Family

Building a Compassionate Justice System: An Introduction to Restorative Circles with Dominic Barter

Date: 
2009-11-14 09:00 - 2009-11-15 17:00
Course Description: 

Restorative Circles offer ways for individuals, families, groups and communities to establish connection, discover meaning and recover power on profound levels. They create a forum for connecting empathically across differences and reaching agreements that support safety and well-being, both personally and within society.

This systemic approach guides communities in choosing how they would like to respond to future conflict – proactively preventing or diminishing harm – while also giving participants a real-life experience of the practical power of nonviolence to seed understanding and change in challenging contexts.

Developed in the shanty towns, schools, courts and prisons of urban Brazil, Restorative Circles are being used in a wide variety of contexts and countries, where creating the conditions for social justice, group cohesion, resilient relationships and personal healing are recognized as interconnected and vital.

The Circles support dialogue rooted in open-hearted clarity and tangible power-sharing - calling us to rethink our view of and response to living with others, while engaging with the challenge of consciously strengthening community well-being. The results open up revolutionary possibilities for furthering a culture of peace.

In these dynamic two days, Dominic Barter will present the evolution and practice of this work, and its application to diverse areas of our personal and collective lives. Through hands-on exploration of key concepts, grounded in a step-by-step process and illustrated by real world examples, we’ll apply the learning to participants’ issues and increase our ability to see and act from our shared humanity. Finally, we’ll rehearse the development of this new resource in a community of which we are part.

This event will be filmed; you will have the choice to not appear on the videotape.

Dominic Barter began developing restorative practices and systems in the mid 1990s, inspired by the social complexity of Rio de Janeiro, his adopted home, and his study with Marshall Rosenberg in Nonviolent Communication. Since 2004 he has been the training program director and consultant to the Brazilian Justice Department’s Restorative Justice pilot projects, in collaboration with UNDP, UNESCO, the Special Secretariat for Human Rights, local communities and State Secretaries for Education. In 2008 Dominic was a keynote speaker at the International Conference on Restorative Practices. He coordinates the Restorative Justice Project for the international Center for Nonviolent Communication.

CO-CREATING THE RESOURCES FOR THESE EVENTS AND THIS WORK:

We are committed to making this work available to all who request it.

It is offered in the spirit of a gift.

There is no specific fee required in exchange for participation. We invite those who come to do so in the spirit of receiving a gift.

We see us all as sharing power capable of creating the conditions for the world we want to live in. To support the exercise of this power, information on the financial resources used in developing and presenting this work will be shared during the evening. We hope this will support those participants who so choose to contribute financially toward meeting the event's costs and supporting the on-going work.

For those interested, we also welcome contributions before the event, which help to offset upfront costs.

Connecting Compassionately

Date: 
2009-10-10 09:00 - 2009-10-11 05:00
Course Description: 

This unique Playshop is an opportunity for your family to discover the language
of the heart. During this interactive two-day retreat, we will discover how
Nonviolent Communication can help to develop deep connection and inspire the
trust, respect, and understanding that leads to life-enriching and mutually
satisfying relationships. Through games, exercises, role-plays, and working with
real-life situations, we will practice translating judgments, threats, and
demands into life-enriching messages. We will explore how to transform power
struggles into caring relationships based on honesty and empathy.

Nurture your relationships and spend some meaningful quality time with your
family on this unique retreat!For Youth 5 & up, Parents, Guardians, and All Who
Love Kids!

"Deep gratitude... Our family's learning from you and Nonviolent Communication
has profoundly transformed our existence."
- The Corsini family, Mount Shasta, CA

Go to http://zenvc for more information.

Would you like to bring ease and joy to your family relationships?
Would you like to learn alternatives to punishment and rewards?
Would you like to end power struggles and promote a mutual flow of
respect and cooperation?

Would you like to hear each other so you can share your values & your
concerns?

Would you just like to have more fun?

Come on down for a weekend playshop and retreat at Celebrity Dairy!

