"Building Resilience and Relationship through Dialogue" with Raye Rawls

The Omni-Win Project Podcast

Discover reflective structured dialogue, an extraordinary tool for deepening our understanding of other's perspectives, rather than solving problems. Duncan and Raye Rawls talk about how this process, created by Essential Partners, can humanize our enemies and bring us together.In contrast, Raye raises concerns that our current tools for healing differences, are actually pushing us further apart. In particular, Raye discusses what we're missing in the “privilege walk” and why how it's unfortunate that the slogan, “defund the police” doesn’t represent what the concept actually means.You’ll also hear a great story from Raye where she highlights how we can become blinded to consequences and reason when we let fear rule us.Raye asks how we can create spaces to connect across our differences, deepen our mutual understanding, discover the deep meaning beneath our actions and strengthen our democracy. Let’s discover the answer. Highlights in this episode:- Discover the power of reflective structured dialogue.- Duncan talks about how our political conversations are unnecessarily adversarial.- Raye explains why we’re at war with the people who are supposed to protect us.- Raye's shares her concerns about the ways that people are currently teaching about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.- Raye talks about how we can work together despite our differences.- Discover how questions of genuine curiosity can enrich our lives and understanding.- Raye recounts a powerful story about how getting caught up in our emotions and fears can stop us from thinking rationally.- Understand the power of nuance in our conversations and opinions.- Find out why people are so scared of understanding other perspectives. About this week’s guest:Raye Rawls is an award-winning mediator, arbitrator, and dialogue facilitator with decades of experience. Rawls has worked on thousands of cases in government institutions, court systems, corporations, and with private parties.Some examples of topics that she has covered in her dialogue work includes: confederate monuments on campus, guns on campus, gender issues (what bathroom should people use), defining freedom of speech on campus, evolving roles of organizations or institutions (e.g., chamber of commerce), climate change, human trafficking, intergovernmental cooperation, immigration and police community relationships.Raye Rawls is a Senior Associate with Essential Partners. She is also a Senior Public Service Faculty at the University of Georgia’s Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, where her practice area is in conflict transformation and dialogue. Raye is also a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International and the DPACE Initiative. Connect with Raye Rawls:Email: [e-mail] Where Else can you find this episode? Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KZlI3Q0Q6hwEpisode Page: https://omniwinproject.com/raye-rawlsOn Substack: https://omniwin.substack.com/p/raye-rawls Want More Omni-Win? Head over to my Substack to subscribe now! https://omniwin.substack.comIf you have questions or thought about how we can heal our democracy? Connect with me, I’d love to talk! https://calendly.com/duncanautrey/30minFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/omniwinprojectInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/omni.winTwitter: https://twitter.com/omni_winLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-win