The Cultivating Justice CoLaboratory
The CoLab is a community-engaged research initiative housed in the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Our mission is to interrupt cycles of harm by cultivating wellbeing and community with people who have experienced incarceration.
We integrate academic and lived expertise to develop, deliver, and study the impact of interventions rooted in mindfulness practices, restorative justice, and peer support.
CoLab in the news!
Center for Healthy Minds
Community Wisdom is Transforming Wellbeing Initiatives and Research
Collaborations between Wisconsin community members and researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds highlight the power of initiatives and research grounded in trust, listening, and lived experience.
Wisconsin Public Radio
Promoting Healing During and After Incarceration
CoLab members Dan Grupe and Deb Mejchar were interviewed about the powerful combination of lived and academic expertise on the Wisconsin Public Radio show “University of the Air.”
Center for healthy minds
Can Mindfulness and Community Break the Cycle?
With funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, CHM researchers are investigating the potential of mindfulness practices for supporting transitions from prison back into the community