Circle Related

Articles Available

• Abused Teenager Becomes Million Dollar Kid
• Applications of Peacemaking Circles
• Books on Circle Process
• Changing Her Ways, Set to Graduate
• Circle of Justice
• Circle Process Helps Offender, Community
• Circles
• Circles: Use of the Talking Stick, Feather, Rock
• Domestic Abuse Circle Sentencing Pilot Project
• Facilitating Restorative Group Conferences
• In Minnesota, Justice is Coming Full Circle
• Inspirational Openings and/or Closings
• Not in My Backyard - Sex Offender Transitional Housing
• Peacemaking Circles
• Peacemaking/ Sentencing Circles
• PEASE Academy The Restorative Recovery School
• Racism and the Power of the Circle
• Restorative Justice Circles in South St. Paul, Minnesota
• Sentencing Circle Aims to Rebuild Lives
• State of Minnesota in Supreme Court C9-99-2021
• Terms
• The Growing Circle of Circles
• Victims in the Peacemaking Circle Process

Books Available

• The Little Book of Circle Processes By Kay Pranis 

                “Our ancestors gathered around a fire in a circle, families gather around their kitchen tables in circles, and now we are gathering in circles as communities to solve problems. The practice draws on the ancient Native American tradition of a talking piece and combines that with concepts of democracy and inclusivity.
      Peacemaking Circles are used in neighborhoods to provide support for those harmed by crime and to decide sentences for those who commit crime, in schools to create positive classroom climates and resolve behavior problems, in the workplace to deal with conflict, and in social services to develop more organic support systems for people struggling to get their lives together.
      The Circle process hinges on storytelling. It is hard work, but it is an effort bringing astonishing results around the country.” ISBN: 156148461X

• Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community By Kay Pranis, Bary Stuart and Mark Wedge

  A time-tested paradigm for healing relationships and keeping them healthy, Peacemaking Circles explores how communities can respond to crimes in ways that address the needs and interests of all those affected—victims, offenders, their families and friends, and the community. Based on indigenous teachings combined with research in conflict resolution, the Circle process described here builds an intentionally safe space where we can bring our best selves to some of our most difficult conversations. Though the book relates the process to criminal justice uses, the explanation of Circle philosophy and practice can be readily applied to hurts and conflicts in other areas of life. Above all, the book offers a grounded vision for how we can be together "in a good way," especially when it seems hardest to do. ISBN: 0972188606

• Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture by Christina Baldwin, Colleen M. Kelley
  50,000 years ago, women and men gathered around campfires to decide the key issues in their lives. Today, groups everywhere are discovering a new form of this ancient ritual for communication, mutual support, teamwork, and social change. Now, in a book as consciousness-changing as Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade or Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, Christina Baldwin offers this powerful new tool to everyone who longs for a community based on honesty, equality, and spiritual integrity.
  In this simple, profound practice, participants sit in a circle, pass a talking piece from person to person, and speak and listen from the heart. Christina Baldwin gives detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started, setting goals, and solving disagreements safely and respectfully. She also offers inspiring examples of circles in action: a women's spirituality group, a father and son in crisis, a PTA group that averts a school strike and a work project team that accesses a new level of creativity and caring. ISBN: 0553379003