Season of Celebration Fundraiser
We envision a culture of peace in which nonviolence is the bridge to a transformed world.
Each workshop session has individual registration below.
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Opening, Closing, & 14 Two-Hour Training Sessions
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Registration is Free!
Donations are Welcomed!
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**All sessions are on Zoom. Some sessions are concurrent; see schedule below. Sessions will not be recorded.**
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Come join us as we:
- Strengthen our community through learning, connection, and opportunities for contribution.
- Guide transformative practices that bring self-responsibility, honest expression, empathy, and connection to relationships.
- Inspire social change with a strong base of needs awareness and a roadmap through which to follow.
- Raise funds so we may continue our work and contribution to the world.
The tax-deductible donation options for this fundraiser are as follows:
- Use one of our suggested donation amounts at registration (via PayPal or check)
- Make a custom donation on PayPal through our website, with the note “SoC” (for Season of Celebration) in the notes field before checkout (no PayPal account required)
- For donations not by check or PayPal (ex. international and unable to use PayPal) please contact our President Karen Starz
You may also donate time and talents:
We are looking for individuals who are willing to receive requests to volunteer with us. Please fill out our volunteer interest form here.
We are requesting feedback from participants who have been a part of our weekend of workshops. Please fill out our feedback form here.
Should you have any questions, please contact one of the Season of Celebration Fundraiser organizers: Melissa Elaine and Mark A. Friedman.
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Houston NVC Season of Celebration 2021 Fundraiser Announcement
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☼ Day 1, Saturday August 14th, 9 am – 5 pm Central US Time ☼
Requests that Rock: Feeding Your Living Energy
Dr. Mark A. Friedman, Houston NVC Board Member & Season of Celebration Co-Organizer, CNVC Certification Candidate, Certified Professional Coach, Kingian Nonviolence Facilitator
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
If Needs are our Living Energy, then Requests are the means we Feed our Living Energy!
However, sometimes, in our commitment to be still and not only do, we may fall so in love with the connection we form with the needs we discover, that we lose sight of making a request.
In “Requests that Rock: Feeding Your Living Energy,” we will not only practice making requests, we will explore how to make bold and powerful requests that naturally lead to a “Yes” through considering what is important to ourselves, what is important to the recipients of our requests, and the quality of connection we form between ourselves and those with whom we are engaging.
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Savoring
Susan Wildin, MD, Certified Professional Coach
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT*
*The room will be locked 30 minutes after the start of this workshop to meet needs of connection, communication, and support.
We will practice expressing and connecting to our bodies in celebration, mourning and enjoying the beauty of the needs to deepen our internal experience. While anyone can enjoy this session, basic understanding of observations, feelings, needs and requests will enhance the experience.
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The Rhythm of Life
Sudha Shankar, CNVC-Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
A closer look, through the NVC lens, at what life has handed to us in the last year and what we have given to life: finding the space to savour the ups and downs by anchoring ourselves to inner reservoir of our Needs.
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Practices for Embodying NVC
David Weinstock, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM CDT
At the heart of this mini-course are simple yet deep practices for developing Nonviolent Communication as a lifelong art and discipline for cultivating deeply connective relationships.
Somatic practices for embodying Nonviolent Communication increases the capacity to listen empathically and speak your truth authentically with power and compassion. A somatic approach to Nonviolent Communication attunes us to the signals of our bodies and the present, direct and immediate experience of the life we are living. This is where we come face to face with the history we’ve embodied, our deeper selves, our greatest gifts, and the motivation to grow compassionate ways of being toward a more equitable world.
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Detachment from Outcome: The Meeting Place of Spirituality and NVC
Jamil Popatia, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM CDT
Nearly all the world’s great wisdom traditions call their followers to detach from outcome; Let go. Let God! There is a similar invitation in the beautiful process of Nonviolent Communication where we are invited to be open to wonder and amazement at what can ensue when we focus on the needs and release our attachment to both strategy and outcome.
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NVC Zen : Living in the Paradox of Both/And – “Fully asking for what we want, while letting go of having to have it”
Aya Caspi, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM CDT
Learn how to connect fully with your needs and longings and powerfully move towards them, while at the same time letting go of having to have your needs met, increasing your inner freedom and growing your capacity to live nonviolently. This session will include a presentation and a demonstration.
