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NVC Monthly NewsletterApril 2025 |
What You'll Find in This Month's Newsletter:Events - Upcoming International Intensive Trainings (IIT)
- The Journey Toward NVC Certification - Starting May,
2025
- NVC Rising in Spain - May 24th-31st, 2025
Articles - Nonviolent Communication and Gun Control
Fundraisers - 2025 NVC Youth Residential Workshop in Mindanao
- Fundraiser for The Relationship Foundation: Essential Communication Skills for Underserved Schools
Book Specials 50% OFF both full Retail and
eBooks Price - Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
- Comunicación no Violenta: Un Lenguaje de vida
- Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook
Distance Learning Opportunities - NVC Academy
- The Center for Nonviolent Communication Trainings
Book
Excerpts - Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook - Section 1
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life - Chapter 1
- Nonviolent Communication: Companion Workbook - Chapter 1
Handouts - Downloads
- Recommended Links
Peaceful Daily Reflection/Meditation Poem - It's Never Too Late To...
Resources - Becoming a
CNVC certified trainer
- Guidelines for Sharing NVC for Individuals who are not Certified Trainers
NVC Resources - NVC TIP SERIES (Free daily and weekly tips)
- FREE RESOURCES
- NVC FACEBOOK GROUPS
- NEW ** NVC LINKEDIN GROUPS **
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CNVC - International Intensive Trainings Description You'll be immersed in a community of people learning, practicing, and applying Nonviolent Communication from the moment you sign up. Each of CNVC's IITs are hosted in different countries and languages in effort to expand their reach for all who wish to experience the depth of NVC and connect with a growing community of passionate learners and practitioners. Upcoming IITs - Kenya - Starts April 4th
- Portugal - Starts April 25th
- Costa Rica - Starts April 27th
- Croatia - Starts May 9th
- Germany - Starts May 23rd
- Canada - Starts June 20th
Learn More
The Journey Towards NVC Certification Online Training Group May 14th 2025 til October 28th 2026 Description: Are you on the path of learning, integrating and sharing NVC with others? Would you like to learn and practice in a group of people from around the world - from Asia over Africa and Europe to North- and South America? This program is a fully online 18 month program offered by LIVKOM. The programs curriculum is broken down into
three six-month semesters: 1) From learning and knowing the elements of NVC, to integrating and living NVC 2) From living NVC in all my thinking, speaking and acting in daily life, to sharing NVC with others 3) Sharing NVC with others while caring for your own resources, and continue learning in a warm, supportive community. It will cover a majority of what current CNVC certification candidates need to learn on their path toward certification. This training is hands-on practice of more than 50 topics within the NVC curriculum, for example Spirituality and Money. Learn more
Rising for Life NVC Rising is organizing the first in-person convention in Spain this May 24th-31st 2025. You are warmly invited to join!  See convention details here. The content pack can be viewed here.
You can join us for a series of free events, “tasting” the workshops planned for
the convention with our trainers and organizing team, free event listings will be updated here. As we face atrocities and huge shifts around the world, the power of coming together and growing as a community is evident to
us at NVC Rising. This is a core part of our intention for the "Rising for Life" convention in Spain  : to both build and strengthen our community while we are there, so we can become a resource for each other in the times ahead, and receive tools and deep inspiration to cultivate nonviolence-centered, strong communities within our local areas
when we return home.   Together, we will ask these questions:  How can I help build and strengthen my local nonviolence community where I live?
 What will make the
community resilient?
 How can I matter in these times we are facing?
Learn more
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Nonviolent Communication and Gun Control |
One of Society’s Most Divisive Issues: Applying Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to Gun ControlBy Alan Rafael Seid, CNVC Certified Trainer Introduction: Framing the conversation regarding guns and Nonviolence This article is neither for nor against guns per se.
My intention in this article is to introduce NVC to beginners, and to explore how you might apply NVC to the debate around gun control in the United States.
To write about both firearms and Nonviolent Communication, in the context of U.S. culture, is full of enigma and paradox.
I grew up in a staunchly anti-gun household, I’ve studied NVC for 30 years and been a Certified Trainer in NVC for over 20 years, and
yet… I am a gun owner.
“Guns were created for the sole purpose of killing another human being,” my mother would say. And she was a very principled person, who lived by her convictions. So even as a little boy, not even toy guns were allowed in my home… and I largely held those same views for many years.
Over the years I learned the difference between pacifism and nonviolence, which is mostly beyond the scope of this article. If I could simplify it in a brief space, the starkest
concrete difference would be on the issue of self-defense.
It was during a time when I feared for my and my family’s life and safety that, in reference to self-protection, a friend said to me, “it’s better to have one and not need it, than to need one and not have it.” So I let him mentor me in the use of a pistol, in case protecting my children from harm became a last-resort necessity.
