Led by Deborah S. Blanchard, MS, LPC

“A story circle is a group of people sitting in a circle and sharing stories about their experience on a given topic or theme. The story circle may be used to build community within a group, to examine difference across lines of race or class, to explore social challenges that people are facing in their own lives, or for some other purpose.”   --excerpted from workingnarratives.org

At this story circle, we will bring factions together to all be heard. It is an opportunity to hear how the experience affected you and carried forth in your life.  There is not an opportunity to respond.  Just listening.

Hoped for participants would include the families of those killed in the Riot, those whose businesses were burned, those who were devoted to non-violent protest at the time, law-enforcement.