Reflections on Pope Francis’ 2024 World Day of Peace Message
Fast-moving advancements in science and technology grab our attention, spark fascination, and receive automatic acceptance within our modern societies which crave new things, quick results, and...
View ArticleSatyagraha: A Word You Should Know in 2024
National Salt Satyagraha Memorial Since the presidency of Donald Trump, our growing preoccupation with deceptive forms of political communication can be charted in the way that terms like “Big Lie,”...
View ArticleNonviolence is a Way of Life
Statue of Gandhi’s Salt March in Bhujodi, Gujarat, India. Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being. Mahatma...
View ArticleRemembering a Voice for Peace
Johan Galtung in 2011 Our world lost a giant of peace research last weekend. Johan Galtung, “the Father of Peace Studies,” author of more than 100 books and 1,000 scholarly articles about world peace,...
View ArticleLenten Ceasefire Campaign Launched
By Eli McCarthyA broad coalition of national and local Christian organizations and nonviolent peacemakers have launched the Lenten Ceasefire Campaign, rooted in the transforming power of Jesus’ way of...
View ArticlePope Francis: “Stop the bombs and missiles now!”
In a recent interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis powerfully stated: “I will never tire of reiterating my call, addressed in particular to those who have political...
View ArticleSeeking Youth Hosts For Nonviolence Now Podcast
Are you passionate about promoting peace and social change? We're hiring 4-5 dynamic young individuals aged 18-25 to work collaboratively to create an 8-episode podcast series that explores the power...
View ArticleAction Days: Global Peace Film Fest and Peace Day Chicago—On the Streets and...
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View ArticleObserving the end of "the war to end all wars"—the right way!
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918 an armistice was declared, effectively ending one of the worst conflicts in history—World War I.But had the Central Powers and the opposing...
View ArticleCeasefire Now
Our friends at Nonviolence International recently sent this important message to their email subscribers. As the conflict in Palestine continues to unfold, we felt these words from Mubarak Awad were...
View ArticleNonViolent Owensboro Hosts Dialogue Among Israeli & Palestinian Parents...
by Nonviolent OwensboroNonViolent Owensboro, along with First Christian Church, Brescia University, and Owensboro Area World Affairs Council (OAWAC) hosted a Dialogue Meeting with the Parents...
View ArticleEarth Action Team's Holiday Gift Guide
The holidays are upon us. ‘Tis the season for pushing back against excessive consumption, mindless consumerism, and the destruction of the Earth. Campaign Nonviolence’s Earth Action Team has put...
View ArticleStudents Build Wild Plants Garden at Kentucky High School
Garden After After the Summer 2023 work session, the layout of the Unity Garden has been dug and mulch. More planting will continue in Winter 2023-24. Social Justice Club Some members of the West...
View ArticleHold Fast to the Vision
Alain Richard, Julia Occhiogrosso, Ken Butigan, Louie Vitale, Rosemary Lynch, and Peter Ediger at an early Pace e Bene “animating group” planning meeting. One of my earliest memories is when I was...
View ArticleTax Day and War Resistance, Philip Berrigan Style
Brad Wolf is the coordinator for Nonviolent Lancaster, PA, part of our Nonviolent Cities Project.Each year Americans forfeit a sizable slice of their income to the United States Treasury to fund the...
View ArticleNonviolence News: Scientists Rebellion, 50K Brazilians Occupy Vacant Houses &...
Photo Credit: A climate activist/scientist in Denmark is arrested and carried away during a direct action. Scientists Rebellion, 50K Brazilians Occupy Vacant Houses & Africa-Wide PRIDEEditor's...
View ArticleIf It is Good Enough for Dorothy Day, It is Good Enough for Me
As I awoke one morning several years ago, I suddenly realized that I could no longer tolerate most of my tax money going towards the creation of nuclear weapons or anything supporting militarism. It...
View ArticleNonviolence News: A15Action, Octopussy Riot & Smuggled Tibetan Resistance...
Photo Credit: Protesters lock together with metal chains to block the entrance to Valero Energy in San Antonio, TX. Photo by Deceleration.news A15Action, Octopussy Riot & Smuggled Tibetan...
View ArticleGuidelines for Promoting Unity
“When you call yourself an Indian, or a Muslim, or a Christian, or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest...
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