Office of DEI to Host In-Person Healing Circle, March 2

The Office of DEI is excited to announce two Healing Circle opportunities for faculty and staff that will be happening in March; the first will be this Thursday, March 2. As a designated Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center (THRT), NOVA is one of over 70 colleges and universities dedicated to pursuing narrative change, racial healing and relationship building. One practical tool that TRHT campus centers utilize is Healing Circles.

Healing circles are groups of around 30 people or fewer coming together to share individual truths, history and stories. They are led by two trained co-facilitators who guide the circle through a series of prompts and debriefs that lead to generative conversations. The experience is usually three hours long with time for group sharing, conversations in pairs and self-reflection. The process of listening and becoming open to one another’s perspectives and experiences is what leads to a transformative experience. Read more about Healing Circles here.

The March Healing Circles will be hosted as follows:

• Annandale Campus (CM-332), Thursday, March 2, 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., co-facilitated by Sherrene DeLong (Office of DEI) and Liz Leon (MA)
• Virtual, Fri, Mar. 24, 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., co-facilitated by Vanessa Diaz (College Staff)  and Nathan Carter (Office of DEI)

Click here to register for either circle. Participants are welcome to attend both! Please note that these healing circles are intended for NOVA faculty and staff. If you have questions or want to know more about Healing Circles, please contact Sherrene DeLong in the Office of DEI (SDeLong@nvcc.edu).

Submitted by:
Sherrene DeLong, DEI-Events Coord., SDeLong@nvcc.edu