Bessie McManus

I’m a carer, a convener, and a perpetual emo kid. I believe that healing and accountability after harm don’t happen in isolation but in connection. My own restorative justice process after domestic violence transformed me in ways that continue to unfold long after the process has ended, and my greatest hope is that every person at the center of harm gets to experience their own cosmic shift toward healing, integration, and restory-ation someway, somehow-–whatever form it takes and whenever it arrives. I believe in restorative justice because I believe in people.

I also love being in the woods with my dog, playing Ultimate, and being an aunt!