{"id":3781,"date":"2026-05-25T21:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateful.org\/betterdev\/?page_id=3781"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:12:13","slug":"communities-for-healing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateful.org\/betterdev\/communities-for-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Communities for Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3781\" class=\"elementor elementor-3781\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e77d8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e77d8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b243d72 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b243d72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06b92c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d06b92c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Communities for Healing and Justice \n<span style=\"font-style: italic;color: #55AA39;font-weight: 300\"><br> \u201cComing Home Program\u201d\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54022a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54022a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"programs-head\"><div class=\"entry-summary\"><p>For more than nine years we have collaborated with Communities for Healing and Justice on their \u201cComing Home\u201d program for people returning from incarceration.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36219e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f36219e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e756fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e756fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8961e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af8961e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3903cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3903cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2014 WHAT WE DO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15075f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15075f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The program brings together a cohort of formerly incarcerated participants with the larger community for  <span style=\"font-style: italic;font-weight: 300\">weekly meals and programs<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d43716 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d43716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have been invited each year to do one of the opening sessions for men and women returning home from incarceration.<\/p><p>We invite each participant to ask themselves \u201cWhat would better look like?\u201d The answers are always personal and poignant. Sometimes it is as simple as finding a job\u2014or it can be envisioning a long held dream.<\/p><p>We meet in a circle with the participants\u2014the circle symbolizing the equality of each person who enters the circle. 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