RESCHEDULED: Leah Green and the Birth of Compassionate Listening

Saturday, November 14

2:00-4:00 PM PT / 3:00-5:00 PM MT / 4:00-6:00 PM CT / 5:00-7:00 PM ET (U.S. time zones)

Online via Zoom | Free

Due to power outages in Leah Green’s home of Ajijic, Mexico, we have rescheduled this special event.

What happens when we listen not to debate, persuade, or change another person, but to understand the human being behind the story?

Join Leah Green, international peacemaker and founder of The Compassionate Listening Project, for an online event featuring two films from the early years of Compassionate Listening in Israel and Palestine.

Children of Abraham, produced by Leah, follows one of her CL journeys to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza with a delegation of Jewish community leaders from across the U.S. They meet Israelis and Palestinians from diverse backgrounds, including peace leaders, Israeli settlers, and the founder of Hamas in Gaza City.

We’ll also share a short film documenting a Compassionate Listening training for Palestinian and Israeli peace leaders, facilitated by Leah and CL facilitator Maha El Taji Tahsin. It offers an intimate glimpse into the courage it takes to listen to the “other” across profound histories of pain and loss.

Leah will set the context for the films and share stories from The Compassionate Listening Project: how a small experiment in listening grew into an international peacebuilding organization. Having recently retired as Director after 36 years of devoted service, she invites us to look back at where Compassionate Listening began and to consider why listening across divides is more urgently needed now than ever.

There will also be time for reflection and dialogue.

This event is free, and everyone is welcome.

Come for the films and the stories. Come to remember what is possible when we listen for the humanity in one another. Join us, and invite someone you’d love to share this with.