Posts by Metta Center

Vote for Nonviolence with Free Range Studios

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A vote for nonviolent communication is a vote for nonviolence! Have you seen The Story of Stuff? If not, consider stopping to watch it now. Then by all means, continue… Did you think it captured the attention of the world in a way that no other medium had done before? Many people did. Did you learn something… read more

Over 100 UC Berkeley Concerned Faculty Sign Open Letter To Chancellor

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November 22, 2009 Open Letter from Concerned Members of the Faculty to Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, We, the undersigned faculty, are writing to voice our strenuous objection to the use of unwarranted violence by the police forces enlisted by the University of California  (UC) at Berkeley to patrol the student demonstration outside of Wheeler Hall… read more

Nonviolence inspires art. Can art inspire nonviolence?

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The Metta Center’s neighbor, Bill Denham, is an exceptional poet. He expresses himself sincerely in art, in poetry, in wood, and in concert with the Earth. When Bill read Gandhi the Man he was inspired to write these beautiful haiku, and to share them with us. (The book was a gift to Bill from Metta, and was… read more

Metta and Young Spirit Foundation to reignite EFNV

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How many of you know about Educators for Nonviolence? If you didn’t before, well, you do now. Educators for Nonviolence (EFNV) is a sister project of the Metta Center, first started as a joint project between Metta and the Dalai Lama Foundation. The mission of EFNV is “to make the teaching and living of nonviolence part of mainstream education.”… read more

Exploring viewpoints on the Truth of nonviolence.

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‘But you see, if I stop at this point, I would merely be stating a fact and not telling the truth. You see, a fact is merely the absence of contradiction, but truth is the presence of coherence. Truth is the relatedness of the facts.“ -Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964 Have you been asking yourself… read more

Contagious Love Experiment

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Many thanks to Josh Stieber and Conor Curran for bringing their Contagious Love Experiment to the Metta Center Sunday night! For more info on the guys and their experiment (their Love is Contatagious) you can follow them on their blog. Also, at the request of the other veterans that were our guests for the evening, please check out Veterans for… read more

A call for localism in nonviolent campaigns

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Metta Center wishes to give voice to people who are fleshing out the fine points of nonviolent theory (and subsequent nonviolent action), by sharing thoughtful commentary on this topic when it comes our way. Here is a post from fellow peacemaker Barry Gan, which he recently shared with us and agreed to post to this blog. He’s asking us all… read more

Opening Public Spaces: Study-in at the Library

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Pulling an All-Nighter to Transform the UC by some students, workers and faculty of UC Berkeley. On September 24th, called to direct action by university faculty, workers and students, thousands walked out of the classrooms, offices, and labs at the University of California, Berkeley. We stood shoulder-to-shoulder on Sproul Plaza, in numbers not seen for decades.… read more

Poetry is the Science of the Soul

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Between Zero and ONE The Glorious Kiss What’s her name? Uprising of Souls Would you like to WALK with an Angel? 1Music2Unify and the TREEvolution Fearless Service The Inner Revolution Awakened Flight Love and Life: The Quintessential Symbiosis The Generous Photon The illegal lover About Radical Love Awake, Arise and Act Again Elizabeth Snowing The… read more