8 Wednesdays
April 27 - June 22, 2022 (No session May 18)
4:30 - 6:30 PM PDT
Online
$425 USD
The Center for Restorative Solutions and Necessary Trouble Collective are coming together to offer an introduction to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) through an antiracist, anti-oppression lens.
This course is for white-identifying antiracists*. Nonviolent Communication provides a set of skills and a practice that teaches us how to act and live in full alignment with our core values. It does this by giving us the tools to increase our self-awareness, work constructively with difficult emotions and find a way to care for ourselves and others even in times of conflict. Ultimately, we create more compassion, understanding, and authenticity in our lives and the lives of those around us; as we increase our capacity to attend to impact, while holding everyone’s humanity and needs.
Facilitators: Pam Orbach & Catherine Strickland
Outcomes:
Expand your frame of reference so that you can hold in your awareness how others might experience what is happening in ways that are not obvious to you.
Uncover your unconscious racial bias so you can respond to racially charged events with integrity and care
Care for yourself and still show up for BIPOC when harm happens
Be accountable for harm in ways that build trust and prioritize connection.
With questions about this workshop, please contact Pam Orbach Pam.Orbach@EmpoweringConnection.com | 425-444-4276 (US), or Catherine Strickland catherine@necessarytroublecollective.org | 778-686-1236 (Canada)
We are committed to removing barriers to joining this learning and community building opportunity. Please contact us directly if there are any obstacles (including financial) that would prevent you attending. We do need sustainability, and at the same time, It brings us joy to make this possible for everyone.
* This course is running in collaboration with POC4NVC Nonviolent Communication for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour Spring 2022.