Click here to listen to Nonviolence in the News, recorded October 26th, 2017, or use the controls at the bottom of the page. If you are looking for nonviolence radio, click here. Special alert: In a series of moves this week that have alarmed free speech advocates and critics of media consolidation, the Federal Communications Commissions… read more
Posts by Metta Center
Sumud and the Holy Land Trust – podcast
Sumud, meaning “steadfastness” or “steadfast perseverance” in Arabic, is strategy that first emerged among the Palestinian people through the experience of oppression and resistance during the 1967 Six-Day War. This week Antwan Saca joins us to speak about how Holy Land Trust and how Sumud is being used to help realize a nonviolent solution to the… read more
Combatants for Peace – A Reason for Hope
A Reason for Hope: There is Another Way! COMBATANTS FOR PEACE SPEAKING TOUR with Israeli Steering Committee member Galia Galili Palestinian Coordinator Mohamed Owedah plus clips from the film “Disturbing the Peace” November 8, 7-8:30 p.m. B’nai Israel Jewish Center 740 Western Avenue, Petaluma In 2006, Israeli and Palestinian former combatants, people who had taken… read more
How We See: Newsletter
The Metta Center team has started exploring questions related to nonviolence every week. We take turns with the question-asking; whoever feels called to pose a question puts one out there. Some questions relate to personal circumstances, while others pertain to views about nonviolence in our broader culture. What’s on our minds and in our hearts:… read more
Nonviolence in the News – October 16, 2017
Click here to listen to Nonviolence in the News, recorded October 16th, 2017, or use the controls at the bottom of the page. If you are looking for nonviolence radio, click here. “I refuse to accept the journalistic cliche of ‘meaningless violence’. I refuse to believe that there are no answers to the cheapening of… read more
How Unarmed Protection Will Save Our Soul
Here’s a fact: unarmed civilians can stop and transform violent conflict without laying down their lives and without killing others. Tiffany Easthom and Gilda Bettencourt join us in the studio to give us an insider’s view of the incredible work of one of our favorite organizations in the world, the Nonviolent Peaceforce, drawing from their own… read more
Honoring Pain + Willpower: Newsletter
Our latest newsletter reflects on two contrasting events from October 2: Gandhi’s birthday and the horrible tragedy in Las Vegas. What we feel compelled to say: We can act in ways that express our love for each other and this land. We can continue the constructive work of building a more peaceful, nonviolent world, one… read more
Nonviolence in the News – September 29, 2017
This week’s round-up of nonviolence news, events, resources, and jobs. Jobs/Fellowships: Internships for the study of Civil Resistance: The International Center for Nonviolent Conflict is seeking authors of case studies of civil resistance and peacebuilding. There is a $2000 stipend if you’re selected to write for them. Applications due October 4th. Possible cases might include… read more
Movement Momentum: Newsletter
It’s no surprise that at times like this the Metta Center should be called on, resorted to, and consulted with more and more; and that’s at least one silver lining to the dark clouds on our political horizon, even as the world celebrates the International Day of Peace on September 21. In this week’s newsletter,… read more
Nonviolence in Western Sahara – Podcast
Dr. Stephen Zunes takes us on a very interesting journey in this episode of Nonviolence Radio. Dr. Zunes, a scholar of social movements and professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Fransisco, joins host Stephanie Van Hook to speak about the conflict in Western Sahara. He describes and analyzes the occupation,… read more
