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Welcome to the Compassionate Listening Project ~ a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities to transform conflict and strengthen cultures of peace. We accomplish our mission through:

• Trainings with our highly acclaimed curriculum;
• Skilled facilitation with families, communities, and in the workplace;
• Delegations and trainings in conflict and post-conflict zones;
• Advanced Training and Facilitator Certification;
• Publishing books and producing videos;
• Unique community building events;

“An enemy is one whose story we have not heard.” – Gene Knudsen Hoffman, Compassionate Listening pioneer and international peacemaker.

We invite you to spend some time on our website; learn about our history and our community of practitioners…read about our trainings, and visit our calendar to look for programs in your area.

To see the benefits of your generosity in action, we invite you to view a short video of Compassionate Listening in action.

Thank you for your support, both spiritual and material.

Compassionately yours,

Leah Green, Founding Director

 

Advanced Training: Compassionate Listening with Ourselves and Others, November 8-10, 2013, Seattle, WA, with Susan Partnow and Andrea Cohen. For more information, click here.

 

 

Our First Guatemala Delegation,  Journey to the Heart of Guate-Maya, took place December 16 – 28, 2012 in San Pedro la Laguna, Lake Atitlan, with Taa’ Pi’t Intercultural Learning Center, a unique grassroots Mayan educational organization.  Click here to learn more.

 

 

 

Click below to watch one of our intro videos: Compassion In Action

Compassion in Action from Compassionate Listening Project on Vimeo.

 



"If we can change ourselves, we can change the world. We're not the victims of the world we see, we're the victims of the way we see the world. This is the essence of Compassionate Listening: seeing the person next to you as a part of yourself. - Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman"


Slideshow photo credits: Leah Green, Linda Wolf, Michael Klein

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