TABLE OF CONTENTS
   

Introduction
Dennis Rivers
 

1.

Compassionate Listening: A First Step Toward Reconciliation
Gene Knudsen Hoffman
 

2.

Listening to the Children of Abraham
Gene Knudsen Hoffman introduces the work of Leah Green and the Mid East Citizen Diplomacy Project
 

3.

Compassionate Listening in the Middle East
Leah Green
 

4.

Working for Reconciliation Under the Northern Lights
Gene Knudsen Hoffman introduces the work of Cynthia Monroe and the Alaskans Listening to Alaskans about Subsistence Project
 

5.

Compassionate Listening as Practiced in Alaska
Cynthia Monroe
 

6.

Lesson Plans for a Course in Compassionate Listening
Gene Knudsen Hoffman

Introduction: An Evocative Approach
to Teaching & Learning

Session One -- Compassion

Session Two -- Hatred

Session Three -- Denial

Session Four -- Forgiveness

Session Five -- Reconciliation

Session Six -- Exploring Thich Nhat Hanh's
Approach to the Art of Listening

Session Seven -- Adam Curle's Tools for Transformation

Homework and Class Exercises

7.

Sources for Further Reading About Compassionate Listening &
Parting Words from Gene Knudsen Hoffman