Joel Berman is a practitioner of Compassionate Listening (compassionatelistening.org). Joel has travelled to the Middle East and talked with Israelis and Palestinians about their experiences and grievances. Topics discussed: Joel’s experiences in the Middle East; what the Compassionate Listening methodology entails; the bravery required for conflict resolution work; and both of our experiences being introverts with a lot of social anxiety.
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- Compassionate Listening Project
- Resolutionaries.org: an organization dedicated to bringing Americans together
- The Building Civic Bridges Act: a bill aimed at reducing toxic polarization