- Community Healing Space -
Reconciliation & Healing
Reconciliation & Healing Conversations
A Community Space for Healing Social-Political Divides
In Our Lives and in the World
Facilitated by John Kinyon
Topic Healing From the U.S. Election
Monday, Nov 25th 11am - 1pm Pacific (Convert Time Zone)
This event is held periodically. Submit form below ↓ to get notified when each event occurs.
This is an open group forum for reconciliation and healing conversations on social-political issues and the impact on our personal lives.
Join for conversations on the vital and urgent social questions of our time about justice, power, equality, empathy, and universal compassion, care, and love:
- How can we all belong without "othering" one another?
- How do we honor each other’s rights, securities, and freedoms?
- How do we care for each other as human beings?
- How do we find empathy, understanding, and compassion when we hurt each other?
- How do we meet our needs in ways that aren’t at the expense of others?
Even in times of division, we can empathically listen and authentically express in a way that creates understanding and connection. This is an opportunity for healing collective and generational pain and trauma at the core of the social-ecological conflicts, polarization, and suffering.
War and division, whether verbal, physical, or cultural, is ultimately about hurt — how we hurt and harm one another.
As we go through life, sometimes we are the "Receiver" of hurt and pain, and sometimes we are the "Actor," who acts in a way that leads to another or others experiencing hurt. In many situations, both sides feel they are the Receiver, and the other is the Actor.
Power is an important aspect of this kind of conflict, the individual power we have to act and impact others, and power that is cultural and systemic, how hurt and harm happens on collective and generational levels.
The conversation process is based in Reconciliation and Healing model and a goal of creating empathic listening, authentic sharing, understanding, and compassionately connecting to our shared humanity.
The intention is to foster a space that allows for the emergence of new creative possibilities. These conversations can be difficult when we have very different realities about what's going on. When we learn how to have these conversations, we create more of the world we know is possible. A world with less violence, more connection, and collaboration — where we work together to face challenges.
All are invited to participate, and you are also welcome to just listen and witnessing without speaking if you choose. Please invite anyone in your community who you think might be interested.
You are welcome to attend this event for free, and receiving financial support helps John to continue to offer this work to the world. If it's your first time attending, you can give later if you wish, after you've had the experience. I welcome a one time payment or a monthly amount via Paypal. $25 per event is suggested.
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