RESTORATIVE network FOR SYSTEM-AFFEcTED PEOPLE

Spentem is a network of support for people who have been affected by the systems that marginalize them because of their identities. We use restorative theology, entrepreneurship and advocacy to give voice to the unheard.

A network that centers your humanity and not labels, rules and rituals.

A System-Affected Person is anyone who has been negatively affected by the structures, policies, and procedures of biased secular and/or religious systems.

A SAP can be any race ,ethnicity, class, religion or gender. They are categorized by the moral injuries they carry as a result of these systems.

Structural racism
Biased educational institutes
Mass incarceration
Toxic family silos
Workplace bureaucracy
Addiction industry
Sectarianism
Religious dogma

re·stor·a·tive

/rəˈstôrədiv/

adjective

1. having the ability to restore health, strength, or a feeling of well-being.

2. repairing harm with intentionality.

3. in law, re-establishing truth & justice

- Feeling like you belong

- Recovering from your trauma

- Forgiving yourself and others

- Honoring your lived experience

- Deciding your vertical principles

- Choosing your horizontal practice

- Recalibrating Prophetic narratives

Spentem is a restorative approach to faith

and life that centers on positive self-image,

instead of condemnation.

We believe that system-affected people

don't just need jobs, or education, they

also need spirituality, financial autonomy

and a purpose-driven mission to help

others.

We believe that every human soul

has potential to be great,

sometimes we just need our

identities to be

restored.

Spentem believes in 'us'

and we're committed to

showing up for one another.

shop

Co-op Entrepreneurship

Spentem's flagship store in the South Shore Plaza features products, merchandise and services from system-affected entrepreneurs.

We believe self-determination starts with creating a network of morally grounded hustlers. We use our platform to promote financial independence by showcasing merchants and their brands.

shop now