The Diversity Retreat: NVC & Race, Ethnicity and Social Class in North America

The Diversity Retreat

Nonviolent Communication and
Race, Ethnicity & Social Class in North America

August 2 - 7, 2009

with Roxy Manning, Jane Connor, Nancy Kahn and Edmundo Norte

CA licensed MFTs, LCSWs and nurses can earn 35 CEUs in the areas of
cultural competency and communication skills. Click here for more information on CEUs.

In this 5 and ½ day retreat, we will:

• Explore how existing power dynamics in North American society impact our ability to connect with our own and others full humanity;
• Examine the societal messages we have received about our own and others’ race, ethnicity and social class, and begin to find ways to heal and move past the impact of those messages;
• Learn and deepen our practice of concrete communication skills that
  can support authentic connections across traditional race, ethnicity and
  class barriers;
• Understand how to deepen your connections with everyone, regardless of their background, through authentic, honest and compassionate communication;
• Identify effective strategies to support engagement with those
  currently working within the current systems of power in North America;
• Share with each other the practices and strategies that support the building and strengthening of organizations and communities
  focused on creating social change.

This residential intensive combines experiential exercises and activities, theoretical learning and multiple coaching opportunities to create a deeply meaningful and powerful learning experience for those wishing to find a
new way to engage with the existing structures in North American society and their own relationship with those structures. Our trainers bring expertise in diverse fields: Diversity Work, Social Work, Clinical Psychology,
Multicultural Psychology, Program Development, Critical Pedagogy, Educational Programs, and Direct Service with under-served communities and communities of
color. Read more about our training team here:
http://diversity.learnnvc.com/trainers.html.

Join us for a powerful week as The Diversity Retreat comes to the west
coast for the first time. Our retreat site is a beautiful rustic setting nestled
in the Ben Lomond area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. At this time,
lodging accommodations for the retreat are limited, especially if you want
sleeping accommodations in the lodge areas. More lodging space is available
for people willing to tent camp on site or to sleep off site at the
local Econolodge (one mile away). Our fabulous chef, Tod Nysether,
will prepare all of our healthy meals each day - 3 incredible meals per day
and snacks, with options for those adhering to vegetarian or vegan diets.

Please distribute this information to your members of your community you think
would be interested. You can also download a flyer about the retreat to share with your colleagues here:
http://diversity.learnnvc.com/the_diversity_retreat.pdf.