About the Trainers

SURA HART consults with schools, coaches parents, and shares Nonviolent
Communication as a certified trainer with the global Center for Nonviolent
Communication. She especially enjoys partnering with school communities to
create No-Fault ZoneTM classrooms and homes where young people and adults learn
to communicate clearly & compassionately and to resolve conflicts peacefully.
Sura has co-authored three books: The Compassionate Classroom: Relationship
Based Teaching and Learning; Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn
Family Conflict into Co-operation; The No-Fault Classroom: Tools to Resolve
Conflict & Foster Relationship Intelligence. She has also co-created The
No-Fault ZoneTM Game, a visual, hands-on tool helping people understand one
another, solve problems, and resolve conflicts. Sura's website:
k-hcommunication.com

CATHERINE CADDEN has been an educator since 1987. In 1997, she founded The TEMBA
School, a visionary K - 8 academic program rooted in nonviolent philosophy,
Nonviolent Communication, sustainable living, and artistic expression. She has
developed programs specific for youth including Play in the Wild! Initiations
into Nonviolence and TEMBA Peace Players. Catherine is also a Center for
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Certified Trainer and has offered trainings to
people of all ages in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia,
Afghanistan, and Argentina. Her passion for helping people connect with youth is
fueled by the belief that if we "truly see" the beauty within each youth rather
than the "enemy-image" created by us or society, then we can build trusting,
respectful, productive relationships, thus creating the peaceful world we want.
Event Details

PLAYSHOP HOURS & LOCATION:
Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 am - 4 pm, Sat. eve: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Sunday, Oct. 11, 10 am - 5 pm
Celebrity Dairy, 144 Celebrity Dairy Way, Siler City, NC
http://www.celebritydairy.com

Accommodations:
Rooms and camping are available at The Inn at Celebrity Dairy (voted Best B&B in
the Triangle Area!). Camping is $15 per person (includes breakfast at The Inn).
Other options in nearby Siler City include the Days Inn and Country Hearth Inn.

BRING:
A journal, colors to create with, questions, curiosity, and wear comfortable
clothes you can move in!

Meals:
We ask that you bring your meals or eat at The Inn at Celebrity Dairy. Breakfast
is included if you spend the night (including campers). Meal costs at Celebrity
Dairy: Lunch: 12.68 per person • Dinner: 28.82 per person.

COST:
Before 9/18: Youth 5-17 $95, Adults 18+ $219 • After 9/18: Youth 5-17 $145,
Adults 18+ $269
Your monetary gift includes both days of training, materials & organic snacks,
as well as helping to sustain us and support peace as a viable way of living. It
does not include meals or accommodations.

CERTIFICATES/CREDIT:
Hours from this training can be applied to certification with the Center for
Nonviolent Communication and may apply in certain course study in certain
schools or CEU's. You will receive a certificate of 13 hours training.
 

TO REGISTER or for MORE INFO, contact JESSE by phone at 919-929-3293 or email at jesse@zenvc.org

Becoming Allies: Connecting through The Adolescent Crucible

Date: 
2009-09-08 03:00 - 2009-09-29 04:30
Course Description: 

How to have dialogues with the teens you love about Growth, Change, and Sexuality

A Telephone Course (Telecourse) through NVC Academy

4 consecutive Tuesdays, September 8 - 29 • 3:00 - 4:30 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)

Registration and more info at: NVC Academy, here.

http://nvcacademy.com


Are there one or more youths in your life with whom you would enjoy:

  • Having the conversations you may be most terrified of having?
  • Sharing scary honesty: Hearing theirs and expressing yours?
  • Cultivating a relationship that embodies trust, appreciation, and mutuality?
  • Learning how to re-center and remain connected to needs "no matter what is thrown your way"?
  • Developing a capacity to "be with what is", even if that includes having pain from your own teen years stimulated?
  • Creating boundaries in a "power-with" way that invites compassionate communication & wise action?
  • Deepening NVC skills and integrating it in a way that responding empathically becomes the first response?
  • Releasing enemy-images that "fog up" seeing the beauty that lay within yourself and the youth you care about?
  • Laughing more with the intensity of life?

If you answered yes to any of the above this class may be for you.
If you're willing to "walk in the dark" and "live on the edge of
honesty" then this class is definitely for you. Through story,
role-play, journaling, and discussion we will learn how to enrich and
enliven the relationships we have with the people we call teens.

MEDIATE YOUR LIFE

Date: 
2009-09-26 10:00 - 2010-05-30 10:00
Preparation: 

zapisy:

Ola Bagińska,  tel. 504 254 654  e-mail: aleksandra.baginska@wp.pl

Course Description: 

ONE YEAR PROGRAMM (7 WEEKENDS)

‘MEDIUJĘ SWOJE ŻYCIE’ 
Roczne szkolenie z komunikacji w/g metody Porozumienie Bez Przemocy

W
tym roku proponujemy roczne szkolenie w czasie którego będziemy
pracowali nad relacjami z perspektywy modelu mediacji w/g metody PBP.
Celem
szkolenia jest zwiększenie komfortu radzenia sobie w sytuacjach
konfliktowych. Na początku szkolenia uczestnicy będą mieli okazję
wyznaczyć sobie konkretne, indywidualne cele, obszary nad którymi chcą
się szczególnie skupić (np.lepszy kontakt z samym sobą, relacje z
konkretną osobą, asertywność, wyrażanie złości, wsparcie w pracy z
grupą itp).
Szkolenie adresowane jest do wszystkich, którzy chcą
lepiej poznać metodę, integrować ją w swoim życiu osobistym lub
zawodowym albo znają już metodę i chcą mieć okazję do kontynuacji nauki
i regularnych ćwiczeń (szkolenie to jest uznawane jako część wymaganych
godzin w procesie certyfikacji).

