Giving and receiving empathy is one way to reenergize ourselves, and the capacity to do so is also essential to building relationships and community. We can enjoy being seen and understood, seeing others and understanding them. We can always improve our empathy capacity through learning and practice.

Join Ethical Culture Leaders Jone Lewis and Louise Jett on third Wednesdays each month for Empathy Connection, a time for practicing and exchanging empathy.

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Facilitators

Jone Johnson Lewis is a third-generation humanist, an experienced educator (more than 50 years teaching adults), coach, facilitator (with 20 years’ experience facilitating groups in empathy), and humanist minister. She is a certified Leader in the American Ethical Union and an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. She is especially passionate about compassionate communication and other ways of building authentic relationships, about organizational development especially building humanist community, about understanding history (especially women’s history and radical religious history) and about raising ethical children. Read testimonials from a few of Jone’s clients here:  Jone Johnson Lewis (jonelewis.info)

Curious and compassionate, Louise Jett (she/her) is an Ethical Humanist, media specialist, graphic designer, writer and artist. In short, she is an educator and storyteller who strives to approach challenges with optimism and enthusiasm. An American Ethical Union certified Leader, she is truly inspired by people who are dedicated to empowering and caring for others. She has experience facilitating conversations and Restorative Justice Community Circles. Louise loves to have fun! She enjoys good conversations, reading, playing video games and spending time with her family.

Sponsorship

This event is brought to you by the EManifold Community, featuring Jone Johnson Lewis as facilitator and Louise Jett as co-facilitator of the sessions. The American Ethical Union is providing support for this program, as part of its leadership development initiative for volunteer leaders and aspiring or current professional leaders.