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Sibling Circles
Sibling Circles are relational spaces within Sisterbility for siblings of Caribbean and African heritage navigating disability in their families.
Grounded in cultural care and lived experience, these circles center the responsibilities, expectations, and connections that shape siblinghood. Through dialogue and creative reflection, they offer space for shared meaning rather than solutions.
Participation is choice-based and held with care, intention, and respect for cultural ways of knowing and being.
Sibling Circles
(Event Dates to be Announced)
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Mwen tchenbé’w
Sibling Circles for Siblings of Individuals with a Disability Mwen tchenbé’w means I hold you in St. Lucian Kwéyòl. Mwen tchenbé’w circles are intentional gathering spaces created specifically for siblings of individuals with a disability, grounded in Caribbean cultural understandings of care, responsibility, and relationship. These circles recognize that siblings often hold emotional, practical, and relational responsibilities that are rarely named or supported. Mwen tchenbé’w exists to offer cultural access, cultural care, and cultural safety for siblings whose experiences are shaped by family roles, migration, faith, and community expectations. These are not support groups or clinical spaces. They are relational gatherings held with care, where listening, storytelling, silence, and presence are all honored. Participants are invited to share as much or as little as they choose. Each circle is gently facilitated and may begin with culturally grounded practices such as music, poetry, reflection, or silence. Conversation unfolds at the pace of the group and is held with intention and respect for cultural ways of knowing and being. Mwen tchenbé’w names what siblings often offer quietly; to hold, and to be held.
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Nou Ansanm
Joint Sibling Circles Nou Ansanm means we are together. Nou Ansanm circles are joint sibling gatherings that bring siblings with and without disabilities into shared space, centering sibling relationships as mutual, interconnected, and evolving. These circles are grounded in Caribbean cultural understandings of togetherness, where care is relational and responsibility is shared. They create space for siblings to listen to one another, reflect together, and name experiences that are often held privately or unevenly across ability. Nou Ansanm circles are intentionally facilitated and offered less frequently than sibling-only gatherings. They are clearly named so participants can choose what feels right for them. These spaces honour differences without hierarchy and connection without forcing resolution. As with all Sisterbility gatherings, Nou Ansanm prioritizes cultural access, cultural care, and cultural safety. Conversation unfolds at the pace of the group and is held with intention, respect, and care for the relationships in the room. Nou Ansanm is about being together, without erasing differences.
A Quiet Boundary
Sisterbility Sibling Circles are for siblings.
They are not open community forums, professional learning spaces, or observational events.
This boundary exists to protect the integrity of the space and to ensure siblings have access to conversations that center their experiences without explanation or translation.