•    Korzyści dla uczestników z brania udziału w tym szkoleniu

Mediacja
w/g metody Porozumienie Bez Przemocy będzie wykorzystywana jako
narzędzie do ćwiczeń z komunikacji oraz jako umiejętność sama w sobie.
Uczestnicy będą mieli okazję podnieść swoje kompetencje w komunikacji w
różnych obszarach własnego życia. Szkolenie umożliwi też poznanie
narzędzi mediacyjnych, które mogą być wykorzystywane we wspieraniu
innych a także  może być etapem w zdobywaniu kompetencji w zawodzie
mediatora.

Planujmy 7 dwudniowych spotkań weekendowych.
Pomiędzy szkoleniami uczestnicy będą mieli okazję do indywidualnej
pracy i ćwiczeń w małych grupach.

DATY: (sobota, niedziela godz.10-17)

1. 26,27.09.2009
2. 14,15.11.2009
3. 19,20.12.2009
4. 23,24.01.2010
5. 13,14.03.2010
6. 24,25.04.2010
7.
29,30.05.2010

cena szkolenia to 2450 zł

Jeżeli
jedynym powodem nieuczestniczenia w szkoleniu jest jego cena, proszę
zgłoś się i zadeklaruj jaką kwotę jesteś gotowy zapłacić. O decyzji
przyjęcia zostaną Państwo powiadomieni w zależności od ilości zgłoszeń.

Gwarancją rezerwacji miejsca jest zgłoszenie oraz wpłata na konto:
(Anna Mills  34 1140 2017 0000 4302 0856 1112 )

Proponowane tematy poszczególnych weekendów:
1.    Wstęp do metody PBP, model mediacji w/g PBP, ustalanie indywidualnych celów uczestników
2.    Kontakt z samym sobą jako podstawa relacji z innymi
3.    Mediacje w pracy (jak rozmawiać z szefem, podwładnym i współpracownikami)
4.    Mediacje rodzinne (relacje z moimi rodzicami i dziećmi)
5.    Mediacje w związkach (związki intymne, dzielenie się odpowiedzialnością z partnerem, pieniądze)
6.    Mediowanie konfliktów wewnętrznych
7.    Wspieranie jednej ze stron, kiedy druga nie zgadza się na mediacje, prośby od uczestników

 

Staying in the Dialogue: Breakthrough Processes for Challenging Conversations with Those You Care For

Date: 
2009-11-14 01:00 - 2009-12-12 01:00
Preparation: 

Foundation level skills requested.

Course Description: 

 

Staying in the Dialogue:  Breakthrough Processes  for Challenging Conversations with Those You Care For

 

An intermediate level training that introduces new and powerful processes that focus on the internal preparation for tough dialogues. 

 

As many of you know, Susan is one of the creators of the NVC processes based on the 'Living Energy of Needs'  and travels to NVC communities in Europe and throughout the United States  teaching this transformational approach. From grateful and enthusiastic feedback over the last several years, this depth and clarity of this offering is new even for those who have 'known' NVC for years and leads to breakthroughs in personal healing and especially in connecting with those we love in difficult relationships.

 

These two days are part of one training. They include lots of experiential practice and demos and dialogues. Basic NVC skills and consciousness required. 

 

November 14 and December 12, 10 am - 5:30 pm

Portland, Oregon

Cost:  $250

 

Please make checks out to: Susan Skye and send to address below.

 

Registration and information please contact Susan OR go to 'nvcti.com' and follow links to Susan's trainings to register online.

 

Susan Skye

503 245 5735

susanskye@gmail.com

nvcti.com

Speaking Peace: Compassionate Nonviolent Communication weekend

Date: 
2009-10-30 13:00 - 2009-11-01 13:00
Preparation: 

Read Chapter 1 of "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life," by the founder of NVC, Dr. Marshall Rosenberg.

