UU Speak Peace

Attention Peacemakers! FREE TELE-CONFERENCE FACILITATIONS

On NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION (NVC)

Learn NVC from the convenience of your own home, and save gas to boot!

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS

Growing in our First Principle as Social Change Agents, Compassionate Communication Consciousness for Congregations is an outgrowth of the 4 year Peacemaking CSAI adopted by UU congregations in 2006, and is being developed especially for Unitarian Universalists interested in peace and social justice. A new website has been created to provide support for UUs learning and practicing Compassionate (Nonviolent) Communication and other interpersonal peacemaking skills and approaches. It can be found at http://uuspeakpeace.org/web.

Our first monthly phone facilitation was Friday, April 4, and will continue on the First Friday of Every Month.

Next One: Friday, May 2, 2008, 7 p.m. EDST

Call: 605-990-0400, type in Access Code: 390978#

Also, "Compassionate Communication in Animal Rights and Welfare Work: How to be Peaceful and Powerful for All Beings" Using Techniques of Nonviolent Communication. Second Friday of Each Month. Next Conference on April 11, 6pm EST. 605-990-0400, Key: 390978#. Coached by Rev. LoraKim Joyner, DVM. UFETA President and Registered Nonviolent Communication Trainer Candidate. Info: http://www25.uua.org/ufeta/.

Network of Spiritual Progressives

An invitation has been extended to all UUs from the Network of Spiritual Progressives to join in with NSP members on Thursday, April 10, at 6pm PT/ 9pm ET, for the first in a monthly series of complimentary conference calls designed to help you live by a "new bottom line" of open-heartedness and generosity with the support of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Facilitator will be Miki Kashtan, certified CNVC trainer and cofounder of BayNVC. On each call, they hope to work with real communication challenges NSP members are facing. For example, is there someone with whom you'd like to express yourself with more authenticity and clarity? To whom do you have trouble responding with compassion? Where are you finding it difficult to live in line with your values? (If you would like to learn more about the format of these calls, see the article Miki wrote for the last issue of TIKKUN Magazine. The article is available free online at http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0803/frontpage/peace.)

To join the call at 6pm PT/ 9pm ET on April 10, dial 1-888-346-3950 and enter access code 11978#. Please state your name quickly, immediately after the prompt, to avoid interrupting a conversation in process. Calls will be recorded and posted on their website at http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20080313121202793.

The Peace Alliance

The Peace Alliance hosts monthly conference calls intended to provide expert coaching from professional facilitators in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to support you in your communication challenges with regards to your work, personal life, and service with the Dept of Peace campaign. For more info about the campaign and NVC: http://www.thepeacealliance.org/. You'll gain new skills in truly being peace, and find how changing your communications can help change your world. These 90-minute calls are typically held on the last Thursday of the month. However, please check dates each month to confirm there has been no change. There are no fees for this call other than your normal long distance rates. (Please note: These calls are recorded for publication on their website.) The call will ask you to announce yourself.  PLEASE IGNORE THIS REQUEST IF it might interrupt a conversation in progress.

Next Call: Thursday, April 24, 2008. Call (712) 432-1601; Access Code: 470821# at 9:00 pm EDT, 6:00 pm PDT. Upcoming Calls: Thurs, May 29;Thurs, June 26;Thurs, July 31, 2008