Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Poetic Obituaries: [Gene Hoffman] organized a retreat

for Vietnam vets with Thich Nhat Hanh, and based the international program she founded, Compassionate Listening, on his teaching that " we must listen to both sides of any conflict before we take actions."

The Compassionate Listening Project's motto is, "An enemy is one whose story we have not heard." Leah Green, executive director of the Compassionate Listening Project, and others continue Gene's work in the world.

from The Santa Barbara Independent: Elinor Gene Knudsen Hoffman

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