Compassionate Listening Project
A non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities to transform conflict and strengthen cultures of peace
ABOUT US
Gene Knudsen Hoffman, international peacemaker and Quaker, developed the concept of Compassionate Listening. She was influenced by her teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. Leah Green founded the Compassionate Listening Project; we created the curriculum and teach world-wide.
GET INVOLVED
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Take a workshop;
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Start a practice group in your home or community;
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Become a facilitator;
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Invite a facilitator to work with you;
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Read our books
JOURNEYS
Join us for profound immersions:
Journey to Alabama in Feb, 2022
Journey to the Heart of Israel and Palestine (stay tuned for next dates)
"Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart...
Because you know that listening like that, you give that person a chance to suffer less. If you want to help him to correct his perception, you wait for another time...You just listen with compassion and help him to suffer less. One hour like that can bring transformation and healing."
-Thich Nhat Hanh
Upcoming Events
Sat, Oct 02Online Workshop SeriesOct 02, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDTOnline Workshop SeriesThis 6-week online series will co-create a learning space for exploring our racial conditioning in the framework of Compassionate Listening, a heart-centered practice of deep listening and speaking from the heart. We hope that our inner healing will ripple out into the world through our actions.
Mon, Oct 04Online 8-Session Workshop SeriesOct 04, 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM PDTOnline 8-Session Workshop SeriesHumanity is waking up to our interconnectedness as never before - to one another and to the Earth. We believe that learning to listen with compassion to ourselves and others is a key to this awakening, and that our evolutionary capacity is directly linked to our ability to navigate conflict.
Thu, Oct 07Online 4-Session Workshop Series
Sat, Oct 09Online 4-Session Workshop SeriesOct 09, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDTOnline 4-Session Workshop SeriesHumanity is waking up to our interconnectedness as never before - to one another and to the Earth. We believe that learning to listen with compassion to ourselves and others is a key to this awakening, and that our evolutionary capacity is directly linked to our ability to navigate conflict.
Sun, Oct 106 Session Online Workshop Series
Sun, Oct 24Online 4-Session Workshop Series- Tue, Nov 02Online 4-Session Workshop SeriesNov 02, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM PDTOnline 4-Session Workshop SeriesHumanity is waking up to our interconnectedness as never before - to one another and to the Earth. We believe that learning to listen with compassion to ourselves and others is a key to this awakening, and that our evolutionary capacity is directly linked to our ability to navigate conflict.
Tue, Feb 15Montgomery, AL, USA
Time is TBD8-Session Online Workshop Series
