Siem commented on Awakening together by Larry Yang
Reading how they take care to create multicultural spaces with intent at the EBMC, and how they have a number of agreements for participants to help this along. I like them so let me share a few:
"Practice Self-Focus: Attend to and speak about your own experiences and responses. Do not speak for a whole group or express assumptions about the experience of others.
"Understand the difference between intent and impact: Try to understand and acknowledge impact. Denying the impact of something said by focusing on intent is often more destructive than the initial interaction.
"Practice 'Both/And': When speaking, substitute 'and' for 'but'. This practice acknowledges and and honors multiple realities.
These are a few, and they're maybe very basic, but I think they might fit well in many situations where we come together with our differences.
Reading how they take care to create multicultural spaces with intent at the EBMC, and how they have a number of agreements for participants to help this along. I like them so let me share a few:
"Practice Self-Focus: Attend to and speak about your own experiences and responses. Do not speak for a whole group or express assumptions about the experience of others.
"Understand the difference between intent and impact: Try to understand and acknowledge impact. Denying the impact of something said by focusing on intent is often more destructive than the initial interaction.
"Practice 'Both/And': When speaking, substitute 'and' for 'but'. This practice acknowledges and and honors multiple realities.
These are a few, and they're maybe very basic, but I think they might fit well in many situations where we come together with our differences.
