Author: Jennie
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Lifting Our Eyes
The Psalmist’s remedy for despair is to invite us to direct our gaze to the highest authority, before whom we intercede– putting our total hope in the One who hears the cries of the oppressed, the groans of prisoners, and intervenes to bring liberation.
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Enforce the Arms Embargo on Sudan
Please read this open letter to my Senators requesting their support to enforce an arms embargo on Sudan by co-sponsoring S.Res.126, and join me in writing to your US’ Senators requesting their support.
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Boycott Disney: Genocide is No Fairy Tale
Recently, many people started boycotting Disney. I believe the boycott should expand and continue because Disney plans to build a theme park in the nation fueling genocide in Sudan.
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Catalyzing Justice Course, 10/7~10/28
The Catalyzing Justice course provides an introduction to building a nonviolent movement for justice. Rooted in Kingian Nonviolence and drawing from several movement organizing theories, this course prepares you to work towards social change in your own community with both courage and love.
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Commitment to Nonviolent Resistance
Those standing for social justice or resisting actions by the current administration may become targets of surveillance or crackdowns. One way to be prepared is a steadfast, vocal commitment to nonviolence.
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Love as the Source of Nonviolence
Cross-posting Fr. Richard Rohr’s reflections about the futility of violence on this International Day of Peace. #InternationalDayofPeace #September21 #Peace #Nonviolence #MLK #RichardRohr #Love #Agape #Jesus #Gandhi #Strategy #Principle #MuntherIsaac #Palestine #Gaza #Theology
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Understanding APEC
In September’s Korea Peace Study Group, Dae-Han Song from the International Strategy Center shared about APEC-very timely as South Korea is hosting the APEC Forum and Leader’s Summit in October.
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We Need a “Cease-Hatred”
No nation has ever become secure by savaging another, yet there are 55 wars going on in our world today. We need a deeper education where the principles of understanding, empathy, and structures for peace make possible a world where cycles of violence are broken.
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On the Killing of Charlie Kirk
The trap of violence & the suffering it creates was on full display last week. We can escape this trap through the power of active nonviolence, which resists the temptation to add more violence & searches relentlessly for just, lasting solutions to break the cycle beyond retaliation & escalation.
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Reviving the Golden Rule
In a time of toxic polarization, the rights and protections for our beloved neighbors being demolished, genocide, war and oppression across the globe — in face of fear and insecurity — how can Christ’s teaching of neighbor-love offer a path toward a just, flourishing, and reconciled future?
Seeds Will Grow 