Posts by Stephanie Van Hook

Listening and Exercises for Listening

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Mary Hanna from Meta Peace Team shares thoughts on the importance of listening while on a peace team in this first podcast:   and in the second, she gives some examples of how listening exercises can be included in a training. Please use the comment box below to ask questions or discuss this point.… read more

Commitment #10: Generosity

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———– 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. Generosity: even when I am afraid or low-resourced, I want to keep reaching out to offer myself to… read more

Is the Monsanto protest the next Salt March?

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By Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook When a people is faced with a destructive system that has been insidiously putting its tendrils down in many sectors of society, steadily taking over its institutions, it can seem all but impossible to dislodge that evil; but it always seems that a system like that will have… read more

Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Inoculating our children against fear and hatred”

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Nonviolence Currents–Bridging Current Events and Nonviolence in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence   LESSON PLAN #1 Waging Nonviolence Article: Inoculating Our Children Against Fear and Hatred by Frida Berrigan Themes: Courage, Prejudice, Bullying Target age group: high school (ages 14-18) Pre-reading: Ask students to skim the article and look up… read more

Peace Paradigm Radio, May 17: Spirit and Revolution

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 To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world. -Rudolf Steiner Listen to PPR for May 17, 2013 by clicking the link below or clicking on the grey arrow. (If you right click on the link you can download the talk to your… read more