Building Restorative Skills and Systems – Online series

Conflict is inevitable. What matters is how we respond to it.  In your NVC activities, what systems and procedures for dealing with conflict do people have access to? What mindset and skills are needed to make these systems work? Format 8 x 2 hr online Zoom sessions Outcomes We want to enable people to:

• feel more confident to walk towards their own conflicts and other people in conflict
• take steps to evolve a restorative system in their own context in a way that belongs to the whole community

  Content

• Developing a mindset that embraces conflict
• Developing the human resources necessary to respond to conflict
• Skill building (setting up and facilitating mediations and restorative circles, being with intense pain and hurt, working towards agreements)
• What do we mean by system building?
• What does it involve
• What are we committing to in ourselves when we set up a restorative system?
• What kind of agreements between people might be made?
• Understanding all the options in a restorative practice, and when each option  is and isn’t appropriate
• Identifying and applying the pre-conditions of a restorative system. Identifying power, space, resources, communication and access, in your context.

  The theme of each week

1. Developing a mindset that embraces conflict
2. Developing the collective mindset  and human resources for a restorative system
3. System building
4. Skill building: Mediation
5. Skill building: Restorative Circle input
6. Restorative circle practice
7. Case Studies and practice
8. Case studies and practice

These sessions are for:

• organisers of events and/or camps
• practice group leaders
• Admins and moderators of social media forums
• longstanding NVC community participants
• ‘weave’ participants

who are curious about and want to explore how to set up a collective, agreed way of responding to conflict in an NVC gathering, camp or group. What people have said about this training: “I’m amazed at the amount of learning in just 6 weeks.” “I’ve enjoyed being part of a group bringing conflict into the normal to and fro of life” “I’m very grateful for a solid foundation.” “I’ve enjoyed feeling like part of something bigger, a wider community.” “I celebrate stepping forward and trying to host a circle. I didn’t feel confident but i recognise the value of stretching. That is really significant for me.  ” “My own edges are mastering being around conflict and not running away from it. I need to practice. I have a little shift in me around the conflict we practised.” “I appreciate the systemic approach.”   Here are some short videos related to content