Metta sponsors and supports a wide range of talks, workshops, and other events to engage our community in an ongoing discussion about nonviolence. Please have a look below for our upcoming events including our ongoing film series, and our archive of past events which often contain video or audio of the event and other resources.
A Restorative Justice and Social Healing Telecouncil Series:The principles of nonviolence and the transformation of justice:a live telecouncil dialogue with Michael NaglerThursday, May 10th 5pm PST/ 8pm ESTHosted by Mali Rowan LeachSIGN UP HERE (FREE)
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Indigenous peoples who have intimate and sustained contact with their lands and waters and who have maintained the spiritual basis for relating to everything in their environment have a profound understanding of what “sustainability” really means even though that is not the word that they would use. Western concepts of sustainability generally are used out of meaningful context, limiting the depth to which we can go collectively and as a society in restoring harmony in our relationship with Mother Earth. Indigenous elders world-wide say that one day the world will look to indigenous peoples for the wisdom in caring for our Earth Mother, and many feel the time is NOW as her life supporting systems are being pushed to the edge of viability.
When: May 14, 2012 6:00 – 7PM Reception, Talk begins promptly at 7 PM
Where: David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Larry Merculieff is a traditional Aleut messenger dedicated to sharing Indigenous elder wisdom and the messages of Indigenous spiritual leaders with the world. He has nearly four decades of experience serving his people, theAleuts of the Pribilof Islands and other Indigenous Peoples, in a numberofcapacities, locally to internationally. Larry is a passionate advocate for Indigenous rights/wisdom, and harmonious relationship with the Earth. Close to Merculieff’s heart are issues related to cultural and community wellness, traditional ways of living, Elder wisdom, and the environment. Having had atraditional upbringing, Merculieff has been, and continues to be, a strongvoice advocating the meaningful application of traditional knowledge and wisdom obtained from Elders in Alaska and throughout the world when dealing with modern day challenges. As the Coordinator for the Bering Sea Council of Elders, Merculieff works with some of the most revered Elders from seven regions throughout Alaska focusing on the health of the Bering Sea ecosystem and the viability and health of the coastal and river cultures dependent on it. Merculieff has shared Elder wisdom locally, nationally, and internationally, and his writings and interviews have appeared in such publications as the Winds of Change, YES, Red Ink, Alaska Geographic, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Kindred Spirits. Larry Merculieff was featured in National Wildlife magazine as an “American Hero”, having called national and international attention to industrialized overfishing and major adverse changes in the Bering Sea ecosystem.
Join us on April 21st from 1:45-5 pm at the Ring Mountain Trail in the Marin Headlands as we reconnect with the natural world and and exercise our bodies! At the top of the mountain, we will host a ‘hope tank’ discussion about nonviolence in our daily lives as well as share personal practices for cultivating deeper, more satisfying living.
This is free and open to all of Metta’s community and the public. Please bring water, a snack and, yes, dogs are allowed on this hike. We will meet at the trail head as early as 1:30 and begin by 1:45. More information about the trail can be found here. It’s under 3 miles and a fairly easy trail.
Feel free to let us know you will be there by emailing community@mettacenter.org or calling our office (707) 774 6299.
Please share this invitation with your lists and community calendars, as well.
Looking forward to being in direct community with you.
The Metta Team
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 of sacrifice, forgiveness & atonement, selfless work, Christian spirituality and loving your enemy.
SPONSORS OF THIS EVENT
The Metta Center for Nonviolence
www.mettacenter.org
St. John’s Episcopal Church
www.saintjohnsepiscopalpetaluma.org
Suggested event donation: $10-$20 at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information contact Stephanie at 707-774-6299
The United States has played an important part in the escalating war for drug prohibition. Mexican activists like Juan are reaching out to people in the U.S. to support efforts for justice and help forge a different path.
Saúl comes to the Bay Area after Juan Fraire Escobedo, who had been invited to speak here, was refused permission to travel by air from Texas by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on January 30. Juan, who has applied for political asylum in the United States with the next hearing in 2014, has a GPS bracelet placed on his leg that ICE declined to remove.
A panel discussion on human rights, climate change, and building a movement to shift us from crisis to healing. Featuring Dr. Michael Nagler, Evelyn Rangel Medina, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Reverend Philip Lawson, and Pano Kroko, recorded on May 21, 2010 at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, California.
Continue reading for video of the conference!
Activist Pano Kroko joined us for the Hope Tank on Friday, March 19, 2010, to discuss civil rights in the age of climate change. Couldn’t be there in person? Click here for audio of the discussion!
This event took place at the Metta Center on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The full audio of the workshop is now available here:
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Please see the rest of the original event announcement, below, for more information and related resources!
Please join us on Monday, February 15, 2010 at 5:00pm at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley for a talk by Colombia’s courageous lawyer Adriana Castaño Roman, youth activist and human rights defender, activist with the Medellín Youth Network since 1996.Please see poster for details!
On Wednesday, Dec. 16th, Metta is hosting a preview screening of The Orange Revolution, at the USF campus in San Francisco, (click here, or the image at right, for a larger view of the poster. More about the film here.) Please join us at 7pm in Cowell Hall room 133. After the (refreshments and) screening, Michael Nagler, Political Scientist and Metta board member Cynthia Boaz, and Mideast expert Stephen Zunes will discuss this film and the event that it describes: the latest, but doubtless not the last “Velvet Revolution.” Join us for a great film experience and lively discussion of how nonviolence, in the form of “people power,” is transforming our world. Oh, and help spread the word!
The Blue Mountain Center of Meditation (BMCM) where Eknath Easwaran taught meditation for close to 40 years holds a weekly satsang, meditation group, on Tuesday evenings at the United Church of Christ in Petaluma (825 Middlefield Drive) continuing the tradition started by Easwaran to bring meditation to the community of Petaluma. Satsang begins at 7 pm with a reading and discussion group, a video talk of Easwaran, and a 30 minute meditation.
Michael Nagler, founder of Metta, has been practicing meditation under the guidance of Sri Eknath Easwaran for over 40 years, and we highly recommend this practice to get started in your journey of personal nonviolence.
You can contact the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation directly for more information. Visit their site here.
The world has enough think tanks… what we need is a “hope tank”! Join us for our monthly discussions in which we generate ideas for building a nonviolent world. Bring something to share for breakfast (vegetarian)!
Where: West Petaluma. Contact stephanie@mettacenter.org for info and to RSVP.
When: First Friday of the month. Begins with meditation from 8:30-9:00 am, then potluck breakfast and discussion until about 10:30am.
What are we: a nonviolence affinity group for working out strategies for the Great Turning!
Where: TBA
When: TBA
Why: to share and learn, and to build community and understanding, and to explore nonviolence, art, and education.
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