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ACR-GNY & CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College present:
VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE BREAKFAST:
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING** ON ZOOM. WHILE THE PROGRAM WILL START AT 8:30, IF YOU WANT TO NETWORK WITH OTHERS OR ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH ZOOM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN IN TO THE "WAITING ROOM" AS EARLY AS 8:00 AM
**A LINK WILL BE SENT TO ALL REGISTRANTS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT.
Compassionate Conversations:
The Neurology of Sameness and Difference
Diane Musho Hamilton - Gabriel Menegale Wilson -
Kimberly Loh
Neuroscientists are coming to understand far more deeply the functioning of the brain and nervous system and its relationship to conflict. This understanding has tremendous relevance to the work of mediators and conflict resolution professionals.
- Appreciation of the commonality of our human experience, and its role in building sustainable peace. Understanding that talking about our differences arouses the nervous system, creating excitement and provoking defensive patterning.
- Entrainment of our nervous systems to identify the distinct experiences of sameness and difference. Learning how to change our defensive patterning by breathing, relaxing, and staying open to many perspectives.
- Fostering constructive dialogue which includes the skillful engagement of difference and excitement, noticing when difference becomes threat and reducing it.
The speakers are co-authors of Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart
Diane Musho Hamilton is an award-winning professional mediator, facilitator, and teacher of Zen meditation. She combines decades of work in conflict resolution with a depth of experience in sitting meditation. She is the author of Everything is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution, and The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting Along with Just About Anyone.
Kimberly Loh is a conflict resolution and negotiation specialist, leadership coach. She works with conscious leaders and teams to up-level their human relationships and transform conflicts into creative opportunities for growth. Her work includes peacebuilding and mediation research and advocacy for the UN, international NGOs and universities, and international arbitration and litigation work in London and Singapore.
Gabriel Menegale Wilson is an author, organizational change consultant, and peace-builder specialiizing in diversity and inclusion. His work intersects social justice and purpose-driven enterprises, design thinking, human development, and group dynamics. His training includes postgraduate studies in leadership development at Stanford University, a certified integral facilitator, and an associate for Delta Developmental.
