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Restorative justice talking circles: The simplest of questions can connect us

December 28, 2009

wonder what ‘fluff’ this person felt.  Maybe it was the values, and maybe it was a connecting question.

I error on the side of building up of connecting people a little
before addressing the harm.  To me the more you know about someone the
more you have something to connect to them about.

I was chatting with some volunteers before a session.  I learned a
lot about ice fishing!  I didn’t know about the pop-ups or walking on
the ice vs running.  It was pretty clear a few other people had way,
way more knowledge than I did.

My next getting acquainted question is going to be “what is something you know A LOT about”.

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