Join us for an engaged conversation about the book Maya Angelou said was “so needed” for its “investigation of the moral issues of our time.” When: March 15, 2016 at 7pm PST Where: Modern Times Bookstore, 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 What: the first Northern California launch of We Have Not Been Moved:… read more
In this talk, Michael addresses the very common misconception about nonviolence, only slightly less common than it was in 1906, that it is the absence of violence purely and simply, and therefore a very weak force, if a force at all. Please add your comments below. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s… read more
Awakening the Power that Lies Within More than putting different people in power, nonviolence is about rousing a different kind of power in people. The commercial mass media system, with its violence and vulgarity, is an obstructive force to human progress because it completely denies that power. So we create media that tell the emerging… read more
In this episode of Peace Paradigm Radio, we welcome our friend Miki Kashtan to talk about convergent facilitation, a term she coined for this unique decision-making process for organizations, businesses and groups that is rooted firmly in the principles of nonviolent communication. Miki is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC) and the author… read more
“Everyone is experiencing nonviolence but since they don’t have a name for it, it doesn’t stick.” Michael recaps the story on page 43 of Search for a Nonviolent Future, of the woman who stood up to her husband, which illustrates three interesting points about nonviolence: a)there is no name for it that we recognize; b)… read more
“We are seeing nonviolence working all the time and we are ignoring the lesson.” When nonviolence happens, do we notice? Michael relates two stories: Nurse Joan Black and Antoinette Tuff, and examines how the media interpreted them, and emphasizes that if our understanding of nonviolence were richer, we would learn something powerful about our capacity… read more
“Violence is a failure of the imagination.” In today’s conversation Michael talks about the “three lenses” one can use to look at violence: moral, medical, and educational. He explains why we think the moral model is not working, why the medical model is better, and why the educational model would be best, although we hardly… read more
“People would be likely to refrain from harming others if they knew that in doing so they were really harming themselves.” In this video Michael discusses the fact that modern science specifically neuroscience, specifically mirror neurons, confirm that fact that we feel one another’s pain. This is important because if people were more aware of… read more
Thinking Big With Nonviolence It’s interesting to notice that the Season for Nonviolence and Black History Month intersect in February. Interesting, but not surprising, because we do not have to dig down that deeply into “black history” to start uncovering and rediscovering the stories and realities that led many people to join together in a… read more
After a wonderful episode of Nonviolence in the News, in which co-host Michael Nagler brings us resources and news from around the world about Gandhi, Campesinos, Nonviolent Peaceforce, and recent and upcoming protests and demonstrations, Co-host Stephanie Van Hook joins the conversation to tackle the subject of humiliation. What exactly is it? What happens when… read more
