Backing BIPOC in NVC Community: A Journey Towards Allyship

The Open Call Series panels bring the voices and issues that are relevant to Black, Indigenious, People of Colour who are actively navigating spaces in NVC.

The Open Call Series also supports the financial health of the network, which has grown significantly since its inception and has expanded its offerings from bimonthly support calls to a successful launch of a NVC foundations course for BIPOC by BIPOC.

Moderated by Mika Maniwa with Leonie Smith, Backing BIPOC in NVC Community invites current NVC trainers to share their journey as they’ve grown in awareness and commitment to racial equity and social justice in support of Black, Indigenous, People of Colour.

Panelists:

We will be joined by a panel with a wide breadth of experience as NVC educators. Joining us will be:

Jiva Mankse (New Mexico)
Kristin Masters (Santa Cruz)
Ceri Buckmaster (London, UK)
Jesse Wiens (Vermont)
Catherine Cadden (Vermont)
Pam Orbach (Seattle)

Among the questions and themes we will be exploring:

• Where do you struggle being an ally, and what resources you?
• What is the most hard-to-hear message a BIPOC person ever said to you?
• What have you learned in managing the rupture and repair that so often occurs in diverse spaces?
• What NVC processes, principles support you in these conversations?
• What do you want so-called white folks to know?