Our Approach

We believe that communities have the capacity to hold sexual harm with care, clarity, and dignity — without relying on punishment, exile, or silence. Our work centers circle practice as a living form: a space where people come into relationship across difference, grief, accountability, and possibility.

We are not inventing something new. Our work is shaped by deep lineages — Indigenous circle practice, community accountability efforts, somatic abolitionism, liberatory Black movements, and the many less visible traditions of holding harm through presence rather than punishment. We do this work in continuation, not in isolation.

Our circles are participant-led and community-held. Each one is shaped by those who choose to join and co-create it. We believe participation must be voluntary, consent is ongoing, and trust is something we build together through pace, presence, and care.

Sometimes circles are parallel — just for survivors, or for those who’ve caused harm, or for loved ones. Other times they overlap. The shape depends on readiness, safety, and relationship. We honor the wisdom of the body, the need for slowness, and the truth that repair takes time.

We are not offering quick fixes or pre-scripted outcomes. We are building liberatory practice: rooted in complexity, oriented toward interdependence, and held with humility. Circles don’t solve everything — but they create space to ask the questions that human-centered justices demand. They offer opportunities to be seen, heard, and held without fear. They invite us into the practice of extending dignity — to ourselves and to each other.

Circles are a social technology of listening: a place where questions can breathe, stories can be honored, histories held, and new growth can emerge.