Category: Nonviolence
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Weekend Read: Strategic Signs for Protests
Picketing is a staple of nonviolent action in the United States. At intersections, along busy streets, on highway overpasses, small to midsized groups of people scrawl a message on cardboard in sharpie. Take time this weekend to consider a messaging strategy for such signs.
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Peace through Weakness
Peace through strength is a foreign policy doctrine that calls for military superiority to deter aggression, which the Trump Administration now brazenly proclaims using hostile, threatening rhetoric by leaders loudly self-defining as Christian. Let us instead lift up Jesus and his words and actions in the face of threats of violence and acts of war.
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Disagreement as Practice: Communication Across Divides
It’s difficult for most of us to talk with others about points of disagreement. Many of us argue, avoid, or go along with the majority instead. What if we could unlock the power of curiosity to facilitate communication through disagreement?
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The Third Harmony Screening & Discussion, 4/25 @ 2 pm ET
You’re invited to screen the documentary “The Third Harmony” and to discuss what systems and societies of peace we can build, grow, nurture, and protect together.
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A Statement from the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Cross-posting the following statement from Sabeel released after the US and Israel began the latest war in Iran.
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April Nonviolence Studies: Registration Open Until 3/31
Registration for Metta Center’s April Nonviolence Studies— Listening, Relating, and Communicating in Conflict, is now open through March 31. As part of a twelve-month Nonviolence Studies program, each month explores a different dimension of nonviolence in practice.
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The Steps of Nonviolent Organizing: Crafting a Values-Driven Campaign for Social Change, 3/1 @ 3-6 pm ET
This weekend, join us for a 3-hour interactive, participatory workshop on steps of nonviolent organizing. Explore vision & values, how this shapes your action, learn & practice 6 main steps of a nonviolent campaign for social change.
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Why Nonviolent Resistance Doesn’t Require Your Opponent to Have a Conscience
If nonviolence required tyrants to grow a heart, we’d be finished—violence is what they’re begging for. History shows we beat them by withdrawing pillars of support until they’re forced to concede.
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Call for Rapid Response
With the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents today in Minnesota, organizers in the Twin Cities are calling for solidarity across the country.
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Nonviolence or Extinction
On MLK Day, Nonviolence International invites you to read the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. from his speech about nonviolence when he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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