<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Edwin Rutsch</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:EdwinRutsch@gmail.com">EdwinRutsch@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 10:20 PM<br>Subject: Reactivating the Empathy Circle Newsletter: bridging our social and political divides<br>To: <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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It's been quite a long time since I sent out the last newsletter. The reason is I have 6,500 people on the list and Mail Chimp charges $75 a month for the service, which was too much for me to keep up. </span><br>
<div><strong style="font-size:14px">Below are some latest accomplishments from the <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=445da32fd2&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Center for Building a Culture of Empathy</a>.</strong><span style="font-size:14px"> We have been focusing on bridging the political divides with mutual listening, constructive dialogues, </span><a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=51d102b6ba&e=03262185a4" style="font-size:14px;word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">empathy circles</a><span style="font-size:14px">, training, </span><a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=f010d7b83c&e=03262185a4" style="font-size:14px;word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">human-centered design</a><span style="font-size:14px">, and social activism. Future newsletters will keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the Empathy Movement.</span><br>
<div><span style="font-size:14px">Warmly<br>
Edwin Rutsch<br>
Director: <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=84b6ff7fde&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Center for Building a Culture of Empathy</a><br>
Funder: <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=b25b67fe89&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Empathy Tent</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">We held the Radical Empathy Forum with 11 candidates running for the California State Assembly at U.C. Berkeley. This involved candidates using active listening (instead of debate) to dialogue together on how to build a more caring culture. The <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=c31cd81bd1&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Daily Californian</a> and the local<a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=b59e7842e5&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> PBS station </a>covered the forum. <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=b3e9c5496f&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">More.</a>.. </span></span></div>
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Empathy Tent went to a political rally in the State Capital in Sacramento, California. Previously there had been a fight between the left-right that ended in a stabbing. We offered listening and constructive dialogue. The Sacramento Bee mentioned us:<strong> <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=b85b449a2b&e=03262185a4" rel="nofollow" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Protesters keep their cool at pro-Trump, anti-Trump rallies. ‘Empathy tent’ helps</a>. </strong><a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=c0b574a2db&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">More</a>...
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<p style="color:#020000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:1em 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">The Empathy Tent team goes to <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=916e07f19d&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Politicon conference</a> in Los Angeles, Oct 20 to 21. We have a booth and will hold empathy circles with politicians, pundits, political media and conference attendees. If you are in LA -<a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=3e123c2f03&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> <strong>join us</strong></a>. </p>
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