“The root of suffering is attachment” ~ Buddha
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The Amazing Power of Empathy
Bren Hardt, Houston NVC Founder, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM CDT
Tap deeper into the power you already hold within you: give full presence, warmth & curiosity to your own heart and the heart of others. Use this gift of empathy to reach connection, hope, and empowerment. Support the transformation of your world and the world thru empathic presence.
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☼ Day 2, Sunday August 15th, 9 am – 5 pm Central US Time ☼
Celebrate Your Jackals and Dance With Them
Karen Starz, CNVC Certified Trainer, Houston NVC President
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM CDT
In times of uncertainty, repetitive thoughts and judgments can lead us to opinions of right and wrong and some strong feelings one way or another. We might be left feeling disconnected from others. What we really could be disconnected from, however, are our longings, desires, hopes, and dreams.
In my experience, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) doesn’t ask me to ignore, squash, or judge my judgment. The process of NVC gives me a playful and fun avenue in which to entertain my evaluations, judgments, and opinions – it is called jackal language. These jackals, when engaged, connect us to what is important to us and to the people who stimulate our judgments.
I invite you to bring your Jackals to this Jackal Dance where everyone is invited. There is no need for a permission slip, to be self-conscious about your hemlines, or to leave your contempt at home. I will create an atmosphere, with your help, of trust and companionship. I hope you will take the ability with you to dance with your jackals and have compassion for your judgments.
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Exploring Love in Close Relationships
Manasi Saxena, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM CDT
Exploring Love in Close Relationships: With a focus on our closest relationships, this session is an exploration of different layers of how we experience love – in our thoughts and imagination, in giving and receiving, as a feeling, and as an essential quality of aliveness within each of us.
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Don‘t Do Anything That Isn’t Play!
Michael Dillo, CNVC Certified Trainer and Assessor
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM CDT
This session opens the space for an exploration of Marshall’s quote using real-life examples: How can hard work be play? Is Marshall making fun of us? Does he take our problems lightly? What is the price if I do something because I think I “should” or I “have to” do it?
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Building Compassionate Responses to Conflict in Community
Duke Duchscherer, CNVC Certified Trainer; RC Facilitator
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM CDT
This session will explore Restorative Circles by Dominic Barter, and how they can be used to create conflict response systems that support community connection and learning, and greatly enhance increased community safety and resilience in the face of conflict.
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Responding to the “Emerging Normal” with Compassion and Empathy
Raj Gill, CNVC Certified Trainer, Certified in Conversational Intelligence®, Certified Professional CoActive Coach
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM CDT
Curious about how to build on Resilience and Re-create mutually supportive relationships for strengthening working relationships, families, and communities?
For the past 15 months across the Globe so many of us and our families have been working in isolation, rapidly adapting, and innovating to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic, putting both the gaps in our systems and our interconnectedness on full display.
This is an invitation to join me for this lively and interactive session to collectively explore the power of Universal Human Needs and Role of Empathy.
This session is based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life.
Materials to facilitate the exploration will be offered online.
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A 5-minute NVC Integration Tool: Reminders for Living Heartfully
River Dunavin, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Ever wish there was a simple way to integrate Nonviolent Communication principles? While there’s no substitute for practicing the skills in daily life, the Reminders for Living Heartfully provide instant access to NVC principles. The Reminders express essential these principles in a condensed format. Visiting with the Reminders takes about 5 minutes and supports insights and integration of NVC across all experience levels. This class will experience and practice with the Reminders with an emphasis on personal exploration and breakout room connections.
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History and Development of NVC: What Is Unique About NVC
Allan Rohlfs, CNVC Certified Trainer
About this workshop:
Sunday, August 15, 2021 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
As we prepare to close our weekend, listen to Allan tell his experiences with Marshall Rosenberg, the creator of NVC, from his first contact in 1972- 2008 including telling Marshall’s own life experience leading to NVC and tracing the development over the years. Allan will also share what NVC is, and how NVC is unique and different from other approaches to living and spirituality.