Pro-Voice: How to Keep Listening When the World Wants a Fight - Softcover

Baker, Aspen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626561109 ISBN 13: 9781626561106

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

Dialogue, Not Dogma

When Aspen Baker had an abortion at the age of twenty-four, she felt caught between the warring pro-life and pro-choice factions, with no safe space to share her feelings.

In this hopeful and moving book, Baker describes how she and Exhale, the organization she cofounded, developed their “pro-voice” philosophy and the creative approaches they employed to help women and men have respectful, compassionate exchanges about even this most controversial of topics. She shows how pro-voice can be adopted by anyone interested in replacing ideological gridlock with empathetic conversation. Peace, in this perspective, isn’t a world without conflict but one where conflict can be engaged in—fiercely and directly—without dehumanizing ourselves or our opponents.

About this title

Book Description:

Once vilified by pro-life and pro-choice supporters alike, Aspen Baker has now shown that “pro-voice” might be the best method to move past conflict and hatred around abortion. With her nonprofit, Exhale, she has demonstrated that it’s possible to get people talking respectfully even about the most polarizing topics.

About the Author:

Aspen Baker is the founder and Executive Director of Exhale. She was a finalist for the 2014 American Express Ngen Leadership Awards; was named a “fun, fearless female” by Cosmopolitan in 2013, and was awarded a Gerbode Professional Development Fellowship in 2012.  She has been featured by media outlets across the country, including CNN Headline News, Fox National News, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times, National Public Radio, and many more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1626561109
• ISBN 13: 9781626561106
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240