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Community Based NVC
The Intersection Between Social Transformation And NVC
“Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the same.”
- Marshall Rosenberg
We Want To Support Your NVC Practice And The Ways You Are Training Or Teaching Others NVC.
- For anyone interested in:
- Learning and practicing NVC in a vibrant engaged NVC community
- Community Based option for Accredited Facilitator Preparation for RMCCN
- Thriving, building well-being and creating a community of care in our lived experiences of personal, relational, and systemic levels
- Social Change, Spirituality and Community focus – the interconnectedness of our personal and collective lives
- Cultivating NVC leadership skills in personal, social, or professional arenas
Aligns With The Center For Nonviolent Communication Application For Certification.
Community Based NVC Program Overview
Part 1. Creating a Culture of Care: Information
Part 2. Skills Development Practicum: Current Information
Part3. Facilitator Engagement Techniques And Practices: Current Information
Detailed Program Information: Community Based NVC Paxis Core Series Model Description Document
Community Based NVC Program Overview
We are committed to practicing power with as we co-create our community, including a brave space to learn, practice and apply NVC to your life. Learn more below!
“I’ll say that being a part of this group has been life changing and i am so thankful for it, and thankful for you all! Thanks for all the knowledge and support and community you all provide! You’ve added beautiful quality to my life!❤ ”
- Brandon, recent participant
Where:
Mix of on line with Zoom and quarterly in person.
Facilitators:
David Steele,
Co-founder, Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communication Network
Certified Trainer with Center for Nonviolent Communication
Accredited Facilitator, Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communication Network
Susan Kaplan, MSW, MPA, RYT
Certified Trainer with Center for Nonviolent Communication
Accredited Facilitator, Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communication Network
Accredited Facilitator, Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communication Network
Community Based NVC Creating a Culture of Care
Gain knowledge of NVC basics integrated with a social/racial Justice lens in a caring, power with,
NVC community.
Running Thursdays, April 16 - May 21 6:30 pm
Series Description:
Martian Luther King Jr. spoke of Beloved Community where the dignity of everyone was recognized. King did not vilify anyone. He pointed out injustice and let the conditions speak for themselves. Visibility precipitated change and inspired actions.Martian Luther King Jr. spoke of Beloved Community where the dignity of everyone was recognized. King did not vilify anyone. He pointed out injustice and let the conditions speak for themselves. Visibility precipitated change and inspired actions.
How do we see past our own implicit biases and predigests, recognize the dignity, and embody that welcoming Beloved Community? Answering this question is at the heart of the Creating A Culture Of Care program. Using NVC insights, techniques, and practices to explore how to support such a culture of care where everyone’s needs are honored and people are empowered with skills to cultivate peace.
"The intention to understand includes curiosity and care: curiosity - shows we’re interested in learning & recognize what we don’t know care is good will, which depends on our willingness to pay attention and our commitment to seeing one another’s humanity.”
~ Oren Jay Soren, Say what You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication
Community Based NVC Skills Development Practicum
Next Round: Next Round: Next Round: Fall – Winter 2026
Living NVC through practicing a higher quality of communication in your inner & outer life, practice with others in community.
Cost: No one turned away. Suggested Sliding Scale: $ 200 - 450. Scholarships available.
Series Description:
How do you live into NVC in these times of chaos and stress? Where do you get stuck in old habits and can’t seem to use NVC in the moment you want to? In what ways would you
like to deepen your daily practice of living into NVC in your personal, collective and professional life? We want to support your NVC leadership practice and enrich the ways you are training or teaching others NVC.
Come join us as we gather those of you who want to live more deeply into NVC! Our Skills Development Practicum will support you applying NVC skills, key distinctions and practices so you deepen your daily communication patterns and habits.
You will experience:
- A diverse community to practice and grow with
- Wide variety of topics and activities to deepen your practice
- Empathy buddies to practice with
- Receiving a variety of resources to strengthen your personal NVC library
- Facilitators Susan Kaplan, CNVC Certified Trainer, and David Steele, RMCCN Accredited Facilitator, along with a few other guest trainers
Community Based NVC Facilitator Engagement Techniques And Practices
NVC leadership involves knowing and living NVC - learn more about who you are as a facilitator and deepen skills.
Next Round: Winter – Spring 2026
Series Description:
Coming soon.
Contact David Steele