Upcoming
events:
Cultivating Compassion
A Daylong Nonviolent Communication Practice
Gathering
Date: September 11, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location: Private home in Lemon Grove, CA
Contact: Raffi at raffi_1970@yahoo.com for address
and other information.
Fee: $15 ( no one turned away for lack of
funds ). Register here.
Description: We welcome you to join us for
a daylong NVC practice gathering on at a private home
in Lemon Grove. We will come together to sense into what
topics are most alive for each participant and invite
practice clusters to form around these topics. The
format will follow Open Space Technology. See the flyer for more info.
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information on upcoming events and practice groups.
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Please Note: The
following is a work in progress. Please send feedback
to infoatsdnvc@sdnvc.org.
Purpose
Our purpose is to contribute to manifesting a shift in
consciousness to a compassionate world.
Vision
Our vision of San Diego NVC is one of a rotary, where
information, energy and persons flow freely in and out of
the organization. Inside the organization are resources
designed to support anyone wanting to use NVC to facilitate
community building, systems change, personal growth and/or
education. These resources help those who resonate with our
purpose be a resource to their communities through
providing empathy, raising awareness about NVC, and
supporting people in their NVC learning.
Leadership
San Diego NVC leadership is a rotating, shared and flexible
body that cultivates and supports NVC consciousness
internally, in relation to the San Diego NVC organization,
and the larger community. Members of leadership include
those who feel most called to step forward. We sense that
this method of self-selection is an effective way to be
continuously connected to the living energy of needs of
each individual and the community. When exercising
leadership, members extend invitations throughout the
organization. The qualities of leadership we most resonate
with include aliveness, passion, compassion, wisdom,
capability and the ability to be present, aware and
forward-looking.
Some possible activities of leadership circle have been
mentioned, but not agreed upon. These include:
• Peer mentoring
• Decision making
• Holding living energy for the community
• Governance/ action hub
• Finding synergies between various action groups
• Planning meetings
• Expressing what is San Diego NVC
• Community
Management
San Diego NVC as a living entity is a hub for those
passionate about sharing and teaching NVC and seek to do so
in collaboration with others.
San Diego NVC is made up of an Empathy circle- peer
mentoring for San Diego NVC leaders, receiving and giving
empathy- whenever anyone feels called to extend an
invitation to convene a circle.
Partnership circle- are face-to-face (or virtual-- held
over email) gatherings held whenever anyone is called to
extend an open invitation to collaborate on a project or
initiative connected with NVC and would like to make use of
the community's shared resources to do so. This circle may
be called by anyone in the current core group. The circle
may also be called for the purpose of further developing
the hub.
San Diego NVC aims to use decision-making approaches that
embrace both efficiency, personal and group healing,
leadership development, build community, that can be used
online and offline.. The Five to Fold is one possible
strategy to be used in making decisions.
San Diego NVC uses the BayNVC grid to facilitate and track
self-organizing of leadership and management of
initiatives.
Current (or near-term) elements of the San Diego NVC
infrastructure include an San Diego NVC bank account,
well-developed website and calendar of local San Diego NVC
events.
The givens (or non-negotiables) of the San Diego NVC hub
are to be clarified at a later time.
Community
How does the organization work with others in the
community?
San Diego NVC, in supporting a global change of
consciousness, works with other organizations. San Diego
NVC is open to dialogue with organizations that share this
purpose and are willing to explore what form a partnership
or alliance may take. With a desire for efficiency,
effectiveness, and resource conservation, decisions on
whether to enter into partnerships and alliances are made
by the core group.
San Diego NVC desires to be a fluid organization (i.e.,
that those involved come in and go out as their needs
shift). Part of this fluidity is an ongoing invitation to
others (groups and individuals) to be part of the
discussion about how best to accomplish our purpose.
In what ways does the San Diego NVC body have the nutrient
environment that enables good communication, high morale,
and the purpose to be filled?
We’re 100% organic. We are composed of people that
are unique expressions of life energy each with different
skills, preferences, and gifts. One of the strengths of our
core group is a willingness to be present to what’s
happening inside us as individuals, and to what’s
happening with others. There is an acknowledgement that all
beings are one and that this oneness is manifest in the
needs/values/desires that motivate all behavior. This
consciousness allows for an environment of openness,
transparency, empathy, and safety.
Our morale comes partly from our deep desire for peace and
trust that applying the tools and consciousness promoted by
Compassionate Communication are one way to live this
desire. Our collective vision motivates us and fuels our
ongoing journey of peace-making. Each of us has made a
personal commitment to living compassionately, returning to
compassionate living when we miss the mark, and promoting
compassion in the world.
We value the perspective that our awareness of the living
energy of our needs guides our behavior. In living this
perspective, we seek to check-in with ourselves often to
clarify if our behavior honors those needs. When needs are
unmet, it is our hope that we will seek out strategies that
foster connection and openness both within our group and
with other organizations.
Who will be interested in the results of our work?
We hope those who share our purpose will be innervated by
the results of our work; that those who want to build a
compassionate world will be attracted to our organization.
We in the core group invite ourselves to focus the energy
drawn to us in ways that change the world. We intend to
work in partnership with those who have interest in our
purpose.
Note:
Nonviolent Communication, NVC and CNVC are registered
servicemarks of the Center for Nonviolent Communication