Episode 122: Rita Marie Johnson: From Confusion to Connection, and from Conflict to Mutually Met Needs

Key Themes from Dialogue: How the Connection Practice works, stories from the field, scalability and fears, racial and ideological strife, working with children Rita Marie Johnson shares how the Connection Practice supports restorative justice practices and conflict resolution by creating safe spaces for uncovering the root of why harms are done, and helping all involved to find connection points via empathy, insight, and coherence. She draws on her depth of experience in a lifetime dedicated to peacebuilding.Rita Marie Johnson is creator of the Connection Practice. She is founder and CEO of Rasur Foundation International, which sponsors the Connection Practice. In 2009, she initiated a Ministry for Peace bill in Costa Rica, which passed in 2009. Her book, Completely Connected: Uniting Our Empathy and Insight for Extraordinary Results is an Amazon bestseller. www.connectionpractice.org