, natural environment, this gathering calls together social healing practitioners to rest, dream, and remember. We believe that reconnection with nature is a path toward remembering who we are - sacred, beloved, and peaceful.
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Grassroots Restorative Justice
Mend is dedicated to cultivating community and fostering social healing through grassroots Restorative Justice Circles. Our gatherings bring together social healing practitioners, community members, and justice advocates to work towards restorative justice that restores collaboratively. We gather to heal harm, repair relationships, and build a compassionate, connected community with neighbor and nature through dialogue, empathy, and accountability.