Greenburgh Public Library and The Greenburgh Restorative Circle Project Offer Community Listening Circles – Nov. 14th – Building Bridges for Racial Equity and Inclusion
The Greenburgh Restorative Circle Project (GRCP) invites Greenburgh residents to gather in a Community Listening Circle to address the topic: Building a Community that Works for Everyone. They will address how you can strengthen trust, relationships, and understanding between those who live in the various neighborhoods in unincorporated Greenburgh.
The GRCP is a community-building initiative to promote race equity through civic engagement and community action. Greenburgh residents of all backgrounds are invited to gather in Community Listening Circles to share how their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities affect their lives and work in an atmosphere of safety, decorum, and equality, giving space and time to people who often feel they are not being heard.
GRCP is excited to launch its second round of Community Listening Circles, beginning with Building a Community That Works for Everyone, hosted by The Greenburgh Public Library on Thursday, November 14th, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Refreshments will be provided.
Listening Circle participants will be invited to share the joys and challenges they experience as Greenburgh residents, and their thoughts about how we might be in community with one another in a way that each of us feels heard, valued, and appreciated.
Registration is required – Listening Circle: Building a Community That Works for Everyone
Please consider joining and/or sharing the invitation with others in your network who might be interested in building a community together. All Greenburgh residents are invited to participate in these circles. Community leaders are encouraged to attend and invite their constituents.
As a reminder Listening Circles:
● Are facilitated by trained Circle Keepers.
● Use a talking piece to equalize the opportunity for participation.
● Establish group guidelines that all participants agree to uphold and that preserve the integrity of the space.
● Last approximately 2 hours and engage approximately 10 participants in each circle.
The Listening Circle is sponsored and organized by Restorative Justice Westchester (RJW), Showing Up for Racial Justice Westchester (SURJ), the Westchester Racial Equity Collaborative (WREC), and the Greenburgh Human Rights Advisory Committee.
With roots in Indigenous cultures around the world, Listening Circles and other Restorative Justice models provide people an opportunity to speak and listen to each other in a respectful atmosphere, with decorum, and equality, giving space and time to people who often feel they are not being heard.
Listening Circles are led by trained “circle keepers”, use a talking piece to equalize the opportunity for participation, and are grounded in common values and agreements that all participants commit to upholding. Each Listening Circle will be two hours in length and engage approximately 10 participants. To accommodate everyone interested, there will be several circles occurring simultaneously at each venue.
Light refreshments will be served. Doors open 30 minutes before the event. Starting promptly at 6 PM.
For more information about the Greenburgh Restorative Circle Project, email greenburghrcp@gmail.com
