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Working Together for Change
Price: $97
05/04/2023
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The racial justice movement needs you.
Oppression of people of color does not occur solely in the behavior of individuals — It is embedded deep into our social systems.
As participants in these larger systems, we all have a role in transforming them. One of our points of leverage is to help others understand systemic racism. This means we need to find ways to talk with those who differ from us in ways that are connecting, rather than alienating.
How can we experience a true sense of power to help transform the opinions of those around us who hold views we see as racist or unjust?
Kathy Simon and Itzel Hayward are here to tell you that you have much more influence than you might think is possible.
In the day-to-day, allies and advocates are called upon to address the words and actions of individuals who are blatantly racist or who are upholding racist ideas—including family members, old friends, and co-workers.
How do you challenge these words and actions in a way that leads to connection and understanding, rather than anger or resentment?
This course is designed to help you step into your power and help create a more just world, while also staying aligned with compassion and empathy.
Using practices and insights based in Nonviolent Communication, this five-session series explores how to challenge racist words and ideas in ways that are most likely to encourage others to openly reflect on their beliefs and behavior. This is an important step in making real change.
You will come away with an increased ability to:
- Stay grounded in conversations that can be painful and upsetting
- Respond meaningfully to perspectives that are different from your own
- Find words to express clearly and passionately why it matters to transform social systems
Meet Your Trainer: Itzel Hayward, Kathy Simon
Itzel Hayward is a compassionate and fierce advocate for loving communication. After serving as a public policy lawyer for 13 years, Itzel left her legal career and founded Attuned Living, a mindfulness and wellness organization that helps individuals heal the sense of separation they feel from others, even from themselves. Her unique work‚ based on the teachings of yoga, mindfulness, and compassionate communication, ranges from promoting social justice work within organizations and communities to guiding individuals on their search for personal and professional fulfillment. Today, Itzel holds retreats, classes, trainings, and private one-on-one sessions online, over the phone, and in person with people from all over the world. Her mission is to gently remind you of your individual wholeness and your interconnectedness with others and all of life. You can learn more about Itzel at attunedliving.com.
Kathy Simon is passionate about teaching skills for communicating across difference, whether the differences arise across the kitchen table, in the classroom, the board room, or across religious, racial, and political divides. With a degree in Literature from Harvard, Kathy began her career as a high school English and drama teacher. She then earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teacher Education at Stanford, and directed the Coalition of Essential Schools, a national school-reform organization focused on creating more equitable and vibrant schools. Kathy is the author and co-author of several books on curriculum, teaching, and school reform, including Moral Questions in the Classroom, Teaching as Inquiry, and Choosing Small.
A certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, Kathy has been practicing NVC since 1995 teaching it since 2009. For nine years, she led BayNVC's popular Living Peace retreat and Immersion Program. Kathy leads workshops and coaches in a wide variety of contexts with parents, couples, educators, clergy, and therapists, and for non-profit groups.
