Garry “Malachi” Faciane

Garry “Malachi” Faciane, was born and raised Inglewood, Los Angeles and lives in Oakland California. He works as a re-entry/community restorative justice coordinator. He is a co-founder of the North Oakland Restorative Justice Council and served on Safety and Services Oversight Commission (Measure Z) in Oakland. He supports those who have lost relatives to homicide, and developed restorative community responses to conflict, violence, and community building.Malachi has journalistic experience with written articles in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and featured in others articles around the issue of incarceration.

He came to restorative justice through the Victim Offender Education Group while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. In his circle process, he gained insight into his childhood trauma, cycle of offenses and how his unhealthy actions impacted others. During his incarceration he obtain an Associate’s Degree, co-founded a restorative justice based group called Kid C.A.T. (Creating Awareness Together), and was the sports editor for the San Quentin News.

Rahkii “Hyp” Holman

Rahkii “Hyp” Holman was born and raised in Roxbury-Boston Massachusetts and lives in Oakland California. His beginnings in social justice work come from his involvement in socially conscious Hip-Hop music. He toured throughout Europe and the U.S advancing ideas of liberation and progress through Hip-Hop music. He is currently the program manager for a restorative reentry program, working with women and men returning home from jail and prison in the Bay Area. He facilitated the Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG) restorative justice curriculum at West Contra Costa County jail in Richmond, the Central California Women’s Prison and Camp Sweeney the juvenile detention camp in San Leandro. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in psychology and minored in Peace and Conflict studies with a focus on non-violence and restorative justice. He also facilitated a family unifying restorative justice program while at UC Berkeley. Rahkii believes that social and restorative justice are instrumental in liberation.