[CRNMC] Decolonization of Mind - Discussion Group - Meeting Notice

[Sandra Marshall]

Thanks Charles,  all this looks good,
See you Tuesday,
Sandy

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Charles Cresson Wood <ccwood at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Event Notice: “Decolonization of Mind” Discussion Group
> Schedule: Meeting Notice – 12:30PM, Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
> (Brown bag lunch; we meet every second Tuesday of the month.)
>
> Topic: Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
> Details: Discussions about mass beliefs, brainwashing, and propaganda are
> bound to provoke some people. How can you best deal with these and the many
> other conflicts that are a part of ordinary life? Our next meeting's topic
> will be communication with greater authenticity, increased understanding,
> deepening connection, and the intention to resolve conflict by using the
> tools of Nonviolent Communication. NVC (also called compassionate
> communication) is a set of communication tools that is based on the
> principles of nonviolence -- the natural state of compassion that exists
> when no violence is present in the heart. NVC begins by assuming that we
> are all compassionate by nature, and that violent strategies—whether verbal
> or physical—are learned behaviors taught and supported by the prevailing
> culture. NVC also assumes that we all share the same, basic human needs,
> and that each of our actions are a strategy to meet one or more of these
> needs. To start the conversation we will explore the importance of
> observation without judgment, and finding the feelings and needs underneath
> our normal communication. In this way we can find ways to communicate our
> actual feelings and needs more clearly. Our presenters and facilitators
> will be Kelly Larson and Sandy Marshall, both of whom have studied NVC for
> years.
>
> Location & Directions: The location of this meeting will be Linda’s house
> in Fort Bragg. Consistent with the nature of our discussions -- which are
> not approved or endorsed by any government or corporate entities -- there's
> no official address that you could look up on Google maps, since Linda
> lives in an alley. To get there, drive east on Oak Street for about a mile
> from Hwy 1. Wall Street is on the right side and her house is in the alley
> right after Wall Street (between Wall and Sanderson). There's a fire
> hydrant at the alley. Make a right into the alley (you can't make a left)
> and her house is the first (and only) house you come to. The house number
> is 139-1/2.
>
> Background: The decolonization of mind discussion group is an outgrowth of
> Mendocino Coast Transition Towns and the Community Rights Network of
> Mendocino County. Specifically, the discussion group was a spin-off from a
> weekend workshop that local activist Paul Cienfuegos facilitated a few
> months ago. That workshop, dealing with community rights, and the powers of
> people versus those of corporations, included a challenge from Paul that
> the participants not only understand how our minds have been colonized, but
> that we escape from that colonization. The decolonization of mind group
> seeks to go beyond the propaganda from government, the indoctrination of
> the public school system, the brainwashing of corporate advertising, and
> also the myths created and perpetuated via movies, TV, newspapers,
> Facebook, and other modern media. The discussion group seeks to empower
> participants so as to help emancipate themselves and others from all that,
> and to come back to our own personal power to live the life we feel called
> to live. Questions about the group can be directed to Charles Cresson Wood
> at 707 937 5572 or ccwood at ix.netcom.com.
>
>
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