Ta-Biti or Baba Ta-Biti, as many of his students refer to him, has been a practitioner of Restorative Justice Practices for over 25 years beginning with circle gatherings in Northern Louisiana and court-like hearings in Ethiopia. Later, Ta-Biti would borrow from his experiences in his practices with the Oakland Unified School District at Edna Brewer Middle School as the RJ coordinator.  Ta-Biti leads a robust peer rj team of over 100 students and believes student leadership is the key to a healthy, inclusive, and inviting school community.   Ta-biti has been learning and sharing as the Student Support Specialist  at AIM High's UPA campus for the past 6 summers, 7 summers total. 

“My best work on this Earth has been as a father.  My umbrella passion is to contribute to the human spiritual journey through very common, even mundane, methodologies.  Ta-Biti's favorite place of peace is 60 feet below water, blowing bubbles...PEACE.”