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When Someone Comes to Argue

Reading the fight that is not about the room Different Currents Under the Same Surface · Article 5 of 5 This is the fifth article in a five-part series. The first four articles are here. At an intensive training I led, a white participant came to every one of my sessions, when three or four …

Peacebuilding When We Disagree (Podcast)

Click here to listen to the full interview! With election season 2020 behind us, there’s a lot of talk from winning candidates about opposing …

Unpack This!

Heartful responses to microaggressions

Making Sense of These Times (Video)

In this live-streamed conversation, I discuss the opportunities that NVC provides for understanding and transforming racism.

Viewing Needs through an Equity Lens

At a retreat, I supported a conversation between two men who had experienced a break in connection. One man of Chinese and European …

Calling In, Calling Out

In progressive circles, several topics are often raised when someone behaves in a way that’s painful to another person. Discussions come up about …

How Do I Love Those Who Hate Me? Answering Dr. King’s Call to Love Our Enemy

When Dr. King talked about the need to love our enemies, he identified several components to make this possible. He named developing and …

Navigating the Tangle of Yes and No

My son and his high school volleyball coach had a lot of challenges. Over two seasons, I watched as the coach mockingly imitated …

Renewing the Dream: Using Nonviolent Communication to Answer Dr. King’s Call for Social Change

How can nonviolent communication help us return to the powerful vision of social change for which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. so strongly …

NVC – Changing Consciousness, Relationships & Systems

Roxy Manning, with Janey Skinner Nonviolent Communication (NVC) was developed, in part, because its founder, Marshall Rosenberg, was inspired by the work of Mahatma …

Why don’t they get it?

Does this seem familiar?  You’re in a meeting. Maybe it’s a workshop around equity and social justice issues, maybe it’s your community group …

Including All Without Excluding Any

By Ranjana Ariaratnam, David Johnson, Talli Jackson, and Roxy Manning This post, the final article in the WCI 2017 series, was written jointly …

The Power of Authenticity + Care

Where in your life do you stay silent and not show up fully? What prevents you from showing up? Do you wonder if …