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Non-violence

Peacemaking: Public and Private

In addressing this topic, I turn to the theme of a workshop/retreat with Bennington (Vt.) Meeting in August 2002, as… Michael True

A Friend’s Testimony on Domestic Violence?

We are called upon to love the loveless and the unlovable, to reach out to the racists and the torturers,… Anonymous

Peace March

On March 16 my husband and I went to a peace march in Eureka with our good friends Christine and… Carrie Gergits

Failure to Disperse

When I woke up that morning, I had no intention of getting arrested. I coaxed myself out of bed, drank… Melinda E. Glines

Transforming War, One Peace Activist at a Time

When I found myself on 59th Street in New York City on February 15, hundreds of protesters on Third Avenue… Elizabeth Claggett-Borne

Imagining the Impossible

When I came upon a book about a nonviolent Islamic warrior from the Afghan border (Nonviolent Soldier of Islam, by… Pamela Haines

A Different Kind of Force

When one cares deeply about something or someone it is impossible to sit passively and let that thing or person… Elizabeth Markham

Missing Link Found

Blue shapes swim on the cover of the book on my desk: Walter Wink’s newest one, The Human Being: Jesus… Amy Gomez

AVP: An Interview with Steve Angell

Stephen L. Angell was an early participant and continues to be active in the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a… Robert Dockhorn

Transformation of Violence

Where does it come from—this powerful rush of emotion and adrenaline that society labels as violence? Nothing has ever been… Harold Wilson

A Global Nonviolent Peaceforce

People are discovering the power of active nonviolence," began seasoned peace activist and Friend David Hartsough at the start of… Amber Gravett

Wind and Sun

I was listening in on a heated e-mail interchange about the American Friends Service Committee’s Afghan blanket project. Someone was… Pamela Haines
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