2023 Spring Connect & Act will start with a session at noon to ground ourselves in our bodies and connect with our intention to build toward non-violence. After a brief welcome, we'll move into skill-building sessions on: compassionate listening, conflict resolution, storytelling as an organizing tool, and basic facilitation skills and tools for difficult conversations. After these introductory skill-building sessions, community members will have the opportunity to join discussions and intentionally practice using tools to listen, respond, and act with empathy, understanding, and an open heart.

We hope participants will use these skills for future Compassionate Community Conversations across Washtenaw County and beyond. ICPJ will support local congregations, neighborhood groups, and others with additional trainings and capacity-building support to organize, host, or facilitate future conversations.

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(This event is rescheduled from March 4th, when it was postponed due to a winter storm.)

What Time Will You Join Us?

12-1pm Grounding in our Bodies & Yoga

1-1:30pm Welcome

1:30-3pm Skill-Building Mini-Workshops

3:30-5pm Compassionate Community Conversations

5-6pm Community Potluck (bring a dish to share or come as you are)

Note: Community members are welcome to join us for all or part of the day. The community conversations will be facilitated in such a way that participants can gain further practice in building

The sessions below are planned. If you have other sessions you would like to organize and/or facilitate as part of the event, let us know. This is space that is open to the creativity and expertise of the community. And feel free to join in other organizing aspects for the event. Contact Info@ICPJ.org

Skill-Building for Compassionate Community Conversations

Storytelling as an Organizing Tool
Conflict Resolution for Community Peace & Co-Liberation
Compassionate Listening & CLARA Skill-Building
How to Facilitate Hard Conversations in YOUR Community, Congregation & Neighborhood

Compassionate Community Conversations in Practice

Disrupting Criminalization: How do we turn to each other instead of calling the police?
Climate Justice: How Can Ann Arbor Public Power and Sustainable Energy Utility support one another?
Justice for Immigrants: Why should 'Drivers Licenses for All' be a top legislative priority?
Why can’t we talk about …….. ?

2023 Spring Connect & Act

Connections, Trainings, Practice for Compassionate Community Conversations