NVC4BIPOC
Nonviolent Communication for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (NVC4BIPOC)
Session Dates: March 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 8, 15
from 4:00pm-5:30pm, Pacific
On Zoom
A 6 week offering led by Leonie Smith for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour who are looking for a learning and exploring environment that is liberation focused and built around their needs.
If you are curious about NVC, interested in how to explore ways of being that celebrate all that you are in the face of systems that do not see you, please join!
Nonviolent Communication is a way of thinking, speaking and living. It is a powerful set of tools to increase our compassion, understanding, and authenticity to get everyone’s needs met. For many BIPOC folks, we live, work and play in environments where our needs are not considered. This course is where we will explore how to make room for our needs in support of collective liberation and genuine self-expression.
How do we make sense of this from an anti-racist, anti-oppression (ARAO) point of view, when some people do not understand institutional power and power dynamics? And how can NVC practices address the needs of people of colour?
Supporting Fee
$275 CDN
This is just under covering our costs for this offering.
Standard Fee
$440 CDN
This covers our costs and supports our sustainability
Community Fee
$525 CDN
This covers our costs, supports our sustainability and allows us to offer the Supporting Fee.
Sessions 1-3: We learn the foundations of NVC through a liberatory lens including:
Different types of observations, including systematic observations that help to anchor compassionate inquiry
How emotions help us to get clear on what is important to us and build strategies for growth
How requests can be a path to partnership, helping when being with others, including when working across differences
Sessions 4-6: We learn practical skills that we can use in situations such as:
Responding effectively to acts of racism in a way that reduces harm to us as BIPOC
Advocating for what we want in ways that are more likely to make a difference
Transforming the self-critical voice and undoing colonised thinking
Holding ourselves and others without judgement through focusing on the values underneath them
Preparing for and navigating difficult conversations
NEW! We will also explore systemic constellations as a source of learning and growth
Recordings
Recordings will be available for participants by March 31, 2025. By registering, you are agreeing to be recorded and for the recording to be shared. Recordings are not to be downloaded and shared. This is out of care for the facilitators and participants and to support the sustainability of our efforts and well-being.
Fees
Supporting Fee $275 CAD. This is just under covering our costs for this offering.
Standard Fee $440 CAD. This covers our costs and supports our sustainability.
Community Fee $525 CAD. This covers our costs, supports our sustainability and allows us to offer the Supporting Fee.
To register, click the link below. We invite you to pay a fee that will work for you and will invite a little bit of stretch in solidarity of our work and our team and its needs. If none of the fees work for you, we have limited scholarship spaces. Please email Leonie. Please name a fee that you can manage or request a payment plan.
