3rd Annual Central Florida Peace Conference

Nonviolent Communication: A Powerful Tool for Peace
with Mercedes Frace
Sponsored by The Heart of Florida Peace Alliance
Campaigning for a United States Department of Peace
Co-founders—Shirley Curtis-Ference, Hunter Lilly, and Doice Jene Osborne

"Nonviolent Communication is a powerful tool for peace and partnership. It shows us how to listen empathically and also communicate our authentic feelings and needs.
Marshall Rosenberg is a genius for developing and teaching practical skills urgently needed
for a less violent, more caring world."--Riane Eisler, author of THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE,
TOMORROW'S CHILDREN, and THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP.

Mercedes A. Frace, MLS, NVC Practitioner, will be facilitating our NVC workshops.
Mercedes draws from over six years of certified NVC training with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, developer and teacher of Nonviolent Communication. Merecedes teaches Rosenberg's techniques for social change with nonprofits, prisons, schools, spiritual communities, and Restorative Justice circles. She is currently co-authoring her first book on non-violence.

Schedule - Saturday, March 12, 2011
8:30-9:00 Conversation and Refreshments
Reception Greeters - DJ Osborne and Hunter Lilly
Registration - Lillian Blessing
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions - Bob Ference, MC, and Shirley Curtis-Ference
9:30- 10:30 NVC - Four Simple Steps for Communicating
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 NVC - Role Playing and Practice
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch - Pot Luck provided by friends of Heart of Florida Peace Alliance
12:30 - 1:00 State and National Peace Alliance Updates – Dan, Phoenix. Rebecca, Anna
1:00 - 2:30 NVC - The Art of Empathy
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:30 NVC - The Gift of Anger"
4:30 - 5:00 NVC - Questions & Harvesting
5:00 - 5:30 Closing Circle and Monty Pythos Song - Heart Phoenix

Cost for lunch and workshops: Scale $35 - $70. Please contribute generously within this scale whatever feels really good to you. Make checks to Heart of Florida Peace Alliance.

Location: Lake Ashton Health and Fitness Center (HFC) GPS Address 7900 State Road 653
Directions - The HFC is located on the Winter Haven side of Lake Ashton. From the entrance to the main Lake Ashton clubhouse, continue down Thompson Nursery Road (toward Winter Haven) approximately 1.5 miles to State Road 653. Turn left on State Road 653 and drive 1.3 miles to 7900 State Road 653 entrance. Check in at gate. The HFC is straight ahead at 6052 Pebble Beach Boulevard