NonViolent Communication for Activists
Channel: Pierce Delahunt
Date: 2020-02-18

This is an introduction to NonViolent Communication, as formalized and developed by Marshall Rosenberg. This intro emphasizes application for intersectional Leftist activism.

The first three minutes, while people get settled for the workshop, are a friend and I engaging in mock "violent" communication, which we then deconstruct as a group.

Also, there are dogs.

0:00 Mock Violent Communication
3:00 Debrief of Violent Communication
6:45 What is NVC *not?*?
9:20 What *is* NVC?: Target
15:25 This Not That: Obv vs Feels; Feelings vs NonFeelings;
Needs vs Strategies; Requests vs Demands
23:00 Paraphrase, Declines, + Responsibility
32:30 NVC Formula ("When I see...")
36:35 Bringing in Activism
38:35 Outreach
40:17 Organizing + Nazis
49:00 Purpose of NVC
50:20 Needs, Boundaries, Conflicts
54:11 Weapons Manufacturing
57:11 Connection to Needs
59:44 Self-Communication + Restorative Justice
1:04:12 Giraffe Ears
1:04:54 Spirituality + Resources
1:08:05 NVC is Leftist
1:11:40 Making People Do What We Want
1:16:45 Personhood, Nazis, + Thought Supremacy
1:20:55 Tolerance Paradox + Need Deficit
1:24:10 How Do We Change Nazis + Empathy from Hell
1:27:53 Coalition with Opponents + Thresholds
1:29:25 Appreciation, Rewards + Celebrations
1:31:50 Jay Smooth: What You Do vs Who You Are
1:33:05 Jonathan Safran Foer + Self-Identification
1:35:38 Dialectical Connection to Needs


Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FpPHnccQ35MbIIDwmIpEozXkvd9XqrSPctnhPs8GFyc/edit?usp=sharing

Not Strictly NVC but Still NVC:
How to Tell Someone They Sound Racist by Jay Smooth: (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc

Moving Toward Conflict for Strategy by Yotam Maron: (Article)
https://medium.com/@YotamMarom/moving-toward-conflict-for-the-sake-of-good-strategy-9ad0aa28b529