“Yes, curiosity — but you’ve got to have something deeper inside you that moves you, the patience to stay in the conversation, and the discipline.” ~ Sulma Arias
Deep canvassing is built on listening, building rapport, staying in conversation — sharing stories.
I don’t know when I first became aware of deep canvassing as an organizing tool, but I was immediately taken with it as a curiosity enterprise.
Sulma Arias, executive director of People’s Action and People’s Action Institute, joins me to explore just what it is about this model that proves so transformative for everyone involved.
The important thing in a deep canvass conversation is that you are affirming that person’s own life experience…It is absolutely a process that begins with validation, begins with sharing your own vulnerabilities, but then it begins to dig deeper, into the why.
Listen to Choose to Be Curious #271: The Transformative Power of Curiosity & Deep Canvassing, with Sulma Arias
Learn more about People’s Action and Deep Canvassing. Check out the Deep Canvass Institute calendar.
If you enjoyed this discussion about building connections, you might enjoy these C2BC Classics: Curiosity, Stories & Belonging, with Kiran Singh Sirah; Ten Thousand Friends, with Rob Lawless; and Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, with Monica Guzman.
Theme music by Sean Balick; “Turning on the Lights” by Speakeasy, via Blue Dot Sessions.
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