Description: “In this training, you will gain the following skills: -How to listen to people who do not share a progressive worldview without criticism and blame. -How to express empathy and understanding for contrary points of view without necessarily agreeing with those views. -How to identify the needs (social, political, spiritual) of the person who expresses a position with which you don’t necessarily agree. -How to express the vision of a world based on a New Bottom Line. -Understanding of how the Right attracts people who are not racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and whose economic interests are with the Left – and how to win them back. -How to take these ideas into local social change organizations, or religious or spiritual communities, seek endorsements for proposals from elected officials, and raise these issues with your friends.”
Weblink: https://spiritualprogressives.org/get-involved/spiritual-activism-training/
Resource Type(s): Online Training
Location: (Universal)
Accessibility: Online-paid
Wellness Domains: Human Society, Personal
Wholesome Practices Promoted: Dialogue/Mediation, Political Campaigning, Self-reflection/transform.
Harmful Practices Critiqued: Corp. Finance/Banking