Bringing Self-Empathy Into Conversations Around Race, Power and Privilege
Sun, May 18
|Columbia
presented by Morris H. Ervin, Jr Transform tough messages into opportunities for deeper and more meaningful dialogue Understand racism and how to unpack it from the lens of NVC consciousness Learn from and engage with the first African American CNVC Certified Trainer
Time & Location
May 18, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
About the event
Learn  MoreHow can one engage in these potent conversations while holding peace within oneself?
This course is intended to expand and deepen the conversation of systemic and interpersonal racism, while utilizing and integrating the consciousness of NVC— a process and language designed to create connection and natural giving from the heart.
You will explore how to incorporate observations, feelings, needs, and requests in a way that skillfully unpacks the naming of an unjust system from a connected, respected, and dignified place.
You can expect to:
Unpack interpersonal, internalized, and institutional racism from the lens of NVC consciousness
See and define racism as a system created to meet the needs of one group at the expense of another