Community bulletin board: Listener’s Way Workshop in Claremont
Apr 26th, 2007 by Jill
The American Friends Service Committee is offering a Listener’s Way Workshop in Claremont this Saturday, April 28:
“Frustrated that ‘they’ just won’t take your views?”
Listener’s Way
Effective AdvocacyThe Peace with Justice Center of the Pomona Valley with support of by the Claremont Friends Meeting will sponor AFSC’s popular Listener’s Way workshop. Based on the experience that arguing will only make walls higher and gaps wider, the Listener’s Way method builds on the effectiveness of listening and empathy as a first step to engaging people with different opinions on issues from personal relationships to social justice, war and peace. Join the Listener’s Way workshop on:
Saturday, April 28th, 10am to 2pm
Claremont Friends Meeting
727 West Harrison Ave
Claremont, CA
($15 suggested donation, incl. materials and snack lunch)To register or for information, email or call Gerald Haynes at haynesqdh@aol.com, (909) 624-5008.
More information available here.
There were a couple of white 9th grade boys in our black student union last year, and there was just something about one of them…couldn’t put my finger on it…until I learned he’s a Quaker…then it all made sense. Sounds like a great workshop.