f{"id":49619,"date":"2026-08-09T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49619"},"modified":"2026-08-09T22:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:15:55","slug":"the-second-ever-congressional-candidate-empathy-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/the-second-ever-congressional-candidate-empathy-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Ever Congressional Candidate Empathy Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bathtubbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76280\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:557px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Mike Zonta, a citizen from District 11, invited all candidates and Nancy Pelosi to participate.&nbsp; 2 candidates accepted this bold and courageous invitation: Shahid Buttar and Bianca Krieg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/program\/talk-it-out-radio\/\">Talk-It-Out Radio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 5, 2022<strong><time datetime=\"2022-06-06T02:00:00+00:00\">&nbsp;<\/time><\/strong>(KPFA.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to show:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/player\/?audio=380437\">https:\/\/kpfa.org\/player\/?audio=380437<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timothy Regan hosts and facilitates the second congressional candidate empathy circle ever, for our US House of Representatives, CA District 11, San Francisco, currently represented by Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Zonta, a citizen from District 11, invited all candidates and Nancy Pelosi to participate.&nbsp; 2 candidates accepted this bold and courageous invitation: Shahid Buttar and Bianca Krieg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shahid and Bianca sit down together and talk and listen to eachother with respect, civility, honesty, and depth, in a simple process of speaking and listening directly to eachother called an empathy circle.<br><br>These candidates met on May 22 , 2022 by Zoom for this unique dialogue, to answer one question: \u201cWhy should people vote for you?\u201d and to speak to what is on their minds and hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out this conversation \u2013 it\u2019s inspiring!&nbsp; This is what is possible in politics these days! If you are caught by the dangerous illusion that people can\u2019t talk anymore with respect and collaboration \u2013 listen up!&nbsp; This is what\u2019s possible: listening, and being heard, and honest and civil dialogue between competing election candidates! This is a kind of leadership that is inclusive, collaborative, and actually interesting \u2013 because respectful dialogue brings the best out of all of us \u2013 and we need our best these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Candidate Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shahid Buttar (D) \u2013 Challenger<br>https:\/\/shahidforchange.us\/<br>info@shahidforchange.us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bianca Von Krieg (D) \u2013 Challenger<br>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBaronessForCongress\/<br>bianca.for.sanfrancisco@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bathtubbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76282\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bathtubbulletin.com\/#facebook\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mike Zonta, a citizen from District 11, invited all candidates and Nancy Pelosi to participate.&nbsp; 2 candidates accepted this bold and courageous invitation: Shahid Buttar and Bianca Krieg.&#8221; Talk-It-Out Radio June 5, 2022&nbsp;(KPFA.org) Listen to show:\u00a0https:\/\/kpfa.org\/player\/?audio=380437 Timothy Regan hosts and facilitates the second congressional candidate empathy circle ever, for our&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/the-second-ever-congressional-candidate-empathy-dialogue\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2088],"tags":[2351,2355,2354,2353,443,143,2352],"class_list":["post-49619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","tag-bianca-krieg","tag-jeffery-phillip","tag-john-dennis","tag-mike-zonta","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-shahid-buttar","tag-timothy-regan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Second Ever Congressional Candidate Empathy Dialogue -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/the-second-ever-congressional-candidate-empathy-dialogue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Second Ever Congressional Candidate Empathy Dialogue -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;Mike Zonta, a citizen from District 11, invited all candidates and Nancy Pelosi to participate.&nbsp; 2 candidates accepted this bold and courageous invitation: Shahid Buttar and Bianca Krieg.&#8221; Talk-It-Out Radio June 5, 2022&nbsp;(KPFA.org) Listen to show:\u00a0https:\/\/kpfa.org\/player\/?audio=380437 Timothy Regan hosts and facilitates the second congressional candidate empathy circle ever, for our... 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