Compassionate Accountable Conversations

A 3-day learning intensive on holding transformative dialogues focused on compassion and accountability. This program will be held remotely on Zoom and is tailored to BSAS providers.

Join us to lean practical dialogue skills, examine what compassion and accountability mean to each of us and how together they can keep conversations on track and respectful.

By the end of the Compassionate Accountable Conversations learning intensive, participants will have:

• Identified Grounding Guidelines for our learning together.
• Reflected upon, identified, and shared our values and our priorities.
• Reviewed and revised our roles as Accountability and Change dialogue facilitators.
• Examined and practiced responder competencies required for responding to LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, youth and other marginalized communities.
• Examined the dialogue facilitator’s role in the context of transformative justice.
• Examined and amplified our readiness and effectiveness for responding to people who have caused harm.
• Examined and practiced responding to the types of issues to expect from people who cause harm: the anatomy of dialogues of accountability and compassion.
• Examined and practiced how to gain a more complete picture of the person’s story.
• Practiced how to invite and shape accountable dialogue.
• Practiced how to discern which 20% to focus on and how to shape the accountability dialogues.
• Practiced faciliative dialogue skills and strategies in response to relevant scenarios, received strengthening feedback in a safe setting.