Miki Kashtan
CNVC Certified CNVC Trainer, author and co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC) and the North America NVC Leadership Program, from Oakland, California, USA
Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC), and the BayNVC Leadership Program. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she leads workshops and intensive retreats in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and offers mediation, meeting facilitation, coaching and training for organizations throughout the USA and internationally. She has supported the US Department of Peace Campaign with monthly conference calls since 2005.
Miki hosts the Conflict Hotline, a monthly live call-in TV show on the Berkeley Community Media channel BETV, which can be viewed on YouTube. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley and her articles have appeared in Communities magazine, Tikkun magazine and Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice.
Miki is inspired by the contribution that NVC can make to social change movements and values sharing these skills with leaders and activists. She most enjoys working with and coaching people who are deeply committed to integrating and sharing the consciousness of NVC.
Miki has authored:
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“The Pain, The Anger, and the Hope: Women Peace Workers in Israel,” Magazine of Creation Spirituality, March 1992
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“Nonviolent Communication: Transforming Conflict and Enhancing Connection in Communities,” Communities Magazine, September 1999
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“No Enemies, No Demands,” Tikkun Magazine, September-October 2002
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“Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution,” Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, September 2002
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“The Gift of Self: The Art of Transparent Facilitation,” in Sandor Schuman, ed., The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation, Jossey-Bass, 2005
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“Beacon for Peace in the Promised Land: Transforming Palestinian-Israeli Relationships with Nonviolent Communication,” with Hagit Lifshitz and Arnina Kashtan, Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peace Building Between Israelis and Palestinians, edited by Judy Kuriansky, Westport, CT and London: Praeger, 2007
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“Working for Peace without Recreating War” (with Dot Maver), Tikkun Magazine, March/April 2008
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“Wanting Fully Without Attachment,” Tikkun Magazine, January/February 2010
"Miki, I really admire the way you are able to be so present in the moment and are able to respond so well to what you see and sense. Just watching you in action makes this course worthwhile to me."
—S.G., Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
”Miki's workshop was exceptional in giving an overview of the work, while calmly meeting the emotional challenges everyone brought to the table.”
—Class participant
Website: reweaving.learnnvc.org
Website: baynvc.org
Website: BayNVC Leadership Program
Blog: The Fearless Heart
