Peace Alliance
Interviews video taped at the Peace Alliance fundraiser in Berkeley CA, October 23, 2010. 
 

Aaron Voldman Promotes Empathy at Peace Alliance - Berkeley - 2010-10-23

• Introduction?

  • Executive Director of Student Peace Alliance

    • a movement for young people to advance peace building.

    • create a culture of peace

  • Proud to be in a country where the President notes the importance of empathy

  • What's critical about empathy is

    • we feel we're playing on the same team

    • we feel we are not alone

    • capacity to move beyond fear

  • Be empathetic, once we have that down, everything else will flow

• How to build a Culture of Empathy?

  • need it in every facet of our life

    • business decisions

    • policy

    • change the systems

    • move beyond fault and blame

    • accountability and partnership

  • it's hard

  • lessons learned in the BePeace Program

    • experience in our inner empathy

  • I'm thrilled there's a documentary being made on empathy

• Definition?

  • stand with each other challenges

  • being that person with that person

  • it's mysterious

• Metaphor of empathy?

  • step into divine potential

  • we are one soul

  • empathy makes wonder and beauty possible

• Justice, Peace and Empathy?

  • truth and reconciliation in South Africa

  • empathy allows us to recognize that the actors who have done things that are not appropriate are human beings

  • systems that hold people accountable but support empathy

• More

  • empathy is the essential ingredient of the new peace building movement

  • accountability is important, yet empathy will transform human relationships

  • healing circles, sports, mentors, arts programs are the space where we can create empathy

  • leadership capacity need to embody empathy

Mike Robins Promotes Empathy at Peace Alliance - Berkeley - 2010-10-23

• Introduction?

  • I'm Mike Robins, author, speaker, coach, volunteer for the Peace Alliance

  • Empathy is one of the most importance aspects of interpersonal relationships and life

  • I work on it in my own life

  • One of the thinks I like and respect about Barack Obama is his understanding of empathy

  • In his book talks about empathy

  • his mother would say, 'how would that make you feel'

    • I say it to my children

  • I appreciate we have a president that understands that

  • all of us can expand that

• How to build a Culture of Empathy?

  • talk about it more

    • love that your taking about it and we're having this conversation

  • talk about it and teaching it

  • studying it more

  • how to increase emotional intelligence to expand empathy

  • continue working to the ideal

• Definition?

  • put yourself in others shoes

  • not sympathy

  • relating to the other

  • I'm glad your talking about empathy, I don't think it gets talked about enough