Dear Friends,
Thanks to all of you who voted for the 'Empathy Gap' initiative earlier
this month on change.org. Although it did not finish in the top ten, another initiative close to BayNVC's heart, to create a U.S. Department of Peace, finished second!! We're proud to have been supporting this campaign for the last four years by offering free ongoing NVC training to the leaders and campaign activists. If you want to learn about this initiative consider attending the national conference in Washington, D.C. March 20-23.
BayNVC has recognized the importance of leaders for many years. Close to 300 people have graduated from our North American Leadership Program and gone on to seed Nonviolent Communication around the world. This year we have 37 students in the program, 14 of them from outside the U.S.: Ghana, Kenya, Japan, Scotland, France, Sri Lanka, Germany, and Canada. I am delighted that nine participants are under the age of 30! We are nurturing leaders of all kinds through this intensive, year-long program.
If you're interested in building your leadership capacity by integrating
NVC skills, consider attending our Living Peace intensive retreat (March 13-18) in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains. Whether you are new to NVC, or have taken some of our classes, I highly recommend it for learning and integrating your NVC practice. The retreat will be led by Kathy Simon, who has experience in leadership roles in nonprofit and educational settings. If you'd like, after the retreat, you can continue learning with Kathy and others in the group through the Committed NVC Practitioners Program.
Please keep in touch!
This comes with love,
Kit Miller
Director/Celebrator
Bay Area Nonviolent Communication
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 Workshops With Robert Gonzalez
For students and teachers of NVC
Robert Gonzales has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and has been offering
Nonviolent Communication training for twenty-two years. He leads
advanced trainings in NVC throughout the USA, Canada and Europe.
"What
inspires me the most with NVC is the beauty in people's eyes as they
transform emotional suffering into joy, freedom and compassion."
The Beauty of Needs - Weekend Workshop
Saturday, February 28 - Sunday, March 1, 9:30am - 5:30pm in Oakland.
The focus of this workshop is to develop awareness of "the beauty of needs" as a means to engage in a living practice of
NVC everyday, moment to moment.
Daylong Workshop for People Who Teach NVC
Monday, March 2, 9:30am - 5:30pm in Oakland.
Robert will share processes he has developed, including:
· Compassionately Embracing the Jackal
· Connecting with the Living Energy of Needs and Speaking Giraffe Naturally
· Practicing Honesty and Empathy from the Beauty of Needs.
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 The Conflict Hotline:
A monthly TV show with Miki Kashtan
Starting February 12 at 7:30pm (PST)
The Conflict Hotline goes to TV!! Berkeley Community Television is giving us access to their studio to have a live monthly television show featuring Miki Kashtan. The Conflict Hotline invites everyone to call in to the studio in real time to share conflicts from their lives. Miki will guide the show's experienced cast through role-plays in order to support callers and other viewers in learning about using NVC for resolving conflicts and for healing. We are extremely excited about this program, and have a lot of hope that many more people will find out about the benefits of NVC through this medium.
You can watch the program via live video streaming at http://betv.org/ (click on the television in the left sidebar). Or you can watch it on your TV if you are local to the Bay Area, and can access channel 28 or 33.
Call us!
We invite you to call in to Conflict Hotline with your
questions and conflicts. You will get
the support of Miki and her team to work through whatever issue you are
struggling with. What are your communication challenges? Where do you have
conflict that you could use some support with?
The phone number is (510)
433-0700. You can call from anywhere in the world (call charges will apply
outside the Bay Area).
Conflict Hotline will air on February 12th at 7:30pm
(Pacific Standard Time) and subsequently on the 1st Thursday of
every month. Please invite your friends to view and to call the show.
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NVC in Europe and by Telephone
Spread the word to far-away friends!
Miki Kashtan will be leading workshops this March and April in Switzerland, Poland and Spain, including a week-long intensive in Poland focused on NVC and leadership. Click here to learn more.
 Teleclasses through NVC Academy are a  great way to deepen your skills, wherever you live. Power Relations and Connecting Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective, a teleclass with Inbal Kashtan and Roxy Manning, meets four Thursdays starting February 5.
You can join Miki and her sister Arnina's series, Dancing in the Gap of Uncertainty, at any point - each session is a stand-alone workshop. 2 different dates and times are offered each month to accommodate different time zones.
Also ongoing is Miki's year-long teleclass Open-Hearted Therapy: Bringing NVC to Psychotherapy Practice. Session 2, Embodying and Using NVC with Clients, meets Sunday, March 1.
Leading from the Heart: A Telecourse for NVC Trainers & Facilitators is a new year-long series with Miki, starting March 1. In this class you'll learn skills and practices to:
-Maintain and regain self-connection while teaching
-Increase capacity to make clear choices about transparency
-Balance plans with attention to what's alive
-Cultivate empathic connection before teaching.
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| Celebrations |
 Staff Comings and Goings
We said goodbye to Rachel Monde in January (pictured), who was a crucial part of the Dept. of Nerdy Pleasures (AKA finance) at BayNVC these last couple of years. We will miss Rachel's presence in our office very much and wish her well in her next adventure.
Erik Beach-Rehner, who has been volunteering at BayNVC for several months, will be taking on some of Rachel's responsibilities. Welcome Erik!
We are also saying goodbye for now to Karin Morris, who has held our
parenting project over the last several years with so much love and attention. During Inbal Kashtan's cancer and leave from BayNVC, Karin stepped in to hold things together for the parenting program. Thank you Karin!!
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| Announcements |
2009 U.S. Family Camps
We are taking a hiatus from organizing a Bay-area Family camp this
summer, and are delighted to let you know of other camps that will happen this summer, on the East Coast July 10-18 in Northern Virginia, and in the Seattle area July 29-Aug 4.
Do you want to create close
connections with your children, to inspire cooperation instead of power struggle, to take good care of yourself, to support your children in thriving, to have fun and peace of mind, to enjoy parenting? Consider attending Family Camp this summer!
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| Wishlist |
BayNVC is in need of the following:
- We've
outgrown our phone system! And we're looking for a small business
system with a minimum 8-line capacity. A new system will cost us over
$4000! If your company or organization is growing and looking for a
new phone system, why not get a tax write-off and donate your old
system to us? If you think you have a potential solution for us, email
newphonesystem. Thank you!
- Three new desktop computers, PC platform
- New or gently used office chairs
- A paper cutter
-please contact BayNVC.
- A laptop PC, less than 3 years old, for trainers to use at retreats - please contact Francois
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Don't Miss:
Embodying Compassion: Communication for Dharma Practitioners. This new series will explore the basics of NVC from the
perspective of Buddhist teachings, and is equivalent to our "Foundations I" class. Wednesdays, in Berkeley, starting February 4.
Choice in the Face of Demands
(part 3 of Dancing in the Gap of Uncertainty), with Miki Kashtan, February 21 in Oakland. Each workshop stands on its own, and together they comprise a journey of self-discovery and inner alignment.
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Practice
Groups
For a list of practice groups in the bay area and beyond, click HERE
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More Information & Registration
Since many of our
events fill quickly,
please consider pre-registering to ensure your space. You may
pre-register by clicking the "Register Now" button at the bottom of most event descriptions, or by calling our office at 510-433-0700. You will receive a confirmation email with driving and public transit directions. Parking is free on all of the streets around BayNVC's wheelchair accessible
building in the Piedmont area of Oakland.
HERE for a complete, up-to-date listing of
our retreats, study series, workshops
and practice
groups in the Bay Area and beyond.
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