Trainings + Events

November 20, 2026 9-10:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time

On Zoom

The results of the midterm elections in the United States, along with elections taking place around the world, invite us to look more deeply at the possibilities for building a more just and compassionate future. We're hosting a talk and discussion with James A. Bowey to bring our community together to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of this moment, explore new perspectives, and imagine what might be possible.

In this 90-minute program, "We Can Walk Together: A Journey to Nonviolence," James will present a compelling photo essay and reflection on the nature of division and violence, and how we can overcome it to build a more nonviolent world. It's an emotional travelogue that weaves the real stories of people and insights from two of his projects: "We Can Walk Together," a photographic exhibition about race in America, and "When Home Won't Let You Stay," an international traveling exhibition about migration and the global refugee crisis. He will also introduce his latest project, The Attentional.

This event is an exploration of the human heart, and it offers poignant and profound perspectives for the ongoing work of nonviolence.

James is a photojournalist, writer, speaker and activist whose work explores issues of social justice and human connection. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, the Associated Press, and numerous exhibitions. If you want to learn more about James' work, here is a link to a PBS interview.

November 22, 10 am -11:30 am Pacific

"Things of fundamental importance to the people are not secured by reason alone but have to be purchased with their suffering . . . if you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also." –Gandhi, CWMG, vol. 54, 48. Also in All Men Are Brothers, 118.

At a time when protests are rising across the country and around the world, many of us are asking deeper questions about what real change requires. What does it mean not only to resist injustice, but to build something more whole in its place? And where does nonviolence fit—not just as a strategy, but as a guiding force? Join us for a screening of The Third Harmony, followed by a facilitated dialogue exploring what comes next. The film invites us into a powerful rethinking of human nature and the role nonviolence has played—and can continue to play—in shaping our shared future. From there, we’ll take time together to reflect on the moment we’re in: What are today’s movements calling for, and what are they revealing? Is nonviolence simply a tool within movements—or is it the movement itself? What would it take for our actions, our relationships, and our vision to come into greater alignment?