After the US Elections… For better or for worse, we are seeing the fruit of a tumultuous election cycle in the US. The question is, “What next?” Today’s newsletter mulls that question—and provides the resources to strategically address it. Plus, you can link to the latest Peace Paradigm Radio show, in which your hosts Michael… read more
Mike Heller joins Peace Paradigm Radio this week to help us deepen our understanding of Gandhi and his life. Heller is co-coordinator of Peace and Justice Studies at Roanoke College and co-editor of the book Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Last Eighteen Years. After a discussing Mike Heller’s journey from military to quakers, Michael Nagler, Stephanie Van… read more
In this episode, Michael Nagler wraps up his thoughts (for now) on Constructive Program as he covers it in Search for a Nonviolent Future. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual wisdom and experiments with nonviolence. Our 2016… read more
The Mighty River of Nonviolence Today’s newsletter recaps some recent news and inspirations, from Gandhi’s 147th birthday to our Q&A with G. Scott Brown for Nonviolence magazine. What comes after the US elections? Join Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun, Michael Nagler of the Metta Center, and cultural luminaries like the filmmaker Oliver Stone for a… read more
Now What?—After the Election: The Tikkun Strategy Conference and 30th Anniversary Celebration November 12: the Metta Center for Nonviolence and the Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) will co-host a day-long Progressives Summit in Berkeley to forge a common vision and discuss the strategies needed to build a “movement of movements”—no matter what the outcome of… read more
Happy 147th birthday, Mahatma Gandhi! Dr. Veena Howard, author of Gandhi’s Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action, among other works, and assistant professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Fresno, joins us to celebrate Gandhi’s birthday. Who was Gandhi? We speak about Gandhi’s philosophies, experiments, and activism in depth. How does renunciation, including brahmacharya (celibacy vow)… read more
After Confrontation, Then What? Nonviolence in the 21st Century The School for Conflict Analysis & Resolution at George Mason University will be hosting this roundtable symposium and on the role and relevance of nonviolence to the social, economic, and cultural conflict challenges that new frameworks of violence—from terrorism to climate change—present in this century. Date… read more
As Michael moves forward in his “Search for a Nonviolent Future,” he comments on the way that heart unity and leadership in a nonviolent movement have to work together. He also corrects a statement that he made in the book, thanks to the late Narayan Desai. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta… read more
If we are to challenge inequality, we have to find commonality. How to begin to conceive of doing this? Gandhi maintained that “heart unity” was the key. Not uniformity; rather, mutual respect and shared vision. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way… read more
Happy International Day of Peace Today we celebrate International Day of Peace, with the 2016 theme being “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.” Plus: We stand with #NoDAPL and the indigenous activists who are courageously safeguarding our water and taking a stand on behalf of protecting the climate for all of us. With… read more
