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NVC Resources on Social Change

Grounding in Interconnection and Solidarity

Grounding in Interconnection and Solidarity

Grounding in Interconnection and Solidarity

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 10 - 15 minutes •

Article
10 - 15 minutes

Human health is connected to health of ecosystems and other societies. Our wellness and liberation is found in our interconnection, kinship, reverence for life, and solidarity. Solidarity erodes through narratives, practices and policies that separate us from each other -- and this impacts societal functioning. The breakdown creates conditions for pandemic, racism, police brutality,...

From Obedience and Shame to Freedom and Belonging: Transforming Patriarchal Paradigms of Child-Rearing in the Age of Global Warming

From Obedience and Shame to Freedom and Belonging: Transforming Patriarchal Paradigms of Child-Rearing in the Age of Global Warming

From Obedience and Shame to Freedom and Belonging: Transforming Patriarchal Paradigms of Child-Rearing in the Age of Global Warming

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 33 pages •

Article
33 pages

What will it take to reclaim our fundamental relatedness with all things alive, surrender our attempts to control nature, and find a way of living that averts or mitigates the worst possible catastrophes awaiting us while it's still possible?

Overcoming Patriarchy 5-7-2017

Overcoming Patriarchy 5-7-2017

Overcoming Patriarchy 5-7-2017

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 1 hour, 12 minutes •

Audio
1 hour, 12 minutes

The focus on patriarchy emerges from the understanding that patriarchy plays a foundational role in everything. Yes, I mean it: everything. Patriarchy is not the same as sexism; patriarchy is to sexism very much what structural racism is to (interpersonal) racism: it's a system that runs independently of any one person's attitudes or behaviors. Join Miki for her first in a series of discussions...

Creating Collaborative Organizations

Creating Collaborative Organizations

Creating Collaborative Organizations

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 55 minutes •

Audio
55 minutes

Miki will take you step-by-step through four vital systems that support radical collaboration and foster meaning. You’ll learn how to design a decision making process, create clear statements of intent, and create a process for resolving conflict.

The Essentials of Using NVC in Business

The Essentials of Using NVC in Business

The Essentials of Using NVC in Business

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 minutes •

Audio
5 minutes

Miki responds to a 2014 NVC in Business Conference participant’s question concerning the focus on needs over other aspects of NVC in business communication.

Fear of Negative Consequences

Fear of Negative Consequences

Fear of Negative Consequences

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 8 minutes •

Audio
8 minutes

Miki responds to a participant’s question concerning fear of consequences when speaking with a manager at work. In this excerpt, she delves into the topic of choosing to inhabit nonviolence in the workplace, affirming that fear and nonviolence are incompatible, and that nonviolence is a powerful alternative to our habitual Fight, Flight, Freeze responses.

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Step Into Your Vision

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Step Into Your Vision

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Step Into Your Vision

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 1 hour •

Audio
1 hour

Enjoy listening to Miki make the distinction between leadership as a position and leadership as an orientation to life. The theme: when is it time to actively step into your vision?! Check it out.

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

with Dian Killian

Article • 9 - 14 minutes •

Article
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...

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 9 pages •

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.

Is Nonviolent Use of Force an Oxymoron?

Is Nonviolent Use of Force an Oxymoron?

Is Nonviolent Use of Force an Oxymoron?

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 37 - 56 minutes •

Article
37 - 56 minutes

What do we actually mean by “use of force” and what counts as such? Here's a template that will be unpacked in this article: "Use of force is consistent with nonviolence to the extent that we use the least amount of force possible, with the most love possible, aiming at (re)creating conditions for dialogue; that we make the choice using as much nonreactive discernment as possible, with as much...

Resolving Conflict in Congregations

Resolving Conflict in Congregations

Resolving Conflict in Congregations

with LoraKim Joyner, DVM

Audio • 10 minutes •

Audio
10 minutes

LoraKim explores what gets in the way of seeing the inherent worth and dignity of others when there is conflict in congregations. The strategies LoraKim offers can be applied to any spiritual community.

