Roadmap

‘The Un-Shock Doctrine’ — or why we need a plan to rebuild

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In times of uncertainy and turmoil, the only way to rebuild — rather than regress — is to have an alternative strategic plan. They had set the bar pretty high. The science students around the world who wanted to enter the contest to see whose rubber-band powered airplane would fly furthest saw that even to… read more

Intro to Roadmap: Online Course

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What: Introduction to Roadmap Online Course Where: Online (Moodle platform) Cost: Free! (donations always welcome to support our work) Start date: anytime you want, at your own pace At the Metta Center, we strive to help people from all walks of life to discover the power of nonviolence, and to understand how to use nonviolence… read more

Michael Nagler address to 2014 FOR Seabeck Conference

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We are grateful for the Fellowship of Reconciliation who just sent us this link to Michael Nagler’s keynote at their annual Seabeck conference.   “We are living in the wrong story,” says Michael Nagler, founder & director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence, during his keynote address to this year’s 56th annual FOR Seabeck conference in Washington State earlier… read more

Michael Nagler Speaks at Dominican University of California

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Michael Nagler, President and Co-Founder of The Metta Center for Nonviolence, visited Dominican University of California on April 3rd. He gave a presentation and spoke about the roadmap and the New Story. Listen to it right here, but note: the recorder lost power at the end so it cuts off abruptly. We will work on… read more

Lake Junaluska Peace Conference Talk

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Watch as Michael Nagler, the President and Co-Founder of The Metta Center for Nonviolence, speaks at the Lake Junaluska Peace Conference about The Metta Center, the New Story, the roadmap, and future directions for the organization and nonviolence.… read more

New Commitments (Roadmap Course Follow-Up)

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This blog is meant to bring us more deeply together as a community after spending four-weeks together in the Roadmap tele-course. As in the previous post, you are warmly invited to reflect and comment on the following questions in the boxes below: IN WHAT SPECIFIC WAYS AM I READY TO DEEPEN MY COMMITMENT TO MY… read more

The New Story (Roadmap Course Follow-up)

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This blog is meant to bring us more deeply together as a community after spending four-weeks together in the Roadmap tele-course. As with the previous question, please reflect in the comment boxes below on the following questions: Here is Metta’s primary, working document on the New Story. HOW DO I ARTICULATE THE NEW STORY IN… read more

What are you passionate about? (Roadmap Course follow-up)

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This blog is to deepen our relationship to one another as a community after spending four-weeks in the Roadmap course together. In the comment boxes below please reflect on the following questions: WHAT AM I MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?  WHERE DOES MY PASSION LIVE ON THE ROADMAP?    Go to the next reflection question… read more

Download the four sessions of the Roadmap Course

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We recently hosted a four-week telecourse on nonviolence, activism and the Roadmap. You can download the four sessions by topic below: the first session on Nonviolence with Michael Nagler, please click this link and the download will begin the second session on Roadmap, please click this link and the download will begin. the third session on the New Story, please… read more