Roots Tour: Two Truths in One Heart, Two Peoples in One Land
Wednesday, November 5th | 7pm
John C. Meyers Convocation Center - Trustees Room
Join us to hear about the challenging and groundbreaking work of this Israeli-Palestinian grassroots initiative for understanding, nonviolence and transformation in the West Bank.
Check out https://www.friendsofroots.net/ for more information.
Co-Sponsored by the Ashland University Honors Program.
Monday, October 20, 2025
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Judge Not
A group of us here in Ashland are getting excited about our upcoming training in Nonviolent Communication this weekend. In preparation, we’re reading a book by the same title by Marshall Rosenberg, who developed this methodology in the 1960s and 1970s.
Nonviolent Communication teaches us to be observant, to see and withhold judgment. This is the first step in NVC, but it’s crucial, especially when it comes to communication that in some way hopes to bring resolution with another person: to mitigate a conflict, to deescalate a situation, to alter some destructive or distressing behavior. Rosenberg emphasized that many conflicts escalate because people confuse observation with evaluation (judgment). When we mix in judgments, interpretations, or labels, the other person often feels criticized and becomes defensive.
Nonviolent Communication teaches us to be observant, to see and withhold judgment. This is the first step in NVC, but it’s crucial, especially when it comes to communication that in some way hopes to bring resolution with another person: to mitigate a conflict, to deescalate a situation, to alter some destructive or distressing behavior. Rosenberg emphasized that many conflicts escalate because people confuse observation with evaluation (judgment). When we mix in judgments, interpretations, or labels, the other person often feels criticized and becomes defensive.
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