[Climate Justice] October 11th&12th - Leadership Training with Paul K. Chappell

[Alex Leff]

Forwarded message:

This looks like a really cool event!
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> Below is the agenda for the upcoming Leadership Workshop with Paul K. Chappell, Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in CA.
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> I have attended several of Paul's workshops and speak from personal experience when I say his trainings are trans-formative.  It's not just about learning skills, it's also about character development.  Peace skills are life skills.  What kind of a world do we want to live in and how to live accordingly?
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> I'm not a natural-born activist.  And, I don't come from a peaceful upbringing.  My education at Greenfield Community College through the guidance of Abbie Jenks helped blow my mind wide open to social and environmental justice issues.  But, it's been my trainings with Paul (and reading of his books) that have helped me connect the dots, so to speak, with the importance of doing the 'inside' work in order to the 'outside' work.  
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> Let's face it, this world deals out a lot of disappointment and heartbreak.  It can feel like the deck is stacked against you (truth is, it IS!)  This kind of training helps one learn to deal with the uphill battles, whether it be personal, at work, at home, in a protest, or within groups and organizing meetings.  It's not 'if' conflict will arise, it's when and how one chooses to deal with it that matters.
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> Please help us get the word out with this final push!  I get that there's a lot of other events and things going on and it's hard to get heard through the clutter.  But, take the time to really check this out and check out Paul's website at www.paulkchappell.com to see what he's all about.  It's worth your time and effort.
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> And, let's make an extra effort to get the word out to younger people and those new to organizing and activism.  This would be especially beneficial to them.
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> Much Thanks,
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> Mary McCarthy
> Traprock Center for Peace & Justice
> Climate Action NOW! MA
> American Friends Service Committee
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> Workshop Agenda.......
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> Leadership Training with PAUL K. CHAPPELL (www.peacefulrevolution.com)
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> University of Massachusetts, Herter Hall, October 11&12, 2013 
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> Sponsored by The Traprock Peace Education Center at Greenfield Community College
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> Supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace Public Education for Peacebuilding Support Initiative
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>  Contact/Registration Info:  Mary McCarthy, Event Coordinator, email: traprockpeacejustice at gmail.com
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> Abbie Jenks, Program Advisor of the Peace, Justice & Environmental Program at Greenfield Community College at 413-775-1127
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> *Full Student Scholarships Available – Please Inquire* ($95 for 2-Day Event)
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>  DESCRIPTION
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> Paul K. Chappell’s Leadership Training program teaches the skills needed to resolve small and large-scale conflicts, create global change, and further the causes of peace and justice.  Participants will acquire skills that promote progress and positive change in communities, countries, and the world. Chappell’s emphasis is on the form of leadership that Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony practiced. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, was deployed as a Captain to Baghdad, and served in the army for seven years in numerous leadership positions. Chappell, who currently serves as Peace Leadership Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (www.wagingpeace.com) has found that much of his West Point training can be applied to peace, human rights, conflict resolution, and global change. Peace leadership skills are also life skills; participants not only gain an understanding of how to resolve conflict and wage peace in a global sense, but also in their communities, families, and personal lives.
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> CONTENT
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> Friday 9:30 AM
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> Registration
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> Friday 10 AM-1 PM
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> Session I: The Foundation & Skills of Peace Leadership
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> Attendees develop an understanding of:
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> ·         what leadership is and how it can be practiced as an art and science.
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> ·         what makes peace leadership unique, and why it is essential in the Twenty-First Century.
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> ·         how peace leadership is an act of service.
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> ·         the three methods of conveying respect.
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> ·         how to utilize listening and respect as persuasive techniques.
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> ·         how to calm people down.
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> ·         the three elements that create a calm tone of voice.
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> ·         understanding warning aggression and how it arises from fear
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> ·         how to communicate in a way that is less likely to make people become defensive.
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> ·         how to create an atmosphere of respect in a workplace or social movement.
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> ·         about how psychological wounds and trauma can lead to bullying and violence.
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> LUNCH: 1-2 PM (facilities onsite)
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> Friday 2-5 PM
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> Session II: Conflict Resolution & How to Build Hope
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> Participants explore:
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> ·         how social norms and laws can prevent and resolve conflict (the force of law)
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> ·         about deflection – a form of defense that exists between violence and waging peace.
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> ·         how to confront injustice
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> ·         how to resolve personal and workplace conflict (role-playing).
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> ·         why every conflict is an opportunity to arrive at greater
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> understanding, and how to speak in a way that deescalates conflict.
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> ·         why realistic hope is so essential not only in life, but also in a social movement.
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> ·         how to build more realistic hope in our everyday lives, and how to communicate this hope with others.
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> ·         how cynicism, despair, and hopelessness make it more likely that people will resort to violence.
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> ·         the history of nonviolence from a strategic perspective.
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> ·         the fundamental differences between waging war and waging peace, and the strategic advantages that waging peace has over violence (video: strategic nonviolence in the civil rights movement)
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> Saturday 9:30 AM
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> Registration
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> Saturday 10 AM-1 PM
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> Session III: How to Combat Deception & Be Persuasive
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> Chappell explains:
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> ·         how systems of oppression are built upon simple myths.
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> ·         the secrets of how propaganda works (e.g. dehumanization), why it is so effective, and how to combat the deception of various propaganda systems – especially the war-system.
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> ·         how worldviews work, and how much we have in common despite our different worldviews.
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> ·         how to go beyond preaching to the choir.
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> ·         how to dialogue with people who have opposing viewpoints in a way that does not alienate them.
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> ·         the tools of persuasion (role-playing).
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> ·         the five steps of persuasion.
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> ·         how to tie a new idea to an existing worldview.
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> ·         the three universal ideals that can make us more effective when discussing controversial issues.
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> ·         how to frame a talk, action, or protest around hope (e.g., the importance of perspective, respect, and empathy).
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> LUNCH: 1-2 PM (facilities onsite)
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> Saturday 2-4 PM
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> Session IV: The Strategies & Tactics of Effective Action
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> Wagers of peace learn:
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> ·         the difference between Tactics, Strategy, and Grand Strategy.
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> ·         the three forms of democratic pressure (e.g., political, economic, and judicial) and how they allow social movements to apply the kind of pressure that leads to positive change.
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> ·         how to develop a strategically sound tactic (e.g., framing, appearance, etc.)
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> ·         how to avoid pitfalls that make a tactic likely to alienate people.
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> ·         how appearances can hurt or help a movement.
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> ·         the Techniques of Rehumanization.
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