collective empathy

Circles and Pollination: A New Way to Engage Conflict
podcast

Circles and Pollination: A New Way to Engage Conflict

A conversation exploring the power of presence, story, deep listening, and collective empathy in transforming conflict.

2025
Why movements need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders
blog post

Why movements need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders

Insights into building a broad-based, pro-democracy movement inspired by coordination and circulation strategies of bees, termites, and spiders.

2025
Hope and Liberation
presentation

Hope and Liberation

John Paul shares a story and reflections from his experience accompanying a conflict transformation movement in Nepal with Duke Divinity School's Summer Institute for Reconciliation.

2024
Reconciliation: In Theory & In Practice
video recording

Reconciliation: In Theory & In Practice

A panel discussion hosted by ConnexUs discussing themes pertinent to reconciliation both generally and specifically in the contexts of South Africa, Colombia, and Nepal.

2023