Calendar: Dec, Jan and Feb
Some days related to fruitful dialogue as we move into a new year.
Wow. It is a month later. I need help with this. What did I miss?
Another half plus two month calendar.
❄️ December: Season of Stories
Courageous Communication
Online workshop by Kaila Colbin on New Zealand Friday morning. That means Thursday afternoon for us in the Americas and Thursday evening for we Europeans.
Learn MoreDare to Lead
Free online workshop by Kaila Colbin founded on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. This takes place on a New Zealand Tuesday morning. That means Monday PM for most of us.
Learn MoreHanukkah
Eight nights of gathering, storytelling, and remembering miracles. Family dialogue traditions around the menorah.
Learn MoreChristmas
Worship, family gatherings, storytelling, traditions of sharing and gratitude worldwide.
Thank You Note Day
Send notes to thank others for gifts, stories, and steadfastness. Notes might also be a low-stress way to invite continued dialogue.
Kwanzaa
Unity (Umoja) and collective work. Daily family discussions around the kinara candles.
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🌟 January: Fresh Start Conversations
New Year's Day
Fresh start conversations, intention-setting dialogues, family check-ins about hopes and dreams for the year ahead.
Humiliation Day
Ha-ha-ha. No, not a day to humiliate others, a day to reflect in humility. Perhaps after the fruitcake throw.
Intro to Nonviolent Communication
The New York Center for Nonviolent Communication has an online Zoom meeting on the first Monday of the month to introduce the principles of NVC.
Learn MoreLearn your name in Morse code day
Commemorating the first public demonstration by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail of the electric telegraph in 1838. Brownielocks seems to have made this up and she also made today Girl Hug Boy day.
World Braille Day
Honoring Louis Braille and tactile communication systems. Communication transcends speech and hearing - explore how humans adapt to share ideas through any available channel.
Pragmatics and Commuications
Brainy stuff on relevance theory, role of context, speech act theory, presuppositions, im/politeness and pragma-dialogue, etxc.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
A day when we might focus on dialogue across differences, building beloved community.
CT800 - Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life
Semester class on critical thinking for $942. After putting this here, I wonder what this is actually about.
Learn MoreNonviolent Communication foundation training
Five day in-person program on NVC in India, taught in English. Only a cot in a large room with no AC is left at the center. Maybe grab the next one.
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📖 February: becoming ready
Be Humble Day
No bragging today. Whoever started this probably were being humble, because I am not able to figure out who did. Girl Scouts recognize today as world thinking day. Maybe that is a clue.
Know of an event we should include? Email us at mouthfruit@gmail.com to share dialogue-rich traditions and gatherings from your culture or community. Or comment.