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Our brains make patterns out of everything to save effort. But this has consequences on both how we treat others and on our ability to live nonviolently. The more we know about our own patterns, the more choice we have. Read on to learn our most important tendencies in groups, and what we can do in response.
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- Skill Level All Skill Levels
- Duration Read Time: 15 - 23 minutes
- Production Date 03/2020
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 5
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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- Advanced Skill Level
- Intermediate Skill Level
- Beginner Skill Level
- Sarah Peyton
- Sarah
- Peyton
- Introductory Skill Level
- patterns
- brain
- privilege
- Privilege blindness
- status
- nonviolence
- choice
- belonging
- exclusion
- community
- racism
- bias
- groups
- empathic presence
- subconscious
- socioeconomic
- classism
- ranking
- merit
- deserve
- equality
- prejudice
- All Skills Levels
Our pattern-making minds make predictions about how best to survive in the world. So deep wounds from our past can influence our minds to make life long generalizations that harden into core beliefs about groups of people. Read on for a demonstration of how empathy can shift these wounds and thus the core beliefs.
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- Skill Level All Skill Levels
- Duration Read Time: 4 - 6 minutes
- Production Date 10/2011
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 2
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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The existing unequal risks and impacts people of certain race, class and identities face in society is magnified in these strenuous times -- especially with things such as illness, financial well being, discrimination, attacks, and death. As responsive NVC practitioners we can stand in solidarity with those who are differentially impacted. Read on for this, and additional ways to spot common pitfalls of doing so.
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- Skill Level Advanced Skill Level
- Duration Read time: 15 - 23 minutes
- Production Date 05/2020
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 6
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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- bystander
- intervention
- empathy
- bias
- ally
- False equivalence
- people of color
- BIPOC
- marginalization
- prejudice
- racism
- social movement
- Black Lives Matter
- minority
- Solidarity
- Myth
- oppression
- equality
- Norms
- social responsibility
- impact
- Systemic
- Justice
- social change
- power
- privilege
- equity
- All Skill Levels
- Beginner Skill Level
- Intermediate Skill Level
- Roxanne Manning
- Roxanne
- Manning
- Roxy Manning
- Roxy
- Advanced Skill Level
- COVID19
- pandemic
- society
- direct action
Amidst racial violence, there are things that NVC can offer. And there are places where NVC culture needs to be more vigilant. Here are examples of where, amidst incredible loss and pain, "allies" and communities commonly (and often unknowingly) create false equivalences, minimization and re-injure those who've been historically marginalized -- even when they offer empathy, or aim to stay "safe". Read on to cultivate greater understanding and ways to respond differently.
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- Skill Level All Skill Levels
- Duration Read time: 23 - 34 minutes
- Production Date 06/2020
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 7
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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- Advanced Skill Level
- Roxy
- Roxy Manning
- Manning
- Roxanne
- Roxanne Manning
- Intermediate Skill Level
- Beginner Skill Level
- All Skill Levels
- equity
- privilege
- power
- social change
- Justice
- Systemic
- impact
- social responsibility
- dominant culture
- Norms
- equality
- oppression
- Myth
- Introductory Skill Level
- erasure
- minority
- Black Lives Matter
- social movement
- racism
- prejudice
- marginalization
- microaggression
- BIPOC
- POC
- people of color
- George Floyd
- Police
- False equivalence
- Minimization
- NVC culture
- status quo
- ally
- bias
- empathy
- intervention
- bystander
- conplicit
- fragility
- complicity
- Solidarity
Want to increase diversity, plus improve group dynamics and group functioning? There are things you can do to make NVC settings more welcoming to people of color. Learn more about how to use NVC; attend to impact; help the community understand and demonstrate more awareness; factor in historical context; engage; create a more inclusive climate; and more!
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- Skill Level Intermediate Skill Level
- Duration Read time: 9 - 13 minutes
- Production Date 06/2019
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 3
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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- honest expression
- Advanced Skill Level
- Roxy
- Roxy Manning
- Manning
- Roxanne
- Roxanne Manning
- Intermediate Skill Level
- prejudice
- bias
- marginalization
- diversity
- racism
- group function
- inclusion
- group dynamics
- POC
- leadership
- privilege
- power
- white person
- impact
- discrimination
- community
- social responsibility
- allyship
- advocacy
Trainer Tip: We all see through our own filters. To disentangle what we hear from some is really saying, check using understanding requests at the level of detail you need. Course correct along the way. In a charged situation this can be critical to bringing in clarity, being heard and resolving differences amicably.
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- Skill Level Beginner Skill Level
- Duration Read time: 1-2 minutes
- Production Date 10/2005
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 2
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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When we're on the receiving end of pain-stimulating assumptions, a microaggression, or prejudice --when we're reactive and resultingly have self-doubt, guilt or shame in ourselves-- is it possible to be intensely authentic while holding care for everyone in the situation? Can we effectively do this even as a third party witnesses to these things?
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- Skill Level All Skill Levels
- Duration Read time: 9 - 13 minutes
- Production Date 04/2019
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 3
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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There are times when someone judges us, or meets us with prejudice, and its easier for us to respond by hating them, or judging ourselves as not good enough. How can we love another person instead without excusing their actions? Roxy tells us her story with wonderment, grief and mourning.
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- Skill Level Intermediate Skill Level
- Duration Read time: 6 - 9 minutes
- Production Date 01/2018
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 2
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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Why does NVC practice, and NVC training/coaching, appear to be not enough to bridge divides between people? This article takes a look at the trickle down effect of our societal conditioning, what we can add to our NVC lense, and what we can do "upstream" when NVC doesn't seem to be enough. Additionally, the article talks about unseen constraints that men, women and minority groups face in organizational settings...
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- Skill Level Intermediate Skill Level
- Duration Read time: 12 - 18 minutes
- Production Date 1/2018
- Premium Members N/A
- Points 5
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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- All Skill Levels
- Introductory Skill Level
- Beginner Skill Level
- Intermediate Skill Level
- Advanced Skill Level
- power imbalances
- privilege
- Privilege blindness
- gender bias
- society
- bias
- sexism
- racism
- ineffective NVC
- status quo
- individualism
- silo mentality
- relationship blocks
- shared power
- shared responsibility
- systemic change
- marginalized
- marginalized group
- minority groups
- minority
- outlier
- disenfranchised
- inclusivity
- inclusion
- inclusive
- prejudice
- group dynamics
- business
- organization
- Dian Killian
- Dian
- Killian
- power
- self examination
- assumptions
Join Jeff Brown for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege white people.
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- Skill Level Beginner Skill Level
- Duration 01:21 hours:minutes
- Production Date 04/22/2017
- Premium Members Premium Members
- Points 4
- Multi Trainer Num 1
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