A tale of using circle to facilitate difficult conversation among colleagues, the shadow side that can come up for some participants and the light that can come up for others.

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May 1, 2002

2002 Circle Tales

Archive: From the Oregon State Department of Corrections

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May 1, 2002

2002 Circle Tales

On using circle to create safe space to facilitate female prisoners' discussion and emotional preparation for a move from an old, comfortably small prison to a newer, larger facility.

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April 1, 2002

2002 Circle Tales

Archive: A Circle Tale from Todos Santos

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April 1, 2002

2002 Circle Tales

On using circle to create a safe container and support network for women who are stepping way beyond their cultural norms simply to attend a circle meeting.

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February 1, 2002

2002 Circle Tales

Archive: A Tale of Circle's Magic in the Northwest…

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February 1, 2002

2002 Circle Tales

On circle teaching it's participants and facilitators that one person's voice, one person's courageous actions, in a group of people practicing Circle in its many variations, can, and does, make a difference.

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November 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: A Church Deals with Allegations of Abuse

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November 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

On using circle to facilitate a church meeting to deal with allegations that a trusted employee had abused children in his charge.

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October 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: Using Circle in the Motor Industry

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October 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

On using circle to bring together a group of employees from different business units and transforming the animosity and fear they held for each other to a genuine willingness and understanding to work together.

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July 2, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: Law Firm as a Circle of Peers

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July 2, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

On introducing circle as a daily way to connect personally and professionally in a law office and how it's helped differentiate them from other law offices and helped work through tense times.

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June 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: Circle and the University of North Carolina

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June 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

A superb synopsis of a complex and moving year of circle work by faculty and administration working at the Race and Gender Institute.

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April 2, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: Circles in Healthcare

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April 2, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Healthcare remains one of the strongholds of circle use in the professional world. Our circle tale this month takes us to a moderately-sized community hospital in Denver, Colorado. Three years ago Susie Law, Vice President of Patient Care Services, introduced the use of circle into her patient care leadership group.

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March 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: Circles in the Heartland

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March 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

On circles in community, gathering people together to create sacred, safe space to bring about hope, collective action and support for rural-oriented initiatives.

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February 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

Archive: Teaching in a Circle

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February 1, 2001

2001 Circle Tales

On using circle in a third grade classroom and the connections, empathy, safe space and support that it taught and provided to not only the students, but the teacher as well.

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December 1, 2000

2000 Circle Tales

Archive: Circle of Women With Wings

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December 1, 2000

2000 Circle Tales

On bringing together a group of women to connect and go forth in community in an unlikely place - the sky!

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November 1, 2000

2000 Circle Tales

Archive: The Circle and My Church

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November 1, 2000

2000 Circle Tales

On using circle in one church's meetings to get to the heart of issues and helping enthusiastic volunteers be effective in their positions.