BLUEPRINT
READ THE BLUEPRINT.
A blueprint is a plan or framework that guides how something can be built.
This is the first version of the Harm to Healing Blueprint. It brings together the vision, ideas and priorities emerging from the early stages of building Harm to Healing.
It has been shaped by conversations, experiences and learning shared by community members, organisers and organisations working to move beyond systems of racialised criminalisation.
This blueprint does not claim to contain the full design for the systems our communities need. Building new systems of healing, justice and safety will take time. It will require experimentation, learning and collaboration across many communities, organisations and movements. Instead, this document sets out the foundations.
It describes what is guiding our work and the role Harm to Healing will play in strengthening the wider movement for transformative and healing justice.
Importantly, the Harm to Healing Blueprint is not fixed. It is intended to grow and evolve as the ecosystem grows. As communities develop new ways of responding to harm and new projects emerge, new ideas and approaches will be added.
In this way, the blueprint is a living document. It will continue to develop alongside the movement it supports - helping map the pathways that allow our communities to move from harm to healing.
This blueprint is for everyone who wants to help build systems rooted in care - community members, organisers, organisations, practitioners, funders and allies. Different readers may use it in different ways. For some, it introduces the ideas guiding Harm to Healing. For others, it offers a framework for collaboration. Above all, it is an invitation to imagine and build a future beyond racialised criminalisation together.