Bio – Tidal Water Consulting

Roy Lincoln Karp, Owner

Engaged in early efforts to bring Restorative Justice to the Boston Public Schools at Social Justice Academy and the Curley K-8.
Trained educators in Restorative Practices with the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University
Implemented RP district-wide in the Watertown Public Schools.
Currently leads a monthly Community Building Circle at First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist.

Built an alternative high school at UTEC that successfully engaged young people facing significant barriers to education.
Courses incorporated social justice themes and project based learning to successfully engage students.
Robust partnerships including a dual enrollment program at Middlesex Community College, a camping and hiking program with the Appalachian Mountain Club, and a community garden leadership program with Mill City Grows.
There is a 6-minute film about this program, Beyond the Mask: The Alternative Diploma Program at UTEC, by Cameron Zohoori of Vignette Creative.

Founded the Civic Education Project to promote civic engagement and learning.
Led the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project at Northeastern University School of Law.
Designed a 2-year Law & Justice HS Curriculum with Education Development Center.
Worked with teens from the Hyde Square Task Force to create a new high school civics course for the Boston Public Schools.