Education is an essential building block for effective nonviolent activism and conflict intervention. Many people know about nonviolent leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Cesar Chavez but how often do we learn about the strategy of the movements they were a part of? How much information are we missing? Nonviolence is a powerful tool being used at increasingly high rates and with great success to address conflict and overturn oppressive leaders, policies, and practices. Does this seem unbelievable? We are socialized to believe that violence is the most effective way to get what we want. What if that is not actually true?
Join the Peace & Justice Center's two-part Nonviolent Activism 101 Workshop on Thursdays, November 3, and 10 from 6-8pm in Jericho at Mount Mansfield Union High School to learn more. This program explores violence, nonviolence, power and conflict. During the two days of study and practice the group will explore our individual social location as well as techniques that can be used to directly address conflict as a tool to build connection and a movement for social justice. Participants will look at how nonviolent strategy can be used to address both systems of oppression and interpersonal conflicts – which nearly always involve some aspect of oppression. You can register online (www.mmuafterdark.com), call me, or e-mail me. If you would like to know more about why and how nonviolence is powerful and useful to lifting us all up, register today. Also explore the PJC's YouTube Playlist on Nonviolence Videos (http://tinyurl.com/huy6dqu) or contact me for articles and so on.
Thanks!
Kyle Silliman-Smith
802-863-2345 x6 (office number)
kyle@pjcvt.org
A little note: If you register online there is a $30 fee to support the Peace & Justice Center's work overall, I am happy to waive the fee if you register over the phone.
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