THE 22-03 GATHERING BRUSSELS
The 22-03 gathering Brussels: A CIRCLE A DAY + CIRCLE TO COMMEMORATE & CONNECT
Interview with Kristin Verellen in ‘Le Soir’
Kristin Verellen, founder of We have the choice, in Le Soir. “Ca demande une vigilance de tous les instants, d’être présent dans sa propre vie. Si on ne fait pas attention, nos pensées nous emmènent rapidement vers le passé, vers ce qui est arrivé et pourrait se reproduire et voilà nos angoisses projetées dans le futur ! Il n’y a que le présent qui compte, le reste est une construction de notr […]
Online Circle ‘Loss & Love’ • 22 March 2021
We are much more interconnected than we thought. We are discovering this today in the current pandemic as we did 5 years ago during the attacks in Brussels. Both then and now, we are living in a fragile period. We risk losing some of the things that are precious to us. Our loved ones and friends, our ideals of a stable future for ourselve […]
Online Youth Circle >>> UPlifting each other in lockDOWN <<<
The 2nd lockdown demands a lot from students and young people. Everyone’s experience is different. Some students rightly sound the alarm. We invite you to stand still together with other young people and give words to how you experience this period and how you feel. Do you suffer as a result of isolation? Enjoying the peace and quiet? Lyin […]
Time to connect • Monthly Online Eye Contact & Circle Ritual
Monthly on Sundays from 3.30pm to 6pm.
Dates Sundays:
– August 30th
– 20 September
– October 11th
– 22 November
– December 20th
We have the choice and Bond zonder Naam and […]
Online ritual of commemoration and connection • 22 March 2020
IMPORTANT CHANGE: THE RITUAL ON SUNDAY MARCH 22ND WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE DUE TO CORONA PREVENTION.
Four years after the attacks in Brussels and in the midst of corona prevention actions, we are nurturing trust in each other. We have the Choice and […]
Lecture by Kristin Verellen in Beersel Library on 5 March
As part of the ‘Encounters’ project, Kristin Verellen will tell her personal story in the Beersel Library on Thursday 5 March, using photos by Johan Van Steen that were published posthumously, combined with poems by herself. March 22, 2016: a day that many will not soon forget. 31 dead, many wounded and a country in mourning. Kristin lost her partner Johan Van Steen in the attacks and experien […]
Expo Standing still/Still standing at Destelheide
The exhibition Standing Still / Still Standing runs from 1 October to 31 January at Destelheide and offers a complete experience of photographs by Johan van Steen, poems by Kristin Verellen and testimonies by participants of the Circle Rites. This will be done in conjunction with the work of Brussels youngsters from Centrum West who, in the summer of 2019, under the guidance of artist Katrien […]
We have the choice at the international conference ‘Restorative Practices’
Kristin Verellen testified at the international conference for ‘Restorative Practices’ in Kortrijk on Wednesday 15 May. An inspired story that touched many people can be deduced from the high attendance at the circle that took place at the conference in the afternoon. More info about the conference: […]