<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Edwin Rutsch</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:EdwinRutsch@gmail.com">EdwinRutsch@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 10:00 PM<br>Subject: Empathy Circle Newsletter: "I'm not going to be attacked, They are actually listening."<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>

    
        
        
        
        

    
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I continue to work on developing and hosting the Empathy Circle Facilitator Training.  I would like to invite you to join me in healing the world with mutual listening and constructive dialogue.<br>
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1. Empathy Circle Facilitator Training<br>
2. Help Fund the Training<br>
3. Join the Training Design Team<br>
4. Newsletter Sponsor, Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak<br>
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Warmly,<br>
Edwin Rutsch<br>
Director, </span><a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=9a576c4c68&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000">Center for Building a Culture of Empathy</span></a></span></span>
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<span style="color:#000000">Anita posts blogs about Purposeful empathy every week on her website. Her first blog, titled <strong>"The World Needs More Empathy,"</strong> explores how purposeful empathy can help us solve the biggest challenges of our time.   Be sure to follow her on LinkedIn and Facebook to stay up to date!</span>

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