Jesus and Nonviolence: Petaluma

Jesus and Nonviolence: Following Jesus Today in the Service of Peace
 

 
SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2012
9:30 AM — 12:30 PM
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 40 Fifth Street, Petaluma
In this half-day seminar we will explore critical insights on Jesus’ nonviolence with special attention to His practical relevance today.
Topcis incude the historical Jesus and the way of nonviolence, the meaning [...]

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PARADIGMS DON’T SHIFT (it’s helpful to remember), unless people do. And if we are to resolve the major crisis of our times, people will have to begin to reverse what Daniel Ellsberg has called “five thousand years of imperial, patriarchal culture based on warfare.” In the short run, we must disarm, and quickly. But the only permanent [...]

Webinar: Building the World We Want

Building the World We Want from metta center on Vimeo.
An interactive webinar about Gandhian constructive programme, spiritual activism and nonviolence. Begins with a short description of the work of Metta.
Q and A follows webinar. Please contact us: info@mettacenter.org with questions or suggestions.
 
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Breaking the chains of violence in Mexico

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Breaking the Chains of Violence in Mexico
Saúl Reyes Salazar

Web., Feb. 1, 9:30 am, talk at class at Holy Names University, Heafy Bldg Room 655, 3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland (map) Free
Wed., Feb. 1, 7 pm,  Talk sponsored by UC Berkeley Peace and Conflict Studies. UC Berkeley, Wurster Hall Room 102 (map) Free
Thur.,Feb. 2, 7 pm, public talk at the Eric Quezada Center, together with Ted Lewis of [...]

Human Rights in Nepal: A discussion

 
Please join us this Friday, January 27th, for a special evening with renowned Nepalese Human Rights Defender Jit Man Basnet.
 
A human rights lawyer and journalist who has been working in human rights and transitional justice for 12 years in Nepal, Mr. Basnet was kidnapped and tortured by Maoist rebels in 2002, and then was illegally arrested by the [...]