Guidelines for Community Circles:
Confidentiality-We ask you not to reference anything shared in these circles that is personal in nature or reference anyone who came to these circles without explicit permission from that person. Leaders are included in this agreement.
These forums are for sharing and listening, not for debate or persuasion
You are welcome to explicitly identify as a survivor, but in care of yourself and all present who are not professionally trained to support this, please refrain from any new disclosures of abuse.
Please limit what you share to your own experience. Please do not speak on another’s behalf.
Please refrain from commenting on other people’s words and thoughts and especially refrain from judging or correcting what other’s have expressed.
Sensitivity-Please hold sensitivity for the experience of survivors. Can you share what you wish to share with this sensitivity as there are likely survivors present.
Patience- Please have patience and an assumption of goodwill for all present.
Time- In consideration of time please consider before you speak what you most want to share, contribute, and be heard for. Please balance your full expression with the time available for all to allow all voices and thoughts to be heard.
I understand and agree to these requests.