Time for Some Creativity Over the last five years, the US military budget has soared to new heights: $663.4 billion per year. Imagine what we could do—in any country—with a comparable budget for building peace. Time for some peaceful experiments! Read the October 7, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
Educating Our Whole Selves “Educating the mind without also educating the heart is no education at all,” Aristotle once said. This week’s newsletter offers plenty for educational resources to strengthen the heart (and the mind). Happy Fall! Read the September 23, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
10th Global Youth Peace Fest (GYFP) The inaugural event will start with Meditation & Yoga for World Peace on September 29, 2015, at Cricket Stadium, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Around 10,000 people are expected to participate. The GYPF will end with launch of a Global Youth Peace Forum to UNITE young people beyond barriers of race,… read more
Giving Peace a Chance We’ve seen a lot of positive images in the media as of late: people opening their hearts (and their homes!) to refugees, banding together and doing what they can to help others fleeing war and persecution. Read the September 9, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
“Education is the root system underlying all other systems. Given the grave and potentially catastrophic problems we face, it is critical that we provide young people with the knowledge, tools and motivation to address our pressing challenges in order to transform unsustainable and unjust systems into ones that are humane, healthy and peaceful.” –Zoe Weil. … read more
Ending Mass Violence & Poverty in Our Time Please join us at this benefit for the Democratic World Federalists on the occasion of International World Peace Day. Michael Nagler will be among the panelists, and Mark Pilisuk, author of The Hidden Structure of Violence: Who Benefits from Global Violence and War, will open the event… read more
“I often eat this salad, or a variation of it, as the main meal of the day,” says Tord Dellsén, a Metta Center volunteer (meet Tord). The lentils/beans and the soy sausage not only add protein, but help make the salad filling, he notes. Looking for a healthy, satisfying (and animal-friendly!) meal? Look no further… read more
The Role of Media in Nonviolence Extra! Extra! On September 9, Michael Nagler will be speaking at the High-Level Forum on a Culture of Peace at the United Nations. He’ll talk about the role media can and should play in creating a nonviolent culture. He was invited by Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhry of Bangladesh, who saw… read more
This week we had the honor and distinct pleasure of interviewing TiffanyEasthom, whose experiences in Peace Brigades International (PBI) and Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), where she was country director for South Sudan (!) gave us invaluable insight into the way Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping (UCP) has matured over the last 12 years. Among other things, she shared dramatic… read more
We are all mighty drops of power. Michael Nagler opens our latest newsletter with some thoughts about the state of nonviolence history, along with reflections on Campaign Nonviolence’s National Conference in Santa Fe, NM. Plus, we share some inspirations on movement-building and power-sharing. Read the August 12, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
