The First Year Circle
Who
New correspondents, from before the first message through month twelve.
What we work on
Rules, rhythms, first replies, early fear, and building a schedule you can keep.
Join this group →Path C · Sustain
You should not carry this alone
We organize support groups for people who are already writing — because this work is easier to carry in community, and because correspondents need a place to process what they are experiencing, stay accountable, and keep going when it gets hard.
We are not called to be fixers. We are called to be human.
Six tables
Find the group that fits your practice
The Long Practice
Who
Correspondents writing the same person for a year or more.
What we work on
Depth, boundaries, fatigue, honesty, and what to do when the messages get heavy.
Join this group →Vigil Group
Who
Correspondents whose person has an execution date set.
What we work on
Preparing, witnessing, last messages, logistics, and staying upright through it.
Join this group →After
Who
Correspondents grieving someone who was executed or who died on the row.
What we work on
Grief with no ordinary place to land, and deciding whether and how to begin again.
Join this group →Faith & Practice
Who
Anyone approaching correspondence as spiritual discipline.
What we work on
Writing as prayer, presence without fixing, and reading the book together.
Join this group →Advocates' Table
Who
Correspondents moving into public advocacy for the person they write.
What we work on
Legal literacy, clemency, media, and how to speak without taking over a story.
Join this group →Meet
Monthly, online, one hour
Size
Small enough that everyone speaks
Cost
Free — always
Rule
What is shared here stays here
What a meeting is like
- We read something short. Usually a paragraph from Chapter 18 or a message someone has permission to share.
- Everyone checks in. Who you are writing, how the messages have been, what is hard right now.
- We work one situation together. A message nobody knows how to answer, a rule change, a date, a silence.
- We close by naming next messages. Accountability out loud is the simplest reason people keep writing.
Come find us
If you are already writing to someone on death row, we want to journey with you.
Info@ExecutionIntervention.org