Session 9: Remedies : Bridging Divides :Disarming Conversations
Music: "Going Home," Silk Road Ensemble, Link to Site
Essential Questions:
• What are some specific strategies/tools to de-escalate a conversation?
• What are some specific techniques to find common ground with others?
• What is empathy and why is it an important tool for de-escalating conversations.
Rick's Rap (agenda preview, homework, news of the day )
Speaker: Rivera Sun, author, editor of Nonviolence News, Pace e Bene workshop trainer
Exercises:
(1) the CLARA strategy
(2) Commonly Held values
Homework
• CLARA Method of Descalation, Link to Site
• "What Creates Extremists?" Russell Brand and Deeyah Khan Link to Site
• Nate Pike, post, Thread Reader Link to Site
• "The Secret to talking about climate change," Action for the Climate Emergency Link to site
Resources
• Rivera Sun website , Link to site
• website, Nonviolence News, Link to site
• David Campt & Desi Lydic, "The Right Way for White People to Address Racial Justice," The Daily Show, 6/28/20 Link to Site
• "How to talk to racists:Advice from Dr. David Campt, Robit Bhagava, The DialogueGuy, 11/19/20 Link to Site
• "How DC Peace Team Modeled Community Protection during election-related demonstrations, " Metta Center for Nonviolence, 3/8/21 Link to Site
• Pace e Bene, Link to site
Metta Center for Nonviolence, Link to site
• active listening example, Sheldon and Amy, The Big Bang Theory Link to Site
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