The Metta Center has become a recognized source for inspiration and practical guidance about principled nonviolence, from the theory to the strategic details.  Activists seeking help in how to carry on their struggles more safely and effectively, teachers who want to run a more nonviolent classroom and introduce their students to this fascinating and crucial subject, and individuals from every walk of life facing the problems all of us face; for as Gandhi said, “a nation’s culture resides in the hearts and minds of its people” and his experiments in nonviolent culture were carried into every compartment of life.

Having consulted with people from all over the world (and our own back yard), we maintain that nonviolence requires training and a strategic vision; it is not a tool to use simply when “it feels right.” There is a right and a wrong way of using nonviolence, ranging from our state of mind to our words and thoughts. We have spent decades exploring the detached action that brings nonviolent power to bear in great struggles or the ‘tremendous trifles’ of daily life.

(Michael Nagler, pictured here with U Pyinya Zawta (click this link for video interview) from the Burmese Saffron Revolution, is on the advisory board of numerous professional organizations and has consulted on nonviolence for decades.)

We offer strategy sessions and consultation services on a donation-fee-base. All inquiries are encouraged.

If you would like to consult write to info@mettacenter.org and put ‘consult’ in the subject line.