Grief and Revival Circle: Coping with our Collective Grief
The Grief and Revival Circle is a facilitated community space designed to help participants process collective grief in times of social, cultural, and personal upheaval.
The Grief and Revival Circle is a facilitated community space designed to help participants process collective grief in times of social, cultural, and personal upheaval. Together, we will explore tools for emotional resilience, communal care, and spiritual grounding. Through guided dialogue, creative expression, and reflective practices, participants will learn ways to cope with shared loss while cultivating hope, connection, and renewed purpose.
What to expect: Journaling, sharing, listening, and reflection for this three-week program.
Participants may bring their own paper or journals and pens.
This program is provided through the Billie James Fund for the Arts.
Dates and registration details:
Three Thursday Afternoons: April 9, 16, 23 2026
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Registration is now open. Register here.
The program is limited to 25 people.
The fee is $50. Advance registration is required; drop-in is not available for this program.
To request a confidential partial or full scholarship, please reach out to our director.
Location: The beautiful and newly renovated Threshold Center at 3794 Crosshaven Drive, Vestavia Hills/ Cahaba Heights, AL 35223. Parking is free. Handicapped parking is available at the door.
Salaam Green will facilitate this series.
Meet Salaam
Salaam Green is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Birmingham, Alabama (2024–2026), recently recognized as one of the Women Who Shape the State.
Salaam is a native of Greensboro and the founder of The Literary Healing Arts. Green is a storyteller and healer, a Kellogg Foundation Racial Healing Facilitator, and an Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholar.
She holds an English degree from the University of Montevallo and a Master's in Early Childhood Education from the University of North Dakota. She has held residencies at UAB, Auburn University, and the former Wallace Plantation in Harpersville, Alabama.
With over 16 years of experience, she uses poetry to create healing spaces rooted in Southern history and resilience.
Green is the author of The Other Revival, a collection of poems released in June 2025. The Other Revival reclaims the Southern revival as a space for truth-telling and healing through oral tradition. The book emphasizes that vital archives reside in people—in their voices, memories, and willingness to pass stories on.
Learn more about Salaam at Salaamgreen.com
