Leah Green is Founder and Executive Director of the Compassionate Listening Project. She holds a masters degrees in Public Policy from the University of Washington, where she also completed her coursework for a Masters in Middle Eastern Studies. Leah is recognized as a leader in Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation. She has led 26 training delegations to Israel/Palestine, speaks and writes about Middle East peace-building, and has produced three documentaries about the conflict: Speaking of Peace, Children of Abraham, and Crossing the Lines: Palestinians and Israelis Speak With The Compassionate Listening Project. Leah has also led delegations to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and in 2002, she co-founded the Jewish-German Compassionate Listening Project. Leah has facilitated and taught Compassionate Listening in Israel and Palestine since 1999 and now teaches world-wide in public, private and academic settings. She began training as a facilitator of Systems Constellations with Francesca Mason Boring in March 2010, and is excited to be integrating Constellations into her trainings. Leah is a 2003 recipient of the Yoga Journal’s “Karma Yoga Award,” and was recognized by the international women’s peace organization, Peace X Peace, in 2010.
Her work has been profiled in several books, including
• Soul Stories, by Gary Zukav
• Peace In Our Lifetime, by Susan Skog
• Soul of Success: A Woman’s Guide to Authentic Power, by Jennifer Hawthorne,
• Peace, Justice and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition, by Stefen Merken and Murray Polner
• Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians, by Dr. Judy Kuriansky
• Loving for no Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love, by Marci Shimoff
• Compassionate Listening and other Writings by Gene Knudsen Hoffman, by Anthony Manousos
Allison Goldstein was named the Administrative Director of The Compassionate Listening Project in September of 2011 and became the Managing Director the following December. She previously served on the TCLP Board of Directors. Before joining the staff of TCLP, Allison was self-employed for over 17 years with Priced To Sell! offering pricing software solutions and support to businesses. Allison is passionate about approaching personal and spiritual growth and connection through listening. She is the founder of the FREE LISTENING Project of Puget Sound. She has attended CL several trainings, including the Advanced Training. Allison is a student of Thich Nhat Hanh, whose teachings are at the foundation of Compassionate Listening. Allison also volunteers at the Federal Way Food Bank, providing her with a wealth of opportunities to practice her listening skills. She is excited about bringing Compassionate Listening and FREE LISTENING approaches together and being part of this exciting movement and feels honored to work with such a dynamic collection of people.
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