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CONSENTRIC CIRCLE conversationS
tuesday MORNINGS
Aug 18-Nov 3
week by week
1
brain + BOdy
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Trauma symptoms and current triggers
August 18, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
2
brain + BOdy
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: What support did you need?
August 25, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
3
COMMUNITY RESPONSES
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: How did your community respond to you?
September 1, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
4
COMMUNITY RESPONSES
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: What did you need from your community?
September 8, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
5
CONSIDERING OUR ALLIES
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Who can we engage to listen + support?
September 15, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
6
HEALING + JUSTICE SYSTEMS
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Experiences with systems + structures
September 22, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
7
HEALING + JUSTICE SYSTEMS
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Defining our justice + healing
September 29, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
8
CONSIDERING OUR COMMUNITY
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Who should listen, who could help?
October 6, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
9
*ALLY CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS: *Survivors + Personal Allies
TOPIC: Community engaged discussion
October 13, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
10
REFLECTION
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Processing the ally conversation
October 20, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
11
*COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS: *Survivors + Community Collaborators
TOPIC: Community engaged discussion
October 27, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
12
RELFECTION + CLOSURE
PARTICIPANTS: Survivors
TOPIC: Reflection on our shared wisdom
November 3, 2020 10 am - 11:30 am
RESOURCES
brain + body
community responses
APP (practice)
Calm App For more information on the free version of Calm click here
Kaiser members - download Calm and other apps for free here [More free meditation apps!]
LONG READS (learn)
My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter A. Levine
AUDIO (listen)
24 - The Art of Allyship: Coming Alongside — Jacoby Ballard - conversation and perspectives around trauma and healing, including allyship, accompliceship and solidarity, what they mean and what they require.
QUOTE (consider)
'Rape culture has been defined as a set of values and beliefs that provide an environment conducive to rape' (Boswell and Spade 1996) and where 'rape is often not acknowledged as a crime and its victims are frequently blamed ... for their own violation' (Vogelman 1990). - Does Rape Culture Predict Rape? Evidence From U.S. Newspapers, 2000–2013 -
TOOLS (utilize)
How We Respond to Sexual Violence Matters - A quick primer on sexual violence and how to support survivors of sexual assault.
Spectrum of Violence - A systematic tool developed by The Prevention Institute that promotes a range of activities for effective violence prevention.
VIDEO (watch)
Step Inside the Circle - Video from the Compassion Prison Project that demonstrates the power of restorative practices, community and sharing of experiences.