MidEast Citizen Diplomacy

Compassionate Listening:

Healing Our World from the Inside Out

Two-day workshops with Leah Green,
director, Compassionate Listening Project

From the participants:
"I've been to hundreds of workshops in my life and I count this as among the best!"

"The love, laughter, honor and appreciation, the vulnerability, the contribution that each of us so grandly made was no accident. It flowered by the commitment and grace and space that Leah provided, and I am deeply appreciative (and in awe, I must admit) that she did that -- and with such backbone, courage, affinity and delicacy."

"This was a great workshop! I learned a lot, feel more self-confident and am able to communicate more lovingly. Leah is an excellent trainer."

Upcoming Workshops:

California
When: April 26-28, 2002, 7:00 Saturday evening to 5:00 on Monday.

Where: Mendocino, California.For details and registration, please email Claire Ellis at csellis@mcn.org or contact her by phone at 707-937-2418
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Holland
When: July 20 - 27, 2002 Leading to the Edge conference. For information and registration, see www.Ltte.nl

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Washington
When: November 15 - 17, 2002, 7:00 Friday evening to 5:00 on Sunday.

Where: Camp Indianola, Washington...10-minutes by car from the Kingston ferry or 30 minutes from the Bainbridge Island ferry.

Cost: $270 - $390, sliding scale: includes lodging Friday and Saturday nights with Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch.

Accommodations: The workshop will take place in a beautiful retreat house at Camp Indianola, located on a high bluff with a dramatic view of the beach, Puget Sound and Seattle. Lodging is hotel style, two to a room. This workshop is limited to 16 participants.

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Compassionate Listening is a powerful tool for reconciliation which can bring new insight and be deeply healing for both those listened to and the listener. It can serve you in all aspects of your life - from personal to professional. Compassionate Listening can also strengthen and transform your peace-making work. (Compassionate Listening was developed by longtime Fellowship of Reconciliation activist and Quaker, Gene Knudsen Hoffman.)

This two-night residential workshop will focus on the fundamentals of Compassionate Listening and provide the skills and practice necessary to bring this technique into your daily life. Compassionate Listening fosters peacefulness, courage, reconcilation and healing.

Together we will create a trusting circle and begin to experience the transformative power of Compassionate Listening.

Leah Green is founder and director of MidEast Citizen Diplomacy (a non-profit organization) and the Compassionate Listening Project. She holds masters degrees in Public Policy and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Washington. Leah is internationally recognized as a leader in Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation, having led 16 citizen delegations to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. She has produced two documentaries about the conflict: Speaking of Peace and Children of Abraham. Leah has taught Compassionate Listening in Israel and Palestine since 1997 and is now offering generic Compassionate Listening workshops for North American audiences.

MidEast Citizen Diplomacy is part of the Compassionate Listening Network - a growing number of individuals and organizations involved in Compassionate Listening Projects.

Registration: Compassionate Listening Workshop, Indianola, WA
Your registration and $50 deposit (please make checks payable to MECD) will hold your place. The balance will be due by October 15, 2002. Mail registration (or e-mail if paying deposit with credit card) to:
MECD
We will confirm your reservation and send you directions to Camp Indianola with final instructions when we receive your registration. We will also be happy to help with carpools for those arriving from Seattle.

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