The Brain & Positive Thinking & Activism & Meditation = (R)evolution: http://ow.ly/1XIez @YesMagazine @CharityFocus @TedChris #TEDx # The new definition or Greatness: to Serve. http://ow.ly/1XDvZ Everybody can Serve. #TheGreatTurning /via @PeaceLeadership # Last tweet suggested by @Inscendence, former mentee (gen 2008) & co-facilitator (2009) of the #MettaMentors program: http://ow.ly/1XxuA # Congrats @Academic_Earth on America's Most… read more
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06
#SayYesSat to the creativity of the nonviolent resistance in Palestine: http://ow.ly/1UpXK Beautifully done! /via @ysalahi @YESmagazine # The Freedom Flotilla's was anchored & prepared w/ #nonviolence http://cli.gs/SDp8J /via @wagenonviolence @norabf @avinunu #Satyagraha # Serving Lunch w/ Love: @MettaCenter was honored & tagged w/ the first delivery of Karma Tiffin http://ow.ly/1TrJB Generosity & #NewEconomy #… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30
RT @ndlon First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win-Gandhi #AltoArizona #sb1070 #dreamact #immyouth # RT @mikhaill We have bought into the idea that “justice” is something that we can get other people to do for us -Dominic Barter #restorative #… read more
Question: Hello! I have been speaking with my friend about naxalites/maoists in India that want to separate from India. My friend (who is Indian) asked this question: “I wonder if nonviolence would work in Northeast India [where the maoists are active]? Not because I doubt the power of Ahimsa (nonviolence), but only because Indians have lost the true meaning of Ahimsa.… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23
The 21st Century Civil Rights Movement: http://ow.ly/1OsYK #BoycottAZ #AltoArizona #sb1070 #hr2281 @YESmagazine # RT @studentactivism: The NY Times FINALLY covers the U of Puerto Rico student strike/occupation: http://bit.ly/atRnxb #paroUPR #huelgaUPR # 3 undocumented youth activists arrested in sit-in speak out: http://ow.ly/1NMUT #AltoArizona #sb1070 #BoycottAZ /via @Wagenonviolence # This Friday: Michael Nagler, Joanna Macy ++ panel:… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16
'why', 'what' and 'how' of Restorative Circles & co-creating the Nonviolence Paradigm: http://ow.ly/1LtNV @RestoraCircles @nowsee # Love Warriors Kareem & Jody: @JodyMcIntyre: Lets harness pub opinion http://ow.ly/1LhmW @LowkeyUK Cradle of Civilization http://ow.ly/1LhmJ # Inspiring talk yesterday at the MLK Middle School @ Berkeley w/ satyagrahis @LowkeyUK, @JodyMcIntyre & Norman Finkelstein. #SOULForceTour # Mirror Neurons &… read more
“Human Rights in the Age of Climate” Panel at the Ella Baker Center, May 2010
A panel discussion on human rights, climate change, and building a movement to shift us from crisis to healing. Featuring Dr. Michael Nagler, Evelyn Rangel Medina, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Reverend Philip Lawson, and Pano Kroko, recorded on May 21, 2010 at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, California. Continue reading for video… read more
“Nonviolence invites us to tear down walls…”
Tearing Down Walls and Building Bridges By Jean-Marie Muller * Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a war pilot in May of 1940 when he wrote these lines: “The drama retreating is that it removes all meaning from one’s acts. Whoever tears down a bridge can only tear it down with disgust. This soldier is not slowing… read more
Collateral Healing
Collateral healing is a term coined by Michael Nagler as a counter to the euphemism “collateral damage” used by the military to refer to civilians who are killed or injured in increasing numbers in modern armed conflict. Collateral healing refers to the fact that because nonviolent action injects positive energy into a situation it will… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09
255 Leading Scientists, 11 Nobel Laureates Write Letter Supporting Climate Scientists & Climate Science: http://ow.ly/1IFQ5 @psave @zshahan3 # Freedom Form Fear: RT @ripayoga True Love is fearlessness http://ow.ly/1GoHi #Ahimsa #Satyagraha #TotalRev # Here come the Suns! NBA 'Los Suns' of Phoenix set against Arizona's immigration law http://ow.ly/1HUS9 #sb1070 #AltoArizona @hungry4justice # RT @YesEducation: Are you… read more