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Living into Your Power

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Living into Your Power

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Living into Your Power

with Miki Kashtan

Video • 45 minutes •

Video
45 minutes

Want a world that truly works for everyone? What are you going to do right now to help it efficiently move in that direction from wherever you are? Listen to Miki’s coaching and guidance as she’s helping participants with their challenges.

Understanding and Healing from Bullying, Giving and Receiving

Understanding and Healing from Bullying, Giving and Receiving

Understanding and Healing from Bullying, Giving and Receiving

with Sarah Peyton

Article • 6 - 9 minutes •

Article
6 - 9 minutes

When bullying occurs, if we do our own healing, our brains can become more sharp and present and willing to take action to connect and to begin to shift and mitigate the harm that trauma does in our world. We can reduce trauma inflicted upon others when we recognize the patterns of abuse and bullying, hold zero tolerance for it, bring in support for both sides of the conflict, and take action...

Embracing Nonviolence (4 Session Course)

Embracing Nonviolence (4 Session Course)

Embracing Nonviolence (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 4 - 6 hours •

Audio
4 - 6 hours

The heart of the practice of nonviolence is a commitment to live through the powerful combination of compassion, fierceness, and courage, with an uncompromising willingness to stand for truth. Join Miki Kashtan for this exciting and informative course to learn how to practically embrace nonviolence.

NVC Life Hacks 30: How to Stay Sane in the Climate and Ecological Emergency

NVC Life Hacks 30: How to Stay Sane in the Climate and Ecological Emergency

NVC Life Hacks 30: How to Stay Sane in the Climate and Ecological Emergency

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 9 minutes •

Video
9 minutes

With more and more news coverage on the increase in climate events around the world, climate change is slowly becoming accepted as an emergency. But how do we stay sane amongst all the chaos and to go one step further how can we take action whilst being grounded and calm?

From Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (6 Session Course)

From Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (6 Session Course)

From Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (6 Session Course)

with Roxy Manning

Audio • 10 -12 hours •

Audio
10 -12 hours

For many people, attempting to connect with others across differences can feel akin to walking through a minefield. With humility, tenderness, and courage, Roxy challenges your perspectives and encourages you to open your heart and mind. Roxy uses concrete examples and visual tools to illustrate complex concepts.

Why Can't People Just Live Peacefully With Each Other?

Why Can't People Just Live Peacefully With Each Other?

Why Can't People Just Live Peacefully With Each Other?

with Bob Wentworth

Article • 8 - 12 minutes •

Article
8 - 12 minutes

Perhaps human violence persists because we believe that violence is inevitable and there's nothing we can do about it -— even though there is notable evidence that this is likely not true. Read on for some research and theory on how cultures evolve to be collaborative or violent. Plus, learn benefits of collaboration and downsides to force, punishment, and control. These provide implications...

Patterns, Privilege and Compassion

Patterns, Privilege and Compassion

Patterns, Privilege and Compassion

with Sarah Peyton

Video • 8 minutes •

Video
8 minutes

How does it benefit you and the world to learn about privilege? How can NVC and Interpersonal Neurobiology help you see yourself and your patterns with compassion? How does using empathy address brain structures and patterns that have been embedded in privilege? Listen to Sarah’s answers.

How I Continue to Mess Up Being an Ally

How I Continue to Mess Up Being an Ally

How I Continue to Mess Up Being an Ally

with Oren Jay Sofer

Article • 5 - 8 minutes •

Article
5 - 8 minutes

Working for racial justice is a shift in perspective—a shift in understanding and empathy that leads to a change in our actions: to listen instead of talk, to follow instead of lead, to yield rather than dominate. And to accept that I will continue to mess up. Part of working to undo racism is having the humility to know when our own understanding is limited. Read on for more this, and how it...

10 Things White People Can Do to Work for Racial Justice

10 Things White People Can Do to Work for Racial Justice

10 Things White People Can Do to Work for Racial Justice

with Oren Jay Sofer

Article • Read time:7 - 11 minutes •

Article
Read time:7 - 11 minutes

It’s essential to give ourselves time to grapple with the complex feelings surrounding the brutality of state-sanctioned racism and violence. But if all we do is reflect and attend to our emotions we fail to show up, where and when it counts. So let's not perpetuate the violence by standing idly. Instead, here's ten things you can do to move into concrete action to address the continued,...

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