Courage to Connect: Creating Space to Practice Brave Conversation

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Join the Hive for this 6 week small group experience facilitated by Daniel Hughes and Troy Bronsink!

<a href="https://www.cincyhive.org/membership" title="https://www.cincyhive.org/membership" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hive memberships range from $59 to $125 a month and include admission to 8 or more courses a year (including Pay What You Can options). Why not save on this class, and be a part of sustaining the Hive in our work online and in the greater Cincinnati community? Click here to join today.</a> <h2>Courage to Connect: Creating Space to Practice Brave Conversation</h2><h3>Domains: Collective Action</h3>"This space will not be perfect, it will not always be what we want it to be. But it will be our brave space together..."— from Brave Space by Micky ScottBey JonesSpace held by Daniel Hughes, and Troy Bronsink in the spirit of Courage to Connect (C2C), for BIPOC and white participants of all gender identities.We are entering a political season in the US with heightened disparity, tribalism (flocking), and the onslaught of information (and misinformation). For numerous reasons, our world is in a collective trauma response and communication formed from disconnection, dissociation, and distrust is lowering the connectivity that human communication is intended to bring. The healing that comes through connecting is raised as we discern and act in trauma informed ways— internally and intra-personally. This includes the use of speech and language. How do we communicate with the courage to connect?How might we learn together to courageously respond or speak truth to power? How do we build media literacy, and communicate with another with care that builds possibility? What does racial (or socio-economic) humility sound/look like? How do we spot, disengage, and respond to manipulative or false media? How do we spot internal resistance, constriction, and trauma responses across racial and sociopolitical positionality? What is a skillful, trauma-informed response to violence and collective suffering? How do we pause, and skillfully respond to language with generative language? What is non violent communication and how do we practice it? What sensations and feelings do you notice in your body when consuming/interacting with media?In this course we will return to principles and practices from C2C, exploring communication, media, democracy, and non-violence.Courage to Connect has grown over the years to include hundreds of small group spaces for abolitionism. We've learned practices including bearing witness, boundaries, noting, and the R.A.I.N. method. But most of all we’ve come to experience that holding Brave Space together brings resonance and shared experiences to give deeper attention to what is arising without the need to colonize, neatly package, or close the loop on action and reflection.If you are feeling an urge for this, Daniel, and Troy are too. And so we are inviting this contemplative group for C2C alumni or others interested in Brave Space to revisit the power of these sorts of groups, as it applied to nonviolent communication.Troy Bronsink is the founder emeritus of The Hive. He and Daniel Hughes co-founded the Courage to Connect approach, with added support from LaShanda Sugg. Troy is a spiritual director, transformational leadership coach, published author, facilitator and minister from the Protestant, Presbyterian Christian lineage. In both secular and faith-based settings, Troy’s work has been to build spiritual depth within creatives, activists, and entrepreneurs. Troy has presented at Creative Mornings, 99U, and TEDx’s Innovation Alley and is a member of the Living School at Albuquerque's Center for Action and Contemplation. He lives with his wife and two kids in Northside.Learn more at<a href="http://www.troybronsink.com" title="http://www.troybronsink.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> www.troybronsink.com</a>Daniel Hughes is a gifted speaker, poet, leadership coach, and community organizer. Holding a BA from Bluffton University and an MA from Bowling Green State University, he co-creates and uses his education in communication and organizing for the Future Change Makers Movement.Born and raised in Northwest Ohio, Daniel is a passionate advocate dedicated to fostering inclusivity and driving positive change through faith, mindfulness, anti-racism, group facilitation, and community organizing. Hughes believes that unleashing the power of unity by bridging gaps and breaking barriers across diverse communities will build a world where acceptance thrives and positive transformation blooms. <h3>Your Zoom link will be sent with your registration confirmation. You can email any questions to Lindsay Short at lindsay@cincyhive.org</h3>

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