PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST SESSION OF THIS COURSE TOOK PLACE ON FEB. 2. THERE ARE FIVE REMAINING COURSES LEFT. IF YOU STILL WANT TO JOIN THE COURSE, REGISTER BELOW AND WE’LL SEND YOU THE LINK WITH THE RECORDING FOR THE FIRST SESSION THAT YOU MISSED.
Building Bridges Not Walls: Nonviolent Communication in Action
6-Week Course Every Tuesday Beginning February 2, 2021
Online via Zoom for 90 minutes
Are you eager to find a way to connect with people across differences? Even when (especially when?) the gap between you seems huge?
This experiential, interactive course will offer you principles and skills to support you in this key aspect of nonviolent social change.
Discover the liberating power of self-responsibility
Increase your effectiveness and enjoyment of such "difficult" conversations
Shift from diatribes to dialogues through empathy and authenticity
Build confidence for boldly asking for what you really want
Learn how to hear (or say) no while staying connected
Begin to explore how to embody "power with" in our conversations
Transform enemy images of people we disagree with
The course content will be shaped in part by the real-life questions and situations that participants share, to ensure that it is relevant and practical.
This course can benefit you in all areas of your life, from social change work to communicating with your family, friends, and colleagues.
The course dates are:
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The time for the course is at:
1:00pm - 2:30pm Pacific
2:00pm - 3:30pm Mountain
3:00pm - 4:30pm Central
4:00pm - 5:30pm Eastern
If you're in a different time zone, you can find out the start time in your location here.
Requirements: No previous experience with NVC required. The course will be held on Zoom. Participants must have internet access, and microphone and video on their computer.
Participants are strongly encouraged to invite friends and community members. Shared knowledge increases the power of active nonviolence in our communities!
Maximum number of participants per course: 50
Cost: $100 USD for the entire six week course. Register below. If you are in need of a scholarship, a few are available, just let us know. Email us at info@paceebene.org
PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST SESSION OF THIS COURSE TOOK PLACE ON FEB. 2. THERE ARE FIVE REMAINING COURSES LEFT. IF YOU STILL WANT TO JOIN THE COURSE, REGISTER BELOW AND WE’LL SEND YOU THE LINK WITH THE RECORDING FOR THE FIRST SESSION THAT YOU MISSED.
FACILITATOR
JEAN MCELHANEY
About the Facilitator: Jean loves the power of nonviolence to light up our hearts, give meaning to our lives, and build connection across division. She has been certified as a Nonviolent Communication trainer since 2013, ordained as an interspiritual/interfaith minister, and has been certified as a Dances of Universal Peace leader. Her involvement with spiritual activism/social change goes back many years: working for the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, being arrested for civil disobedience (to protest weapons and war), and marching about oh so many different issues, and more. Jean has also worked as a social worker and mental health counselor. She comes to us from New Zealand, where she moved from the United States 8 years ago.