Category Archives: Just Outcomes Communication

December 10, 2021Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities,​We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project Compassionate Reconciliation Commission (CRC) Update ​The Compassionate Reconciliation Commission continues its important foundational work. The Commission will meet once more in 2021 and then resume meeting on January 19, 2022.  Around this time, the group’s protocols, guidelines, and decision-making procedures should […]

November 26, 2021Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities,We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. Compassionate Reconciliation Commission (CRC) Update Some of you might be aware that the CRC is developing its decision-making structure based on a consensus model, which some have called “a journey and a destination” (Arietta and Wallace, 2000). As a process, consensus is a means by which groups can productively resolve issues, […]

Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities, We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. Compassionate Reconciliation Commission (CRC) UpdateThe fourth meeting of the CRC took place on Sunday, November 7. We began our work at that meeting by offering the following passage from the work of peacebuilder John Paul Lederach:[1] […]

Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities,​We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. Compassionate Reconciliation Commission (CRC) Update ​The third meeting of the CRC took place on October 27th.  The group is making progress on developing and understanding Consensus Based Decision Making and Guidelines that will shape the nature of […]

Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities, We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. Compassionate Reconciliation Commission (CRC) Update The second meeting of the CRC took place on October 10.  In our last communication, we shared the agenda of the first CRC meeting.  We continue to work on those same […]

September 17, 2021  Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities,  We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project.   Updates on the Compassionate Reconciliation Commission (CRC) After a rigorous scheduling process including all the CRC reps and back-up (for more details on the composition of the CRC click here), the first meeting of the CRC is now scheduled for Sunday, September 26 and meetings […]

Sept 3, 2021 Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities,​We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. We will focus this communication on some learning and reflections about conflict, and then let you know about a few upcoming events. Dignity and Conflict This week we want to share a way of […]

August 20, 2021 Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities, We are happy to provide this biweekly update on the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. Updates on the Compassionate Reconciliation Commission Our current focus is on scheduling the first Compassionate Reconciliation Commission meeting (click here for more background on this group).  The initial meetings of the CRC will focus […]

July 23, 2021  Dear Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Communities, ​We are happy to provide this biweekly communication on the work of the Compassionate Reconciliation Project. ​ Updates ​ We are continuing to meet with and support Advisory Teams in the CRC representative selection process (to learn more about this process, please see our previous updates), providing facilitator trainings to Advisory Team members, engage the SSSC board in […]