At a time of heightened awareness of and resistance to both police violence against Black bodies and the inequitable impacts of the pandemic, the NVC community is increasingly, often painfully, divided around the way the lens of privilege and power relates to Nonviolent Communication. As one voice in a larger, critical conversation, this session is offered by a white NVC practitioner and trainer who holds this lens as not just compatible, but essential to realizing the full promise of Nonviolent Communication as a tool for empathic connection and creating a world where everyone’s needs matter. The session presents a set of framing ideas and then invites participants to contribute their ideas, questions, confusions, doubts, critiques, and role plays related to power, privilege, and NVC to a conversation that is both about and grounded in NVC consciousness. Prior exposure to NVC through training or practice is helpful, but not required.