Reverend Barber of the NC NAACP calls those joining the mass protests of Moral Mondays at the NC state capitol, “a nonviolent volunteer army of love.” *** The Freedom Rides of 1961 saw some of the most iconic moments of the United States’ Civil Rights movement. Courageous, idealistic young people boarded busses to the segregated… read more
Posts by Stephanie Van Hook
Peace Paradigm Radio, July 26: Trans-Pacific Partnership and Popular Resistance
In this show Stephanie and Michael talk with Margaret Flowers, MD and Kevin Zeese, JD. In the first half of the show, they discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership and explore what we can do to stop it using nonviolence. The second half of the show is dedicated to exploring the work of PopularResistance.org, a nonviolent… read more
Stand your ground
by STEPHANIE VAN HOOK Poet Maya Angelou once said that courage is “the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” It takes courage to “stand your ground” and I am not talking about the law in Florida (or others like it around the country) which cruelly allows… read more
Peace Paradigm Radio, July 12: Mandela and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela Listen to… read more
Commitment #13: Openness to Dialogue
———– by Miki Kashtan New to this blog? Read Miki’s Introduction to this series ‘All -in: fully committing to a life of nonviolence’ before getting started. If you feel called, please comment on posts and engage with one another. *** Openness to Dialogue: even when I am very attached to a particular outcome, I want to… read more
Finding security in a world of insecurity
By Stephanie Van Hook Americans are learning as a nation the truth about security. In the era of Julian Assanges and Edward Snowdens, we have gone through a checklist—spying does not make us secure and even fails to warn us that entire regions are imminently in revolution; foreign wars do not make us more secure… read more
Gandhi Retreat: December 6-8, 2013
Gandhi and the Gita-Uncovering the Soul of Selfless Action We are called to service. We long for effective action. When: December 6-8, 2013 Where: The gorgeous and healing Mt. Madonna Retreat Center, Watsonville, California PLEASE REGISTER HERE. The topic: In this retreat we will call upon a potent legacy of selfless action that models a way… read more
Thematic training: LBGTIQ
Shari Wander of MPT explains how to prepare for events centering around events in the LBGTIQ community. You can also click the following link to listen on another page. If you right-click this link, you can select “save file as” and add it directly to your mp3 player. thematic training-lbgtq community events Please use the… read more
Thematic training: domestic violence
Shari Wander of MPT explains how to prepare for events centering around “domestic violence” issues. You can also click the following link to listen on another page. If you right-click this link, you can select “save file as” and add it directly to your mp3 player. thematic study- domestic violence Please use the comment box… read more
Thematic training: immigration
Shari Wander of MPT explains how to prepare for events centering around “immigration” confrontations. You can also click the following link to listen on another page. If you right-click this link, you can select “save file as” and add it directly to your mp3 player. thematic training- immigration Please use the comment box below to… read more
