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Circle Practices & Restorative Justice
What are Harmony Circles?
Harmony Circles are also known as Peacemaking Circles, Restorative Justice, and Community Conferencing. They are based on indigenous practices for bringing diverse voices into a common conversation, led by a Circle Keeper, and utilizing a “talking piece” to promote a healthy flow of conversation. They promote healing, collaboration, trust-building, and social-emotional growth and resilience.
Who benefits from Harmony Circles?
- Schools
- Courts & Justice Systems
- Communities
- Families
- Teams
- Schools
- Courts & Justice Systems
- Communities
- Families
- Teams
When do you use Harmony Circles?
There are three primary areas where Harmony Circles are effective:
- When dealing with a harmful event or situation
- When building community engagement & trust
- When processing larger social issues
We can also lead Harmony Circles at your next team retreat!
When do you use Harmony Circles?
There are three primary areas where Harmony Circles are effective:
- When dealing with a harmful event or situation
- When building community engagement & trust
- When processing larger social issues
- When dealing with a harmful event or situation
- When building community engagement & trust
- When processing larger social issues
We can also lead Harmony Circles at your next team retreat!
Common Outcomes of Harmony Circles:
Circles promote social-emotional growth and healing, along with a greater sense of connectivity to the team, community, family, and society. They also save valuable time and resources dealing with the fallout from conflict and harm, by fostering healthy communication and listening to different perspectives and needs. Participants in Circles become more resilient, socially responsible, and self-aware.
“They move conversations away from shame and blame and into accountability and responsibility.”
Harmony Circles are a platform for Community dialogues
Harmony Circles, based on Restorative Practices, bring employees together in an equitable, trust-building, and impactful conversation. More importantly, Circles are immediately effective and build long-lasting results. We can train your team leadership how to implement these Circles, as well as lead and facilitate them ourselves.
Some examples of Harmony Circles that we lead are:
- Trust-building Circles
- Team Productivity Circles
- Leadership and Management Circles
- Women and Minority Circles
- Performance Appraisal Circles
Harmony Circles can be customized as brief, 5-minute introductions to your team meetings or longer, 2-hour+ conversations about a workplace issue or challenge.
We can also lead Harmony Circles virtually!