[Sdpg] "Practical Communication Tools for Peacemakers" Fri. Oct 5, 7-10 pm, sponsored by L.A. Eco-Village/CRSP

[sdpg-admin at arashi.com]

The Los Angeles Eco-Village*
Invites you to attend a special event:

INTO THE HEART OF VIOLENCE:
PRACTICAL COMMUNCATION TOOLS FOR PEACEMAKERS

Lead by

JORGE RUBIO

of the Center for Non-Violent Communication

Friday October 5, 2001
7-10 PM

at

Moulson Hall,
LA First Church of the Nazarene
3401 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles
(This is one block east of Vermont Ave at the corner of Juanita, enter
church from parking lot on Second Street next to Vons.  Easily accessible
from the Metro Redline at Vermont/Wilshire, the #204 bus, the #316 bus, the
#720 Rapid on Wilshire)

Suggested Donation: $10.00 (sliding scale ok)

The purpose of Non-Violent Communication (“NVC”) is to inspire compassion
from others and respond compassionately to others.  NVC helps us express
ourselves and hear others by focusing on what we observe, hear, feel, need
and want.  For more information on NVC, check out www.cnvc.org.

Jorge Rubio is an NVC certified trainer.  Jorge is also the Project Director
for the Latin American Center for Non-Violent Communication.  He has worked
in Colombia, the US, and Sweden teaching and employing the tools of NVC to
encourage peace in war-torn countries and to bring inter-personal healing to
relational strife. Jorge has worked with the Office of the High Commissioner
for Peace in Columbia and has trained both community leaders and police
officers throughout Colombia.  He is currently working in the U.S. and Latin
America to establish NVC-trained communities to ease racial tension,
domestic violence, addiction, and to aid in youth outreach and social
change.  Now is an especially critical time for us all to learn and hone
these skills and encourage the use of NVC to lay the foundation for an
international culture of peace.

For more information, contact JEN PETERSEN at 213/389-0419 or e-mail
jenepetersen at msn.com

Reproducible flyer attached

*NOTE:
Save the dates (or watch for the dates) for other upcoming events sponsored
by L.A. Eco-Village and its Urban Ecovillage Training Project, CRSP, the
South Coast Permaculture Guild, HopeDance Magazine, Permaculture Institute
of Southern California, TreePeople, Eco-Home Network, Ecovillage Network of
the Americas:

OCTOBER
Oct. 12 - 13 (Sat-Sun), 11 am - 4 pm, $5:  Eco-Home Network sponsors "Homes
for the Future Tour" throughout the greater L.A. area, and including Los
Angeles Eco-Village, 117 Bimini, Los Angeles.  323/662-5207 for info.

Oct 30 (Tue) 7:30 pm:  A talk and book signing with Toby Hemengway, author
of the just released book "Gaia's Garden:  A Guide to Home-Scale
Permaculture".  $10 donation (sliding scale ok) Space limited.  RSVP to
213/738-1254.  Sponsored by LA Eco-Village, CRSP, South Coast Permaculture
Guild, HopeDance Mag., others.

Oct. 31 (Wed) 9:30 am - 4:30 pm:  Permaculture workshop on forest gardening
with Toby Hemengway at L.A. Eco-Village.  $50 - $75 (sliding scale).  Space
is limited.  Pre-payment required.  Info: 213/738-1254.

NOVEMBER
Comunidad Ecológica Social Tierra Viva, a video and talk about ecovillage
development work in and near Mexico City.  Watch for the date.

"Ecovillages in Central America, the Caribbean and South America", a slide
show and talk with Liora Adler, Ecovillage Network of the Americas
(ENA)Council Representative.

"Ecovillages in Europe, Africa and Asia," a slide show and talk with Albert
Bates, founder, Ecovillage Training Center in Tenn., and ENA representative
to the Global Ecovillage Network.