The facilitator, Jeff Brown from Columbus, OH

Jeff Brown from Columbus, OH
Facilitator of this event

Course Description: 

Join us for a fun, experiential, and meaningful introduction to the principles and practices of Compassionate Nonviolent Communication (NVC), sponsored by Nashville NVC and the Center for Healthy Living at the Centennial Medical Center.

Discover this life-transforming communication practice that builds trust, transforms conflict, and creates harmony in your relationships.
Jeff with workshop participants Feb. 2009
In this event (view color poster 8.5x14), you will learn how to create a quality of connection between yourself and others where everyone's needs, even in conflict situations, are held with care and compassion... without resorting to punishment, force, manipulation, blame or other approaches that we end up paying for later.

Learn how to honor your deepest desires in every moment, and never give in or give up on your needs again. You will learn how to:

* express yourself honestly and openly;
* hear difficult messages without taking them personally;
* connect with others by communicating empathy; and
* find the gift that underlies all blame, judgment and criticism.

TIMES:  Friday, Oct. 30: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm CT (local time); Saturday, Oct. 31: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm; Sunday, Nov. 1: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm.  (NOTE:  This weekend is dayling savings time change, so we all gain an extra hour of sleep on Saturday evening!)

COST:  $170/person earlybird (by Oct. 1); $200/person regular rate.

REGISTER or RSVP:  Contact Mary Anne Marciante by email or call her at 615.300.8935.  Make your check to “NVC NASHVILLE” and mail with the completed registration form (download here) to Mary Anne Marciante 312 Ferris Ct, Franklin, TN  37067

 

people circling globe

THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING COMPASSIONATELY:  More than just a luxury in ordinary times, Compassionate Communication skills are more important than ever in our rapidly changing world.

As leaders across the globe scramble to address a wide variety of economic problems, national security issues and natural resource shortages, one constant exists -- in order for any solution to be lasting, it requires people to collaborate, communicate, and act in partnership.

Compassionate Communication provides the relational skills, as well as ways of thinking and being, that support us in making the transition from a domination-style style system ("either/or" paradigm) to a
partnership approach ("both/and" paradigm).

NVC is much more than a communication process -- it is a way of life that can be applied in any situation to bring about more peace, harmony and mutual respect... that can resolve any conflict to everyone's satisfaction.

 

WHAT IS NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION?

NVC is both a spiritual practice that helps us see our common humanity, and a concrete set of skills which help us to live more peacefully. These skills apply to thought, language, and using our power in a way that honors everyone's needs.

NVC is a learnable process for creating emotional freedom, self-acceptance, inner peace, and fulfilling relationships. It involves expressing ourselves honestly, listening with empathy, and developing a more compassionate inner relationship.  People around the world are using NVC skills to transform conflict, create harmony in their relationships, and build a world where everyone's needs are honored through compassionate giving, and without the use of coercion or violence.

grasping hands

NVC was created by clinical psychologist and international peacemaker Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, who has taught NVC in more than 35 countries around the world, and whose work is supported and promoted by the global Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC).

NVC helps people to:
* speak in a way that inspires compassion and understanding
* initiate difficult conversations with more ease and confidence
* remain centered and peaceful while hearing difficult messages
* express anger fully, safely and respectfully - yet powerfully
* shift patterns of thinking that lead to depression, guilt, shame
* enliven yourself by expressing and receiving gratitude
* translate criticism, judgments and blame into life-serving messages
* resolve long-standing conflicts and heal painful relationships
* inspire others to change their behavior willingly

Communicating Through Conflict

Date: 
2009-08-09 10:00 - 15:00
Course Description: 

Communicating Through Conflict

  • In relationships that matter, at home and at work
  • Being connected to our deeper intentions
  • Responding to what is actually happening
For more information and to register, contact: Lucinda Patterson, 404 277-0530, or email her with the lucindanvc link above.

 

 

NVC Fun Day for families and people who work and play with children

Date: 
2009-08-08 10:00 - 15:00
Course Description: 

                 NVC FUN DAY! 


for Families and others who work and play with children Bring a potluck dish to share for lunch

Please join us for a day of fun and learning for families and others who work with children (teachers, caregivers, grandparents, etc.).  The focus will be on FUN as we learn about Nonviolent Communication and especially its application in relationships between adults and children. 

  The morning will be full of games as we introduce and play with NVC concepts.  The afternoon will be free time for the kids, while the adults get some extra time to practice and play with what they've learned.
Some possible topics for the afternoon
  • understand what motivates your child's behavior
  • deal with conflict more peacefully
  • work with "no"
  • cultivate self-connection
  • create an environment for more cooperation and harmony

 Requested Donation:  $20 per person for the first 2 people in family (regardless of age), then $10 for each additional person. 


