Join DAMNS, SPILF, SPARC, and the Mental Health-Informed Lawyering project for a conversation with restorative healing practitioner and founder of the National Healing Collective, ayoola mitchell. ayoola will share reflections on secondary trauma, resilience, and the much-needed work of community healing.

“I’m no longer accepting the things I can not change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept.” These powerful words by Angela Davis have shaped ayoola mitchell’s approach to her work in the same way Angela Davis’ story informed ayoola’s life.

ayoola says that she just knew, from an early age, there was something very wrong with this Criminal Justice System and she wanted to work to change it. She has spent nearly four decades working in many capacities in the punishment system. ayoola has been a fierce and relentless advocate, for people and for change to systems.