Stategies of Social Repair

Partners for Historical Justice (LLC) offers a range of services aimed at helping institutions and communities understand their past and address the legacies of historical injustice.

Our services include: 

Historical Research and Documentation: We conduct thorough and accurate historical research and provide comprehensive documentation of historical events, figures, and context.

Redressive Strategies and Consulting: We develop strategies for addressing and redressing legacies of historical injustice and offer consulting services to guide institutions in implementing appropriate measures for reconciliation.

Dialogue Facilitation: We specialize in organizing and facilitating civil and productive dialogues, creating safe spaces for open and honest conversations across diverse groups.

Educational Programs: We develop educational programs, at the  K-12, university, and continuing education levels, to raise awareness about historical injustice and strategies of social repair. We offer workshops, seminars, and training sessions on topics related to historical justice.

Community Engagement Initiatives: We engage with local communities to build trust and collaboration, and foster descendant community-led initiatives to address historical injustices.

Restorative Justice Tours.  We arrange interactive tours of neighborhoods, campuses, heritage sites, and museums and galleries, with an emphasis on promoting deeper historical understanding and nurturing healing dialogues across historical divides. 

Exhibition development.  We assist in the development of museum and gallery exhibitions, grounded in rigorous historical research and inclusive community-based dialogues with descendant communities. 

Community-based Art and Storytelling.  We incorporate diverse voices into dynamic forums and media platforms. Through creative spaces of storytelling and expressive art making we help build and nurture bridges between long-divided communities.

Our Diversity Commitment

PHJ is founded on principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which inform all aspects of our work, including employment practices and our commitment to nurturing respectful interracial and intergroup dialogue. We are deeply committed to honoring the perspectives of African Americans and other historically marginalized communities on history, remembrance, and community building.

African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas. Waud, Alfred R. Rudolph, artist (Library of Congress)