Heart-to-Heart
Creating connections that heal.
Mass incarceration, ecological collapse, cycles of trauma and violence, and growing societal division are issues with a common root.
What if the underlying cause is othering and seeing ourselves, as separate? When we see ourselves as separate, we go head-to-head, and make objects and enemies of others and ourselves.
Heart-to-Heart communication is healing our divisions, healing ourselves, and healing our world.
Interrupting Violence
Developing Peace Leaders
Healing Division
Heart-to-Heart heals division by developing peace leaders in tension-filled contexts with urgent needs. We form learning communities through which emerging leaders develop four skills essential for personal and societal healing. These are Mindfulness, Empathy, Decision making, and Conflict transformation (MEDC).
Our programs prepare and send leaders who cultivate a heart-to-heart way of life
Peace Leadership Academy
Developing Peace Leaders through workshops, retreats, and yearlong cohorts of learners from across the US and around the world.
Reentry Program
Accompanying incarcerated people and returning citizens in a journey of healing, thriving, and becoming the leaders they are called to be.
Earth Empathy Program
Supporting emerging leaders in the fight for a sustainable future.
Heart-to-Heart Families, Schools & Communities
Supporting parents, students, educators and faith leaders with skills essential for healing their communities.
What We Do
Heart-to-Heart develops peace leaders in tension-filled contexts, operating in correctional facilities and community settings. Our work builds on Dr. Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication and other sources. Strongly influenced by Gandhi, Dr. Rosenberg’s approach offers a powerful framework for understanding ourselves, empathizing with other people, and communicating in a way that acknowledges and cares about everyone’s needs.
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