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Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 1 of 2)

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 1 of 2)

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 1 of 2)

with Mary Mackenzie and Roxy Manning

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 23-35 mins

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 23-35 mins

In this transcript, clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, Roxy Manning, PhD, offers ways for us to increase our capacity to (1) See things that we otherwise wouldn't; (2) Bring more relevance to our groups, organizations and social change movements; (3) Talk openly about microaggressions: statements or (in)actions that (inadvertently) minimize, diminish or negate somebody's...

Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

with Rachelle Lamb

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 12 - 18 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 12 - 18 minutes

What could be, more often than not, overlooked when we think about or represent NVC or Marshall Rosenberg's work? This article busts some commonly held ideas and approaches to NVC. It challenges us to widen the lens of what it really means to be "life-serving", or speaking and hearing the "language of life". And it also speaks to how thinking can deepen feeling and relatedness...

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 2 of 2)

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 2 of 2)

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 2 of 2)

with Mary Mackenzie and Roxy Manning

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 22-35 mins

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 22-35 mins

In part two, of this two-part transcript, clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, Roxy Manning, Ph.D., offers a way we can help people from marginalized groups free more of their energy for greater joy, meaning and contribution to our groups, social change movements, and organizations. Roxy and Mary Mackenzie also show that while there's often that risk of inadvertently creating...

NVC, Social Change and the Occupy Movement (Part 1)

NVC, Social Change and the Occupy Movement (Part 1)

NVC, Social Change and the Occupy Movement (Part 1)

with Catherine Cadden, Jesse Wiens, Mark Schultz and Miki Kashtan

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:45 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:45 hours:minutes

CNVC Certified Trainers Catherine Cadden, Jesse Wiens and Miki Kashtan join NVC Academy co-founder Mark Schultz in a discussion of Nonviolent Communication and social change in the context of the Occupy Movement.

Facilitate Change: Using NVC to Create Social Change

Facilitate Change: Using NVC to Create Social Change

Facilitate Change: Using NVC to Create Social Change

with Dian Killian PhD and Martha Lasley

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:51 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:51 hours:minutes

Listen to this newly remastered audio with seasoned Life Coach and CNVC Certified Trainers Martha Lasley and Dian Killian, to explore how you can "be the change" in your life, to live fully in integrity with your values in your work, community, faith and social action groups. The introductory session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy:

Working for Transformation without Recreating the Past: Social Change and Nonviolence (Session 1)

Working for Transformation without Recreating the Past: Social Change and Nonviolence (Session 1)

Working for Transformation without Recreating the Past: Social Change and Nonviolence (Session 1)

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 01:00 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
01:00 hours:minutes

Want things to change in your community, but feel frustrated or don’t know what to do? Miki’s intriguing overview of how to apply the principles of NVC to social change movements may have the exact blend of inspiration and ideas you’re seeking!

Neither Rioting Nor Colluding: Powerful Speaking to Create Social Change

Neither Rioting Nor Colluding: Powerful Speaking to Create Social Change

Neither Rioting Nor Colluding: Powerful Speaking to Create Social Change

with Roxy Manning

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 01:09 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
01:09 hours:minutes

Listen to Roxy Manning explore the barriers to speaking authentically as powerful voices for change, and practice these needed conversations about the ongoing violence in the streets of America.

NVC, Social Change and the Occupy Movement (Part 2)

NVC, Social Change and the Occupy Movement (Part 2)

NVC, Social Change and the Occupy Movement (Part 2)

with Mark Schultz

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:39 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:39 hours:minutes

Ronnie Hausheer, an NVC facilitator who volunteers her time for OccupyVoice.info joins NVC Academy co-founder Mark Schultz in a discussion of her work sharing empathy, NVC training and mediation with members of the Occupy Movement.

Opening Hearts in Israel, Palestine, India and Sri Lanka

Opening Hearts in Israel, Palestine, India and Sri Lanka

Opening Hearts in Israel, Palestine, India and Sri Lanka

with Shantigarbha Warren

Beginner Skill Level • Article • 11 pages

Beginner Skill Level
Article
11 pages

CNVC Certified Trainer Shantigarbha Warren offers a report of his recent NVC training trip to Israel/Palestine, India and Sri Lanka and clarifies how NVC can support social change in three very different contexts. Included is an exercise, based on Gandhi’s teaching.

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

with Dian Killian

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 9 - 14 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 9 - 14 minutes

Some people in the NVC community consider the words "privilege" and "power" triggering and/or evaluative. From this perspective, how can the concepts of "privilege" and "power" be considered part of the NVC teaching? This writing piece examines the power and privilege debate. It also discusses what the author sees as Marshall Rosenberg and Gandhi's stance on the subject...

