Community Response Circles
What local concerns would you like to talk about with friends and neighbors?
Community Response Circles will help you build connections and strengthen hope, while discovering:
creative
simple
regenerative responses
that anyone can do
for a more beautiful world
Why Host a Community Response Circle?
Community Response Circles are in person, one-time, 3-5 hour events that shine a light on a particular community concern or challenge. They are an opportunity to build community, reduce isolation, and strengthen individual and collective resilience.
You may host one in response to:
Connection with your community
Social justice issues
Natural disaster: Recovery or Preparation
Concerns for our children and next generations
Water issues
Gun violence, safety
Loss of farmland
Personal transitions or challenges such as:
Job loss or transition
Moving to a new neighborhood
Climate concerns
They are not:
Brainstorming sessions
Geared towards unified solutions that we all must agree on to move forward
A therapy group
Never-ending process without movement forward
Government or politically based
Only for extroverts and activists
Christi Strickland is one of the best group facilitators I have ever met. She has a sincere interest in the group, its predicaments, and what might be keeping it from accomplishing its goals…Her work is fresh, noninvasive, deeply perceptive, and on target.
-Trebbe Johnson, Founder of Radical Joy for Hard Times
How do they work?
The following elements are woven together as a recipe for discovering creative, simple, localized responses to today’s complex challenges.
These responses are born out of connection rather than politics.
The actions taken can be personal and private, or with others.
Core Values
Open, respectful listening
Non-Violence
Equity and inclusivity
Diverse views and experiences as essential
Collaboration
The power of personal stories
Cultivation of belonging
Hope through renewal of connection and fresh ideas and energy
Would you like to hold a Community Response Circle in your area? Christi will be providing Circles on location and by donation - sharing this practice in response to current challenges, and in preparation for the unknowns ahead.
Here is the growing map of where circles are currently planned.
You can also explore the Events Listing Page Here
