Our center offers free community building circles & circles in response to harm to anyone affiliated with the university.
Our processes include:
- Restorative conversations for 2 or more people involved in an interpersonal conflict or a situation where harm has occurred
- harm and peace-building circles for groups, units or teams that are experiencing conflicts or where people have experienced harm and seek pathways for improving communication and developing plans for repair
- community building circles for groups, units or teams interested in regrouping, reframing relationships, and developing shared values and community agreements after harm has occurredPlease complete our intake form to help us determine how we can best serve your needs.
In our restorative responses to conflict and harm, we guide participants in co-creating spaces where people can build trust and engage in open conversations to explore and deepen relationships, address intentions and impacts of our actions and responses, and take accountability for actions and behaviors with the goals of personal growth and collective transformation. We recognize that hurt people hurt people and seek to explore the root causes of harm and conflict, and interrupt cycles of harm that can deeply impact campus communities. For confidentiality, we invite people to sign agreements where they agree that nothing said within our process can be utilized in a legal or official university process. This allows people to speak their truths without fear of having their words repeated in other contexts or misrepresented. Please complete our intake form to help us determine how we can best serve your needs.
Organizations We Work With
Here are some of the campus student groups and orgs we work with:
- Student organizations
- BRIDGES Orgs
- On-campus residence halls & RAs
- Co-ops
- Sororities & Fraternities
- Sports teams
- Friends & housemate
- Academic departments
- Classrooms