CIRCLE OF LOVE

What is Circle of Love?

Circle of Love is a space for GRIP alumni to share, process and debrief life’s events after incarceration and during COVID-19. It’s a time to connect, be in community and support one another. This space is for us, by us, and about us. HUH!

When are we meeting?

We will meet the second Tuesday of each month for two hours to talk about what is going on in our lives. Our meetings start at 6:30pm and end at 8:30pm. If you can’t join the whole 2 hours, you can just pop up to say hi!

What are we discussing in the circle?

Anything and everything! This space is for us to share and process our experience of living after incarceration, our joys and struggles, the tools that we use, and much more. 

There will be a prompt as a discussion topic for each meeting, though we will have the freedom to divert from that prompt if it doesn’t feel like it fits the moment. 

This is a safe space for all of us GRIP alumni to come and continue our Tribal Process. We feel this can be a special place for those of you who wish or need to continue the circle process.

Circle of Love will begin sessions on December 14, 2021
from 6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Please sign-up for the email list using the link below to receive the meeting information and zoom link.

Upcoming Circle of Love Dates and Times

All meetings will take place between 6:30PM-8:30PM.

  • January 11, 2022
  • February 8, 2022
  • March 8, 2022
  • April 12, 2022
  • May 10, 2022 
  • June 14, 2022
 
Bernard, Circle of Love Facilitator, is a GRIP Facilitator, a peacemaker, and an expert in violence prevention, mindfulness, and emotional Intelligence. He currently facilitates GRIP at Mule Creek and San Quentin. 
Bernard is passionate about re-entry support and is leading the Circle of Love, to support our beloved GRIP alumni community on the outside. 
“This space is for us GRIP graduates to safely continue doing and sharing the life of a peacemaker. Although we can’t be together physically, we can be together in this virtual space to process and be in community. The goal of Circle of Love is to show us that we are not doing this by ourselves, we have brothers and sisters that are here to support us. This is a place to refresh and revitalize our commitment to the GRIP Pledge and tools.”
– Bernard Moss

 

ARE YOU A GRIP GRADUATE INTERESTED IN JOINING CIRCLE OF LOVE?

We are thrilled to invite all GRIP graduates to our monthly sessions, Circle of Love. Please fill out this Google Form and someone from the GRIP Training Institute will reach out with the session zoom link!

At this time, in order to build our alumni community and sustain the learning from the GRIP course, Circle of Love is only available to GRIP graduates who have returned to their communities outside of prison. 

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