Since then I have met many gun owners in my community and asked them questions about their
views — which are more diverse than I expected... Read More
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Intellectual understanding blocks empathy. Marshall Rosenberg |
NVC Youth Residential Workshop in Mindanao
Empower young people by supporting this event to equip them with the skills, processes, and framework of Nonviolent Communication An NVC Youth Residential Workshop is scheduled for May 9-11, 2025, in Mindanao. The goal of this residential workshop is to empower young people by equipping them with the skills,
processes, and framework of Nonviolent Communication, and to integrate these learnings into their value formation. In doing so, they will learn to speak and listen from the heart, fostering deeper connections with themselves and others. We are expecting 35-50 participants, and hope that this workshop will create a space for them to come together, learn from one another, and grow as compassionate individuals. To make this possible, we are reaching out to kindly request your support through fundraising. Your generous contributions will help subsidize the board and lodging for participants who cannot afford it, as well as cover the logistics of the event. Any amount you can contribute will be deeply appreciated and will make a significant difference in bringing this vision to life. To donate, you can send your contribution via PayPal: mambuayamina@gmail.com For more information reach out to Amina T. Mambuay, Certified Trainer via email.
The Relationship Foundation
Help Underserved Schools with Nonviolent Communication The Relationship Foundation is a small nonprofit with a big vision, making an impact in Social and Emotional Learning by introducing Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Nonviolent Communication is a practice of expressing one’s needs
and feelings without blame or judgment and listening empathically. Teachers have commented that using NVC in the classroom has improved student behavior and academics. Another teacher said, “in my 20 years of teaching, I have never seen anything like this.” Ten underserved schools have requested the curriculum and training sessions
for their students and teachers. Your donation will help provide much-needed training sessions and curricula for underserved schools.
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When we judge others we contribute to violence. Marshall Rosenberg |
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO… Apply yourself. Be all you can be. Change your
mind. Do what you love. Enjoy the ride Face your fears. Get in shape Have fun. Inspire
and encourage. Jump start possibilities. Knock the ‘t’ off can’t. Learn from your mistakes. Mend a quarrel. be Nonjudgmental. Open new doors. Practice what you preach. Question your priorities. Realize how lucky you are. Start over. Take
a leap of faith. Uncover your talents. Value friends and family. Wonder more, worry less. Xpress your truth kindly. say Yes , more often. Zzzz’s, to take more naps. © Meiji Stewart
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Enemy images are the main reason conflicts don’t get resolved. Marshall Rosenberg |
Nonviolent Communication Free Handouts and Links
Downloads:
Recommended Links:
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The more we empathize with the other party, the safer we feel. Marshall Rosenberg |
The number one rule of our training is empathy before education. Marshall Rosenberg |
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life - Chapter 1
Comunicacion no Violenta - Chapter 1
Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook |
A difficult message to hear is an opportunity to enrich someone’s life. Marshall Rosenberg |
Certified Trainers & Sharing NVC
CNVC is committed to the vision of a critical mass of the world's population using Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to resolve differences peacefully. A strong community of qualified trainers will play an important role in the realization of this goal.
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Every message, regardless of form or content, is an expression of a need. Marshall Rosenberg |
The NVC Academy offers hundreds of affordable online personal growth courses and resources to learn Nonviolent Communication from home.
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The Center for Nonviolent Communication
The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) is a global organization that supports the learning and sharing of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and helps people peacefully and effectively resolve conflicts in personal, organizational, and political settings.
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When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. Marshall Rosenberg |
Stay Connected to the Values of Compassion With the Free 365 Daily Peaceful Living Meditations.
In blocking off what hurts us, we think we are walling ourselves off from pain. But in the long run, the wall, which prevents growth, hurts us more than the pain, which if we will only bear it, soon passes over us . . . Walls remain. —Alice Walker
Meeting Our Needs Discovering the unmet needs that drive our feelings is only part of the solution. The other part is to understand what it will take to meet that need and make a request that will accomplish this. Let’s say your friend told a racist joke at your party last night and you
are annoyed. Understanding that your needs for respect and consideration weren’t met is just the starting point. The next step is to decide what could be done to meet those needs. You might consider talking to your friend about it by, saying: “When you told that racist joke last night at the party, I felt hurt and annoyed because I value respect and consideration for all people. I also felt embarrassed because I like people to feel safe in my home. Would you be willing to refrain from telling
racist or sexist jokes when I’m around from now on?” Not making such a request of your friend limits your choices. You might decide not to invite him again. Or you might invite him but worry all night about what he might say. Worse yet, you could end up resenting him for years about this incident, and he would never have the opportunity to understand why your relationship has changed. When we make requests, we can resolve situations before they escalate. Everyone benefits when we are clear about
what we would like. Notice if you have unmet needs today, consider what it will take to meet them, and make a request of someone. |
- NVC TIP SERIES (Free daily and weekly tips)
- FREE RESOURCES
- NVC FACEBOOK PAGES
We hope you find value in our monthly newsletters. We would love to receive ANY feedback or suggestions you may want to share. Please let others know about our newsletter to help spread nonviolent communication, love, hope, humor and compassion, if you are willing :)
We want a more compassionate, equitable, peaceful, safe and healthy world.
Please be safe!
Warmly,
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