The "Words Can Heal" campaign, recently launched by Rabbi Chaim Feld, teaches positive communication skills and aims to stop hurtful speech. With 88 percent of Americans saying it is important to reduce gossip at school, work, and in families, the campaign provides a pledge, handbook, video, posters, and more for addressing the problem.
This appears in the January-February 2002 issue of Sojourners
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