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? The Case of Nonviolent Communication - Part 1 of 2

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? The Case of Nonviolent Communication - Part 1 of 2

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? The Case of Nonviolent Communication - Part 1 of 2

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Article • Read time: 15 - 23 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 15 - 23 minutes

By focusing on NVC process and practice without factoring in the interdependent, systemic dimension we unwittingly diminish the power of NVC. We reinforce the dominant paradigm, rather than challenging it -- making NVC one more tool for compliance. NVC principles can turn against its own purpose in cruel ways. NVC could also empower social change. We'll need our attention on this matter if we...

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? - Part 2

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? - Part 2

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? - Part 2

with Miki Kashtan

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 18 - 27 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 18 - 27 minutes

We can't alone (nor with lone communities) transform the hidden structures of violence and domination. Dialogue alone isn't disruptive enough. We can easily be in dialogue with Trump supporters while the planet burns up, millions are still hungry, and we go extinct. NVC seriously risks reinforcing vast inequities and abuses if we're not radically engaging systemic constraints, and impacts of our...

Why Don’t They Get It?

Why Don’t They Get It?

Why Don’t They Get It?

with Roxy Manning

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 5 - 8 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 5 - 8 minutes

What can we do when someone tells us we're contributing to a pattern we're genuinely not seeing (nor experiencing)? What makes these patterns visible to some people but not others? This article addresses these things by talking about what to factor in when receiving feedback; handling feedback; responding relationally; paying attention to social location; considering impact; plus, broadening our...

Martin Luther King Jr: Seeing the Redeeming Qualities in Others

Martin Luther King Jr: Seeing the Redeeming Qualities in Others

Martin Luther King Jr: Seeing the Redeeming Qualities in Others

with Eddie Zacapa

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 3 - 5 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 3 - 5 minutes

For us to open the door to seemlingly impossible societal changes, we need to find and transform enemy images in order to influence and collaborate with those who seem to be standing in our way. Here's an anecdote to show that this is what lead to Martin Luther King Jr's success in creating social change.

Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent (Complete Course)

Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent (Complete Course)

Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent (Complete Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 14 - 18 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
14 - 18 hours

Are you eager to translate your vision of a world where everyone’s needs matter into a tangible reality? Do you long to discover your unique role in responding to the challenges of our times? If, so join Miki for 12 sessions that will propel you on your way! The first session of this course is free for all to enjoy. nvctraining.com

Moving from Fault to Cause: Looking for Systemic Solutions to White Supremacy

Moving from Fault to Cause: Looking for Systemic Solutions to White Supremacy

Moving from Fault to Cause: Looking for Systemic Solutions to White Supremacy

with Miki Kashtan

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 13 - 19 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 13 - 19 minutes

We can see throughout many examples in history that when we look for "who" is at fault, and thereby seek social change through shaming that person (or that group), it tends to lead to disastrous long term consequences. Even if it works in the short term. Instead, if we want to end cycles of violence we can seek to understand systemic causes and context of individuals' behaviour. And from there,...

Transforming Complaint

Transforming Complaint

Transforming Complaint

with Jim & Jori Manske

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read Time: 1-2 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read Time: 1-2 minutes

Trainer Tip: NVC-based social change naturally emerges from “a certain kind of spirituality”, a quality of spiritual clarity. Intuitions and impulses arising from spiritual clarity are more likely to support sustainable systems. Read on for how to bring more of this in, and ways to transform your complaint into commitment.

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Article • 9 pages

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
9 pages

Miki explains how teachers and administrators can become more effective in relating to themselves, other faculty and staff, and they can contribute more to students' ability to feel connected and energized. Nonviolent Communication provides specific tools to empower ourselves and others to live more in line with our values and deeper needs.

Addressing Needs Beyond Market Economies. (Part 2/9 from the "Apart and Together" series)

Addressing Needs Beyond Market Economies. (Part 2/9 from the "Apart and Together" series)

Addressing Needs Beyond Market Economies. (Part 2/9 from the "Apart and Together" series)

with Miki Kashtan

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 22 - 31 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 22 - 31 minutes

Within the pandemic, limitations of our market economies are more visible. Extreme need is exposed when the economy is collapsing and so many people are without jobs. We can now see how it’s possible to direct resources where they are most needed, solely out of care and interconnection. This is a call to explore a more viable way of living, that centers relationship over transaction.

Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

with Miki Kashtan

Advanced Skill Level • Audio • 00:32 hours:minutes

Advanced Skill Level
Audio
00:32 hours:minutes

Miki speaks to peace activists about connecting with the life vision in those who stimulate pain in them.

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