Meet The Team
Yahya Moore
Co-Founder and Board President
Yahya Moore spent 27 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. While in prison, he was introduced to restorative justice and became a facilitator with Let’s Circle Up, a restorative justice education program. Yahya also became a legal reference aid in the prison and helped countless people earn their freedom. With the help of the Abolitionist Law Center, Yahya won his own freedom in July 2023, when his life sentence was vacated. He now works as the paralegal for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. He is co-author of The Little Book of Listening: Listening as a Radical Act of Love, Justice, Healing, and Transformation.
Tricia Way
Co-Founder and Board Secretary & Treasurer
Tricia Way has been teaching in prisons and higher education institutions for over two decades and currently teaches critical criminal justice, restorative justice and wrongful convictions at Chestnut Hill College. She owns and operates UnderWriting Justice, offering writing and editing support to scholars, educators, nonprofit leaders, artists, and activists working for a more just world. She is co-author of The Little Book of Listening: Listening as a Radical Act of Love, Justice, Healing, and Transformation.
Julie Pfaff
Board Member
Julie Pfaff is an accomplished attorney and educator with a strong commitment to public service and legal education. She earned her Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law in 2004 and began her career as a federal law clerk for the Honorable Juan R. Sánchez. Following her clerkship, Julie entered private practice as a civil litigator, where she continues to advocate for clients in complex legal matters. In addition to her legal practice, Julie serves as an Assistant Professor, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in law. She is passionate about fostering a deeper understanding of the legal system among students and the broader community. Since 2021, Julie has volunteered and taught at SCI Phoenix, demonstrating her dedication to education and rehabilitation within the correctional system.
Bri Murphy
Board Member
Bri Murphy currently serves as the Transformative Healing & Restorative Justice Coordinator at the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. Bri is a recent, second-career graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, Evening Division. She is committed to a version of justice in which all people are resourced to thrive. Throughout her life, Bri has worked and collaborated with individuals who are incarcerated, many of whom are/were serving Life Without Parole or Death By Incarceration sentences. It is their leadership and generosity that taught her both the strength of community and connection while exposing the inhumanity and limitations of institutions that are centered on punishment. Bri hopes their legal work contributes to expanded opportunities for post-conviction relief as a means to strengthen our communities, bring more people home, and actualize a more healing justice.
In addition to Way Moore Justice Support, Bri has the honor to work with several local organizations in varying roles, including Oshun Family Center, Right to Redemption, and Gateway HorseWorks.