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Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians

The past week since the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel by Hamas and the ensuing war in Gaza have been extraordinarily difficult. As distraught as I feel, I cannot begin to fathom the shock, grief, and pain of those directly affected. Yet I have been profoundly affected emotionally, both as a longtime peace activist and as an American Jew born to an Israeli parent. As a Buddhist meditation...
It's Not Just Me

Access this complete 3 session course Ever since the Women's Movement of the 60s and 70s, we have known that "the personal is the political" – that individual suffering and challenges often have their source in the social systems within which we live. How can we mobilize this insight in support of our own and others' healing? Join Miki Kashtan for this course designed to shed light on how the...
Exploring Conflict Agreements

Here are five practical ideas from Ceri, Jo, and Sarah for creating simple agreements with any group you are working with when conflict arises! This video presents various examples of conflict agreements used by different groups to manage tension and maintain harmony within communities. From online training sessions to family dynamics, and local parks to practice groups, these agreements...
Convergent Facilitation

Access this complete 5 session course If you’ve ever dreaded attending a meeting – or watched in dismay as your group collapses into conflict – know that a methodology known as Convergent Facilitation offers you possible solutions. It’s based on one simple experience: that people come together at the level of their underlying principles, needs, aspirations, and dreams, not at the level of their...
My Group is in Conflict, I Want It to Stop

Miki Kashtan hosted Living Room Radio Show on KPFA Radio 94.1FM in Berkeley, California, USA. Listen as she works with a caller who outlines a conflict between two people who are crucial to the cohesiveness of a dance troupe and asks, “What do you do when you see a conflict between two people in a group, when you are not directly involved?” Miki starts by acknowledging the challenge of...
Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues

Ask the Trainer Dear Trainer, I just started teaching in a public school, and I can't say I'm enjoying the violence that teachers express towards children and their colleagues. There are, however, a couple of teachers in my building who sincerely believe in empathizing with children and respecting their needs. However, when I start talking about Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication (even if I...
Nonviolence Is A Process, A Journey

Today is the national holiday in the U.S. to honor and celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s profound contributions to social equality and sisterhood and brotherhood between all people. He did this through the power of nonviolence in social resistance. MLK was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, the liberator of India from British colonialism last century through nonviolence. Marshall Rosenberg was...