Protestors : the CLARA Method for de-escalation

[Hekate]

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[usonian]

1. I'm video-challenged (and it's way past my bedtime) so here goes.

The CLARA Method of De-escalation
https://www.boundlessloveproject.org/news/2020/9/24/the-clara-method-of-de-escalation

The CLARA Method Overview

CENTER: Set aside all judgmental thoughts. Recognize the interconnected nature of all life. Connect with your own humanity and the humanity of those acting unskillfully. Be fully present.

LISTEN: Listen deeply for what feelings they are experiencing, what needs of theirs are not being met, what universal values or principles are at play, and what behaviors they are concerned about. By kindly listening to them, you help them feel heard, respected, and valued, and this helps to calm them and de-escalate the situation.

AFFIRM: Affirm their dignity, worth, belonging, and safety nonverbally (and possibly verbally too). Affirm their underlying feelings, needs, and values by reflecting back what you heard from them and asking them to confirm if you understand them. In this way, all of your words remain focused on them and their needs. This helps them feel your empathy, understanding, and respect, and will help calm them and de-escalate the situation.

RESPOND: Respond with open-ended questions or questions that help them reframe the situation. Respond buy vulnerably sharing the feelings and needs of yourself, or the people you are protecting, to help them connect with their humanity and compassion. Respond by brainstorming positive, concrete action that you are able to do that might address their concerns. Respond by offering ideas that help them reframe the situation according to the values, needs, and principles they are at play.

ADD: Provide further resources for them to check out later. Add a behavioral request from them using positive, nonjudgmental, concrete language.

https://www.gandhiteam.org/clara-method
Gandhi Team? I'm rooting for them in the world series!

Clara method of de-escalation

CLARA method is named after the first letter of each of the steps:

Calm, Listen, Affirm, Respond, Add.

You can use the CLARA Method to address anyone who is verbally attacking others, or behaving unruly, or when a difficult conversation is needed. The CLARA Method helps you model compassionate, kind, empathic listening and communication to help de-escalate a situation and bring harmony.

Resources for Marshals at Protests and Rallies
https://commonslibrary.org/resources-for-marshals-at-protests-and-rallies/

The Clara Method (pdf)
https://37371.thankyou4caring.org/file/justice-promoter/CLARA-Principles.pdf

Responding to Questions and Verbal Attacks. (pdf)
https://grandvalleyuu.org/uploads/3/4/8/3/34838489/clara_technique.pdf

[Hekate]

3. Thanks!

[Cha]

2. TY Kick, Hekate.. and to Angela.

I'll be Protesting on Kauai.

[Hekate]

4. 🌺

[Cha]

5. 🌺

[Snoopy 7]

6. I'm sorry

But the most important thing she didn't consider is the color of your skin. I love the method but let her do that and I do that at the same time and I think there will be two different results. And as you can surmise I'm not anglo.

[usonian]

7. Good point. Nothing short term can undo a lifetime of prejudice instilled and reinforced by hate media.

I sometimes post how various immigrant groups were demonized. Olive skin was and still is in places, I guess since Jesus was turned "white"

People who lost touch with "others" or had it pounded out of them, have no real sense of "self", just projecting some myth.

I've been following Wagner's ring cycle on the "At the Opera" internet radio (see the classical music forum) and it is saturated in Norse myth. The only part I like is (spoiler) the "gods" including Wotan, "blowing up real good" in the end, along with their Valhalla, for their greed and lechery.

Compare the opera "Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera Florencia en el Amazonas".

https://www.danielcatan.com/florencia-en-el-amazonas



Or Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.



Opera? I'm Italian-American, so it comes naturally. I aspire to beauty in life rather than imitating some cardboard cutout. Hard to convey to and communicate with people who live in a different and sterile "lawn order" dystopia.