Ep 154: Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani on Peace and Conflict Resolution through Facilitation

Send us Fan MailFacilitating deeply human spaces centered on connection and community for over 15 years now is the one and only Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani, the Principal and Founder of Solh Resolutions International. A Circle Practitioner and Certified Professional Facilitator©, Rangineh lives into her core values of empathy and self-awareness through her work with The Circle Way (TCW), a circle methodology that offers a counter-cultural, equity-centered approach to working with groups while shifting organizations from transactional places into relational spaces. Her early years rooted in Tehran where she lived with her family during the Iran/Iraq war, ultimately set the foundation for her commitment to peace and conflict transformation work. Rangineh has worked with cross-sector organizations from community-based organizations to local governments. She was part of a global facilitation team that trained Saudi executive health care professionals in facilitation methods as part of the country’s 2030 Vision, for which the project won an IAF Gold Impact Award.   Hit play to listen to this fascinating conversation illustrating Rangineh’s brilliant work facilitating community engagements, conflict consciousness workshops, racial healing circles and more.    [05:25s] Genesis of her work in conflict resolution [09:34s] Journey into facilitation[16:29s] Facilitating community engagements[19:01s] Conflict consciousness workshops [44:54s] RWL: Read ‘Clarity & Connection’ by Yung Pueblo; ‘Emergent Strategy’ by Adrienne Maree Brown; ‘Holding Change’ by Adrienne Maree Brown; ‘Rest is Resistance’ by Tricia Hersey; ‘Hope for the Flowers’ by Trina Paulus; LISTEN to Damien Escobar        Connect with Rangineh on LinkedInFind out more about Rangineh’s work at https://www.solhresolutionsinternational.com/  Connect with Vinay on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! [email protected] to us on your favorite platforms.This podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together’. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook