Our neighborhood is trying to address the homeless encampment through dialogue but the housed residents just want them gone and I feel complicit in violence disguised as community process.
More people experience this than they realize.
Talking circles can become elaborate rituals of avoidance when communities use process to delay confronting their own complicity in systems of harm.
“Where Are You with Talking circles and community justice?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.