Thursday, May 24th at 2:00pm ET/1:00pm CT Transforming and Connecting Communities through Radical Listening and Vulnerability Thursday, May 24th at 2:00pm ET/1:00pm CT

Goals: Share What We Have Learned about Healing and Support As We Connect and Transform Communities Across Political Difference (And Learn from You) Build Deeper Partnerships Connect and break the isolation Housekeeping: Please leave us comments, thoughts, reflections and questions in the comments. We will have a Q&A portion at the end of the webinar to try to address as many of them as possible!

We’re Esteniolla & Carlos!

Youth on Board

POLL TIME!

Have you... Unfriended a friend or family member from social media since the 2016 election?

Have you ever... Automatically decided you didn’t like someone because of something they said or something they believe?

Do you... Have a friend who talks all the time and doesn’t listen… or maybe YOU’RE that friend? ;-)

Our Hope Make Space for Baggage Create Cultures of Empathy and Kindness Practice and Use Radical Listening and Vulnerability Connect and Transform Communities

What We’ve Figured Out Meaningful & Mutual listening allows us to heal so that we can connect, build relationships and make change in the world.

What do we mean by SUPPORT?

LAUGH & PLAY

LAUGH AND PLAY... ARE essential components of being human no matter your age!

HOW many of you start or end your meetings with a game? LAUGH AND PLAY... HOW many of you start or end your meetings with a game?

LAUGH AND PLAY... PARTNER TAG WHERE THE WIND BLOWS

LAUGH AND PLAY... Takeaway Try starting your next organizing meeting, community forum or event with a game.

APPRECIATIONS

APPRECIATIONS Help us remember our significance (not just the significance of our work) and the significance of others.

APPRECIATIONS Popcorn Style Circle Spotlight

APPRECIATIONS Takeaway Pick one person you appreciate but have never let them known directly. Let them know why you appreciate them.

RADICAL LISTENING

Guidelines for Listening Look like you care about or like the person Remember the goodness of the person Listen warmly Confidentiality

GUIDELINES FOR LISTENING PARTNERSHIPS Pick a person and share equal time Determine turns for speaker and listener No advice Practice radical vulnerability Confidentiality

LISTENING PARTNERSHIPS Takeaway Put the timer on, and do a listening partnership with 1 person this week. Share equal time, and trust that they can handle listening to you. Don’t give advice.

More Downloadable Resources: www.youthonboard.org/listeningworks

BANDWIDTH The more you seek and give support, the more bandwidth you’ll have to foster empathy, kindness and listening in your communities.

How do we put this into ACTION?

ABCs, it’s easy as… Affirm Bridge Connect

ROLE PLAY!

Esteniolla and Carlos modelling the ABC during a Deep Canvass training DEEP CANVASSING PICTURE OF US DOING IT Esteniolla and Carlos modelling the ABC during a Deep Canvass training

LISTENING PROJECTS PICTURE OF US DOING IT

PICTURE OF US DOING IT HEALING CIRCLES

ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY Takeaway Listen to one person a week about any topic you care about without interrupting them and practice sharing your perspective using the ABC.

DEEPER PARTNERSHIP APPLY TO ATTEND A NATIONAL TRAINING CONSIDER A LISTENINGWORKS PARTNERSHIP

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

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QUESTIONS?