Terrence Winston

Terrence Winston is a Dreamer, Entrepreneur, Advocate, Community Builder, Organizer, Youth Development Specialist, Strategic Planner, trained Peer Mediator and certified Restorative Circle Keeper. He is the founder and lead consultant of Paradigm Time LLC; a team committed to transforming the thinking, policies and practices of organizations in the public and private sectors using a non-Eurocentric restorative framework. Terrence also serves as the chairperson for the Coalition for Community Schools Excellence (CCSE) an anti-racist, educational advocacy, program quality impact assessing and accountability group of 74 nonprofit organizations working with the NYC Department of Education's Community Schools Initiative in 421 public schools serving over 150,000 students across all five boroughs.

Terrence serves as Co-Board Chair of The Restorative Justice Initiative, a nonprofit clearinghouse network in the greater NYC area. 

For over 30 years Terrence has proudly resided and invested his efforts in underserved Black and Brown communities struggling to liberate and heal from oppressive belief systems, habits and policies. Whether it's to engage in conflict resolution, mentor youth, listen to neighborhood elders, he constantly puts relationships with ALL people first - over tasks and objects - to improve social conditions.