An NVC Queer (LGBT) Weekend
with Kristin Masters, CNVC Certified Trainer
Friday, August 27 - Sunday August 29
Our intention for this gathering:
...is to create community while facilitating personal growth and insight, helping us to look at experiences that not everyone encounters and to embrace our differences, discover our commonalities, to clarify needs in a more empowered way, and to ultimately get past the assumptions of identity. Just as the LGBT pride movement has created a queer space for celebrating a rainbow of different sexualities, genders and races, we seek to create a container for celebrating and mourning our queer experiences through the Nonviolent Communication model. NVC helps us recognize, understand, and move beyond social constructs and internal conflicts toward sweeter, more alive connections with ourselves and others with greater authenticity, love and openness.
• How "out" are we---around sexuality and all of who we are
• Claiming our full authenticity and power
• Transforming enemy images within and around us regarding homosexuality, heterosexuality and gender expression
• Deepening trust within ourselves, with our allies and our queer community
NVC Certified Trainer (with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication, CNVC.org) Kristin Masters is leading this NVC retreat for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender participants. Kristin is known for bringing aliveness, laughter and a down-to-earth, "real-life" examples of living NVC into her teaching. You’ll be happy to hear that Kristin will joined by guest trainer Roxanne Manning if registration is sufficient.
We seek to foster a sense of queer community within the larger Nonviolent Communication network while integrating NVC consciousness within the LGBT movement.
AND to sing, connect, eat, rest, play, and celebrate who we are---while deepening our NVC practice!
Timing: We encourage people to plan and come for the entire weekend. If that isn’t possible, we ask that you join us starting Saturday morning, for cohesiveness, and let us know if there are sessions you might miss.
Friday August 27th |
- 6:30-9pm opening circle and session |
Saturday August 28th |
- 10 am opening circle |
- 11-12:30 session 1 |
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Sunday August 29th |
- 12 noon opening circle |
- 12:30-2 session 3 |
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Kristin Masters is an NVC trainer and helped found Nonviolent Communication Santa Cruz in 2004. For nearly twenty years, Kristin has been a leader and trainer of diversity issues and believes that we can heal the hurts we’ve suffered in our domination society. |
Retreat Logistics
Prior NVC Training of 8+ hours requested for participation. If you want help finding ways to get that in prior to August, let us know. We’ve got ideas and strategies that can make that happen!
Where: Center for Compassion, NVC Santa Cruz, 225 Rooney St, Santa Cruz, CA
When: Starts Friday, August 27, 6:30-9pm, Saturday August 28 from 10am-6pm with optional culture sharing evening. Sunday noon-5pm.
Tuition: The requested donation levels for program are as follow:
Suggested level - $150
Scholarship level - $75
Sustain others level - $300
Partial scholarships and worktrades are available.
Housing: In order to build community and make this affordable, we ask locals to consider hosting out of towners. We’ll use a survey to match up requests and offers, so please register early to help us make this smooth.
Food: While we won’t be providing meals (for ease, cost and choicefulness), we will help participants find local options, and encourage any to bring food to share
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