Engaging with Deep Divergences with NGL

An evening of practice and conversation with Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) in London

Miki Kashtan, Emma Quayle and Verene Nicolas are coming to London for meetings and are keen to meet people from London and perhaps beyond who are interested in nonviolence, collaborative leadership and how to navigate power and privilege dynamics. 

Miki created Convergent Facilitation (CF) – an approach to collaborative decision making that’s been used around the world to support integrative decision making across divergences. She works closely with Verene, Emma and others in the NGL community to develop pathways to anchor nonviolence to transform how we are with ourselves and each other and how we structure our collectives and organisations to support the shift from control, punishment and reward, and either/or to collaboration, integration, and needs-based orientation.

The evening will likely focus on sharing about the power of CF principles and specific skills – what we sometimes call needs choreography – to move towards convergence even in situations of deep polarisation. However, the content and structure of the evening is not finalised so please contact Michelle Asher from NGL to let her know if you have any requests or interests: shelasher@gmail.com.

There is a growing network of people in London who converge around initiatives such as London NVC training pathways, NVC Development and Integration groups (including general interest groups and the riverside Conflict facilitation group) in person Listening Hour,  Community day events, NVC Walking group, pathways for NVC in education, and other pop up events. 

We hope that many of you may be interested to join Miki, Emma and Verene for this evening.

NGL is organising this evening (https://nglcommunity.org/), with input and support from Ceri Buckmaster and other London NVC trainers.

This event is offered as a gift and we are also asking for your financial gifts in order to cover our costs (£150), to support some of Ceri’s sustainability needs and to support our capacity to sustain our experimentation within NGL, where all our material needs are cared for through gifts given to us. Please choose an amount, including zero, that is the maximum you can give without overstretching or resentment. Where possible, cash contributions are easiest for us to use directly to tend needs.

Access: The Venue is wheelchair accessible.