Geraldine Alshamy is a 68-year-old, social justice activist of 46 years. Her work began as a member of Black Workers for Justice in 1981, at the age of twenty-three when she helped to organize the Abner Berry Freedom Library, in Rocky Mount North Carolina. She coined the Phrase Home/School/Prison Cycle while advocating for black boys pushed out of school into the criminal justice system in rural Wilson County. As a community-based alternative to criminalization she along with two other community members starting the Phelps Athletics Club. where youth were trained in boxing and karate to divert anger and teach discipline, she became the first black and female referee of the American Amateur Boxing Federation. Developed and implemented a hybrid (in person and virtual) Restorative Practices Community and Family Institute The Institute has eight training components designed to help participants understand trauma, internalized and racial discrimination and oppression and how to forgive and heal. Geraldine continues her work in education advocacy for black, brown, rural, Children with Disabilities, and English language learners. She has committed 45 years to serving vulnerable and marginalized communities. She holds a wealth of knowledge and experiences in working with communities of color and is passionate about her mission of building just and caring communities fostering equity, justice and the elimination of Internalized Racial Oppression and Hypocrisy in the Culture of Organizations.