Session 9: Remedies: Disarming Conversations

  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