Tag Archives: Nonviolence

Spinning Wheel Birthday: An MP3 from the Metta Center

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October 2nd marks Gandhi’s birthday, which he wanted to be known as “‘Spinning Wheel’ (charkha) Birthday”. In the following, short 6 minute MP3 clip, Metta Center Director Stephanie Van Hook talks with Gandhi scholar Michael Nagler. He explains why Gandhi designated his birthday in this way and explores some of the key strategic insights that… read more

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-30

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Setting the Stage: a nonviolent classroom

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Setting the Stage: Rudiments of a Nonviolent Classroom by Michael Nagler It is possible to teach students the basic principles of nonviolence in a normal classroom setting with the usual methods that we would use for mathematics or any other subject (Gandhi, after all, always insisted it was a science”).  For two reasons, however, we… read more

My Life is My Message–Questionnaire

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The following questionnaire draws upon Gandhian principles to help educators evaluate their starting point for developing nonviolence throughout the school year. (This was found in our files from an educators’ conference we hosted in 2008. The author is unknown.) View the PDF of the questionnaire at this link.  ***  ‘My life is my message’ Questionnaire… read more