 

To reserve your space, call Carol Billingsley    at 770 314-8477 (cell) or 770 954-1507 (home)

or mail your check made payable to Carol Billingsley to: 315 Bryans Drive McDonough, GA 30252   Please bring a potluck dish to share for lunch 

Request Fest! ---Third of three part series "Summer Sundays!"

Date: 
2009-08-02 12:00 - 17:00
Preparation: 

Minimum
of 10 hours NVC training- but don't let that stop you! Call us if you
would like to talk more about the suggested prerequisite learning. You
can also sign up for BNVC's intro to NVC: "Zen and the Art of
Conflict"- see our website for more details.

Course Description: 

The third of three half-day workshops on consecutive Sundays.
These workshops are designed to deepen your NVC practice, support
learning, build community and...have fun in an intentional NVC setting!
Open to everyone with some previous NVC experience.

Dates:
Sunday, July 19
Sunday, July 26
Sunday, August 2

Time:
12 noon to 5PM

 

 

Request Fest!

It's request time! Do you find yourself "getting stuck" at the moment
of making a request? Does your heart want to make requests, but your
words come out sounding like demands? Spend a day at Request Fest! and
let your imagination help you create strategies to meet needs while
maintaining a focus on connection. We will review the different kinds
of requests, practice making- and responding to- requests, and
experiment with how much joy we can possibly take in when our requests
focus on connection and making life more wonderful. Karen Murphy has nearly 600 hours of NVC
training. She has completed levels I-IV of Brooklyn NVC's Foundations
Program, the 2008 New York Intensive and Diversity Intensive, and
BayNVC's east coast Living Peace Intensive. Karen is also a graduate of
the 2008 Bay NVC North America Leadership Program, and is an assistant
for the 2009 Leadership Program.

Karen is a participant in Facilitate Change, the nine-month social
change program geared toward bringing NVC to organizations. She is a
volunteer with New Yorkers for a Department of Peace, the local chapter
of a national grassroots effort working to pass legislation that will
establish a cabinet level United States Department of Peace. Karen is
an avid baseball fan (Go Yankees!) and piano player.

 

The fee for this program is on a sliding scale of
$75-$150 for three sessions, with a median of $110. Contributing at the
median level or above ($110+) supports those taking this program who,
for financial reasons, would otherwise be unable to do so and supports
the program's sustainability, and the sharing of peace-making skills in
NY.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT: Register for more than one class or before July 1st and save up to 15%
For one workshop $75-$150 (register by July 1st: $65-$150)
Register for 2 and save over 10%: $135-$270 (register by July 1st for two: $115-$270)
Or
Register for all 3 and save over 15%: $195-$380 (Register by July 1st for all three: $175-$380)

Register at: http://www.brooklynnvc.org/


If you would like to support the further sharing of peace-making skills in NYC by making a
tax-deductible contribution to Brooklyn NVC, please contact our office
for details at info@BrooklynNVC.org or by phoning 718.797.9525. 

 

How to Communicate with Difficult People- and Enjoy it

Date: 
2009-07-28 07:45 - 2009-08-18 21:45
Course Description: 

 


How to Communicate with Difficult People- and Enjoy it

 



An 8 hour/four week introduction to the principles and practice of
Nonviolent Communication. This program is limited to 40 participants.
This course will be led by Dian Killian, PhD, CNVC Certified Trainer.

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) involves four
simple steps that can profoundly help us in connecting with and
understanding others and in working with conflicts. It teaches us how
to fully listen and communicate with out judgment and to find "win-win"
strategies that are mutually satisfying for everyone. NVC, based on
Gandhian principles of Nonviolence and the humanist psychology of Carl
Rogers, is now being used around the world to foster greater peace,
understanding and effectiveness in families, schools, businesses and
organizations.

Living with compassion and empathy are at the heart of every faith and
wisdom tradition and of all caring work, whether it's therapy,
coaching, counseling, health care, or healing. In this four-week
introduction to Nonviolent Communication, we will learn how to practice
the four basic NVC steps and experience the transformative power of
compassion.

FREE INTRODUCTORY CLASS: Tuesday, July 14!

 


REGISTRATION for this program is through the NY OPEN CENTER ONLY.
Please go directly to www.opencenter.org to register or call
212.219.2527. Registering with Brooklyn NVC will not hold your place
for this event!

 

 

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
5600 San Francisco Rd. NE Suite A
Albuquerque, NM 87109 USA
Tel: +1.505.244.4041 | Fax: +1.505.247.0414 | US Only: 800 255 7696

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