Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication. She is inspired by the role of visionary leadership in
shaping a livable future, and works toward that vision by sharing the
principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication through mediation, meeting
facilitation, consulting, and training for organizations and for committed
individuals.
She supported the US Department of Peace campaign with monthly conference calls between 2005 and 2009. In 2007 she facilitated the 3rd Summit of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace in Japan, and in 2008 the 1st Summit of the African Alliance for Peace, a regional segment of the global group.
Miki hosted the Conflict Hotline, a monthly live call-in TV show on the Berkeley Community Media channel BETV, which can be viewed on YouTube at www.youtube.com/baynvc.
She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley and her articles have appeared in Tikkun magazine, Waging Nonviolence,
Shareable, and elsewhere. The Fearless Heart is crossposted to Tikkun Daily and Psychology Today.
Miki's book, Reweaving Our Human Fabric, now in four volumes, is in process of editing and seeking a publisher.
Miki's book, Reweaving Our Human Fabric, now in four volumes, is in process of editing and seeking a publisher.
Miki’s Published Articles
“The Pain, The Anger, and the Hope: Women Peace Workers in Israel”, Magazine of Creation Spirituality, March 1992
“Nonviolent Communication: Transforming Conflict and Enhancing Connection in Communities”, Communities Magazine, September 1999
“Wanting Fully Without Attachment,” Tikkun, January/February 2010
“Tikkun Olam Without Coercion: Living into the World We Want to Create,” Tikkun, Winter 2011
“Sustaining the Occupy Movement”, Tikkun, Spring 2012.
“Working for Peace Without Recreating War,” by Miki Kashtan and Dot Maver, Tikkun, March/April 2008
“Working for Peace Without Recreating War,” by Miki Kashtan and Dot Maver, Tikkun, March/April 2008
“Gandhi and the Dalit controversy: The limits of the moral force of an individual,” Waging Nonviolence, February 2012
“Pushing the powerful into a moral corner at India’s Barefoot College,” Waging Nonviolence, March 2012
On BayNVC's website:
“Nonviolent Communication: Gandhian Principles for Everyday Living”
“Leadership From Below: On Becoming a Change Agent”
