Category: Nonviolence
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Dandelion Insurrection E-book Giveaway, 6/1-15
The Dandelion Insurrection’s speculative fiction shows how ordinary people make extraordinary change using nonviolent action. Great summer reading being offered for free from the author this June!
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10 Effective Actions to Meet This Moment, 6/4 @ 4 pm ET
Webinar with nonviolence experts Maria Stephan and Rivera Sun, assessing the top 10 most effective current nonviolent campaigns in the United States for people seeking to show up effectively and strategically.
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Fierce Vulnerability Conversation with Kazu Haga
In a world where division and violence appear stronger than ever, how might we embody both courage and love, taking action for change without recreating the harm we’re resisting? Watch this conversation with Kazu Haga and Liz Digitale Anderson.
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Fierce Vulnerability: A Spiritual Practice of Healing and Action, 5/12
Join us for a conversation with Kazu Haga, a nonviolence/restorative justice practitioner & author of the book Fierce Vulnerability, as we explore the ways in which our personal and collective healing are woven together.
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Pope Francis and Nonviolence
Cross-posting this great article by Ken Butigan about Pope Francis’ work to bring the logic and teachings of nonviolence back to the center of the Catholic Church, an institution that too often in history ignored Jesus’ nonviolent teachings.
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Mosquitos Matter
Malaria has always made me wonder why mosquitos matter in the circle of life. Learn this and more in a post by my Peace Catalyst colleague, Kirsten Schlewitz.
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Resurrection as Civil Disobedience
Pastor Bill Wylie-Kellermann and a group of six others made an act of civil disobedience on Easter 1982. He shares his memories of their discernment process and their action in this post.
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Using Our Power – Nonviolence & Noncooperation in History and Today
If you missed the webinar on nonviolence & noncooperation as resistance to authoritarianism- first, it was amazing, hopeful, and activating- second, now is your chance to watch it!
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How to Prevent a Coup: Lessons from Korea, 4/25
The ongoing struggle for self-governance in South Korea has seen a powerful and significantly successful nonviolent movement act quickly and strategically to prevent martial law. We’ll hear voices from Korea on lessons from recent experience, on the U.S. role in Korea, and take your questions.
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American Christians and Power: “Get Behind Me, Satan”
Cross-posting a recent lecture on the lesson from Jesus that Christians still have to learn, featuring journalist Tim Alberta and hosted by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.
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