Associate Director, Partnerships & Communications for The National Center on Restorative Justice
DeMointé Wesley is a student of restorative justice, conflict transformation, and liberatory politics. As an RJ practitioner, they have helped guide others on their restorative justice journey by teaching workshops, holding community spaces, and facilitating harm-repair processes in communities and workplaces.
DeMointé previously served as a facilitator of childhood education (a.k.a. a “teacher”), where they practiced youth-centered restorative and liberatory education, rooted in the belief that the world would be a vastly better place if we all had this learning from an early age. They currently work as the Associate Director of Partnerships and Communications for the National Center on Restorative Justice (NCORJ) and as the Associate Director of the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. They also serve on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ) and as an Advisory Board member for Restorative Houston. DeMointé earned their Master’s Degree in Transformational Leadership from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding in 2024.