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Strong Voices in Dialogue

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Storycrafting and Deep Democracy facilitation - Intense Training for representatives of minority groups

This two-day seminar in Hamburg brings together Yezidi women from Iraqi Kurdistan alongside leaders from other minority communities to strengthen their voices, leadership skills, and capacity for community impact by addressing the root causes of conflicts. Through experiential small group workshops, transformational storytelling, and deep democracy conflict resolution practices, participants will explore their inner resources and develop practical tools for leadership and dialogue.

The training includes a public round table, connecting minority women leaders with Hamburg’s civil society, foundations, and academic partners. The seminar creates a strong bridge between local and global perspectives, fostering resilience, intercultural understanding, and visions for peacebuilding.

It concludes with co-creating a podcast episode and a co-created article to invite a broader public into the shared learning process.

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Storycrafting and Deep Democracy facilitation - Intense Training for representatives of minority groups

This two-day seminar in Hamburg brings together Yezidi women from Iraqi Kurdistan alongside leaders from other minority communities to strengthen their voices, leadership skills, and capacity for community impact by addressing the root causes of conflicts. Through experiential small group workshops, transformational storytelling, and deep democracy conflict resolution practices, participants will explore their inner resources and develop practical tools for leadership and dialogue.

The training includes a public round table, connecting minority women leaders with Hamburg’s civil society, foundations, and academic partners. The seminar creates a strong bridge between local and global perspectives, fostering resilience, intercultural understanding, and visions for peacebuilding.

It concludes with co-creating a podcast episode and a co-created article to invite a broader public into the shared learning process.

WHAT: Deep Democracy Lab on Transformational Storytelling and Dialogue Facilitation for women leaders.

WHERE: Wrangelstrasse 65a, Hamburg, Germany

WHEN: 3rd and 4th of October, 2024

What is DEEP DEMOCRACY:

Deep Democracy (also called Process Work) is a multidimensional approach to the whole system that takes into account the natural flow of development hidden behind polarizations and conflicts in any environment. Originally developed by Arnold Mindell, it is a community-building approach and a conflict facilitation model that works with the entirety of the information that is present within a system. It can be used to coach individuals, facilitate teams and organizations, and lead and support national and international processes across communities and borders.

On a whole it takes into account any information that is present in different forms, e.g verbal (via different roles), auditory, kinesthetic, proprioceptive, dreams, physical symptoms, outside disturbances. By acknowledging what is present it provides a gateway to enter to the deeper essence of the information that might be marginalised by outside/in ourself/in the system.

This Deep Democracy Lab focusse on concepts of transformational storytelling, impactful sharing and dialogue facilitation.

OPPORTUNITIES for DD Lab participants :

1. Personal Impact

  • to speak with clarity and authority.

  • Recognition of own resilience and cultural heritage as sources of leadership.

2. Practical Leadership Skills

  • Tools for facilitating dialogue and work with conflict in a transformative way.

  • Experience with storytelling, public speaking, and collaborative decision-making.

3. Community Impact

  • Inspiration and concrete methods for creating small projects or initiatives in their own communities.

  • Networking with other minority leaders facing similar challenges, building solidarity and alliances.

4. International Exposure

  • Opportunity to engage in Hamburg’s international dialogue space.

  • Recognition as leaders whose voices matter in global conversations about women, minorities, and peacebuilding.

    OPPORTUNITIES for broader public :

    “The broader public will gain unique access to the lived experiences and leadership insights of women from minority communities worldwide. The round table is not just an event, but an invitation to learn, connect, and co-create visions for a more inclusive and peaceful society — here in Hamburg and beyond.”

Schedule:

Friday

9-12 (seminar)

14-16 (seminar)

18-20 Round Table (open & free for all)

Saturday

9-12 Co-creation on Podcast and Article

14-16 Design project ideas for comunity impact

Investment:

Seminar 250 €

We offer scholarships on course fees. In case you are interested in applying for a scholarship, send an email to info@b-onfire.com.

Facilitators/organizers:

Stephanie Bachmair is a process work diplomat, communication trainer, dialogue facilitator, leadership coach, B.onfire founder, and Deep Democracy Institute faculty member. She helps leaders, teams and organizations bring awareness to communication, improve their relationship work, and increase their transformative power through dialogue.