Course aims:

To initiate processes of internal, social and ecological transition based on non-violence.

The aim is to identify and transform the mechanisms that create tension and direct or indirect violence. We seek to understand how diversity and inequality affect us by addressing four levels: our societies and natural environments, our local groups (teams, family, neighbourhood, etc.), our interpersonal relationships (work partners, couples, etc.) and our own inner selves.

• Identifying and promoting mechanisms of equity.
• Understanding and valuing cultural diversity in the broadest sense of the term.
• Rediscovering the power within ourselves and our complementarity with others.

This is what the power of non-violence teaches us collectively.

Duration:

22 days over a year and a half.
You can come and try out the 2-day introductory course or the first 5-day systemic course!

In autumn/winter: 2 days (if you have never practised NVC)
NVC Module 1 of your choice:

• Basics of NVC with a focus on living together
• Non-violence through the body
• NVC with forum theatre (introduction to systemic therapy)

From spring onwards: 4 weeks of 5 days
March/April: Interculturality and power (basics of systemic therapy)
May/June/July: Promoting equity with Forum Theatre-CNV
October/November: Case studies and new futures
February: Moving beyond the duality of men-women, humans-nature

Location:

In person in Marseille:
Weekdays: Tiers Lab des transitions, 15 boulevard Leglize (13004)
Weekends: La Ruche, 28 boulevard National (13001)

Pricing:

All courses are offered on a conscious financial contribution basis (more information here).

Audience:

For decision-makers, for people in difficulty, for citizens… for every human being on their journey.
Whatever your background, your economic resources, your gender, your education, your ethnic and/or religious affiliations, your culture, your visible or invisible disability, your relationship with nature, your age, etc., you are welcome.

Content:

The course is based on the principles of non-violence and compassion promoted by NVC. It combines these with accessible analyses from the humanities (using a critical and applied approach), methods of collective intelligence and action, and a dash of collective and joyful creativity.

Teaching approach:

Teaching through experience and raising awareness: experimentation, individual and/or group debriefing, additional input. Experiences are based on examples provided by the group, with individual, pair or group exercises: practical physical and/or verbal exercises, role-playing, image theatre, forum theatre-CNV, etc.

Getting to know each other better: every Thursday evening, a festive evening is co-organised to share our cooking and our unlikely talents.

Co-facilitators, assistants, guests: for each course, people who are directly involved and/or specialised in different topics are invited to co-create parts of the programme.

My project… our project from A to Z: throughout the course, participants are invited to keep a logbook and, in each module, they revisit the progress of their project through exercises. This may be a new creation or simply a change of approach to an existing activity.

Inter-course follow-up
Independently: collaborative inter-promotion platform and video or face-to-face meetings
With the trainer: personalised interview in the middle or at the end of the course

A French-speaking network:

The people who have completed the course live in different countries: throughout France, but also in Belgium, England, Canada, Senegal, etc. They continue to practise, help each other and share their experiences.

Video testimonials and explanations:

Video testimonials: NVC social and ecological systems training courses

Course ambassadors:

Lou Lescuyer (2024-2025 course)
Phone : 06 21 07 27 81
EMail : lecuyer.lou@gmail.com

Nadia Hammache (2025-2026 course)
Phone : 07 69 04 78 04

If you have questions that you would like to ask to someone who has completed the course, please do not hesitate to contact Lou or Nadia.