The FUS Social Justice Council has received a grant from the Unitarian Universalist funding program. The grant will support our work in the Circles of Support program of the Madison Area Urban Ministry. This program works with recently released prisoners of the Wisconsin prison system who are returning to the Madison area. The funded project includes hosting an interfaith gathering of 50 persons for a simulation exercise at First Society on Sept 23. The goal is development of interfaith circles of support from that gathering with each Circle including 5 or 6 individuals who will work with one recently released prisoner during the period of their parole, and the training of the circle members. The simulation exercise recreates the experience of the first month of a recently released prisoner. Each participant is given an identity and must spend the period of the simulation negotiating the requirements of parolees and overcoming the various barriers to success.