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Conflict De-escalation and Reconciliation…
Conflict is an intrinsic part of the human experience. However it is our individual, interpersonal, and collective responses that shed light on who we are, and where we choose to assign meaning. While the contradictions in our personal and social movements are profoundly layered, choosing to engage vulnerability amidst uncertainty facilitates opportunities for creativity, accountability, and healing.
Grace Lee Boggs shares, “A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.” This message inspires me to facilitate healthy power dynamics independent of a punitive legal system. How can we address harm as a means to cultivate our community interdependence? Can we honor the complexity of our different lived experiences in the spirit of mutual aid and healing justice?
Read more about my holistic approach to conflict transformation here.
Sima Savdharia has a wealth of experience working in the realm of conflict reconciliation as a trilingual mediator, Kingian Nonviolence trainer, and healing justice practitioner. She is a graduate of USF’s “Urban Education and Social Justice” M.A. program and The East Bay Meditation Center’s “Practice in Transformative Action” program.
Her professional experiences include working as a classroom educator, being a mediator and case manager for SEEDS Community Resolution Center, and consulting for various nonprofits including Community Boards, The Bay Area Roller Derby, and Senior and Disability Action. She currently hosts community circles as a resident advocate with The Northern CA Land Trust. She is also an independent contractor with The Ahimsa Collective where she has been trained to facilitate VODs (Victim Offender Dialogues), support the RJC (Restorative Justice in Community) program, and the REALIZE (an alternative approach to intimate partner violence) program at Valley State Prison.
She strives to bring a gentle candor and human-centric lens to all that she does.
