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Intro Overview
The Agreement
Take Conflict into Circle.
CoE is about being Growing Being
Be Flexible.
Empathy Skills Rubric for Facilitation - Self Assessment, external assessment
Restorative Justice and CoE.
Here is a new paper on restorative justice. In the authors work, Michael and Dominic, use empathic listening in a process called restorative circles. The empathy circles are a simple first step for this more extensive process.
What I think a culture of empathy gives it, is a vision of the empathic qualities we are trying to restore. That is why I call a circle for dealing with conflict a restorative empathy circle.’ I find term ‘Restorative Practices/Justice’ is vague on what it is restoring.
Also, what a culture of empathy vision gives us is the set of values and way of being we can work towards. Having a culture of empathy can head off a lot of conflict before it happens. We can also work toward building the culture of empathy.
Blocks to a culture of empathy
Not feeling well
Empathy is variable
1. What Approach and Process for articulating a Culture of Empathy.
2. What are the qualities of a Culture of Empathy?
Empathy is a primary social and cultural value
To have a clear vision.
There is an intention and actively working towards is.
We are willing to dialogue with everyone
We see the common humanity of everyone
Agree to mediate any conflict in an Empathy Circle
Qualites
Mutuality and Relational
Mutual Support
Mutual Caring
Mutual Authenticity and honesty
Mutual Connection
Cooperation and Collaboration work together
Facing fears with empathy
Taking time to always practice, and innovate
Deep Democracy
Constructive building relationships ver, judgement, suppression
Constructive cycles versus destructive
3. How might we build a Culture of Empathy?
Clearly articulate the vision of a culture of empathy
Make an agreement to create a culture of empathy
Continuously growing in the way of being.
Actively transforming society.
Culture of Empathy Demands
People in power, politicians, Corporate leaders take part in Empathy circles.
We need a clear definition of a Culture of Empathy.
How might we articulate a vision of a culture of empathy.
A story:
Explain
Mutual relational empathy between everyone
Everyone in society to feel heard to their satisfaction
Everyone working to design this.
Start with empathy circles, in families.
Social structures would be designed for empathy.
for example - justice system
prisons become empathy training centers.
political system, from competition to collaboration