7 Mar, 2022
Saving Ukraine, saving lives, saving ourselves
I teach nonviolence. Students ask, so, okay, and just how could Ukraine possibly resist Putin and a brutal invasion using nothing but nonviolence?
7 Mar, 2022
30 Dec, 2021
Creativity in Nonviolent Resistance
There is a force in the world that was never considered as a force in our human story until Mohandas Gandhi discovered it 116 years ago, the power of nonviolent resistance.
2 Dec, 2020
Earth to Portland: Dispatch from the Nation’s Problem Child
We live in Portland, Oregon. As almost anyone in our town will tell you...
13 Sep, 2020
Watching Religion Die
“Religion is fading more quickly in the United States than in any other nation, according to a forthcoming research book.”...
19 Mar, 2020
Take Heart! Humans are Amazing
“There are some things you’d can’t fight with the barrel of a gun. Pandemics are one of them. In times...
29 Aug, 2019
Tapping into People Power
“In times like this, many of us feel powerless to do anything about the political, social, and environmental injustices…” Author:...
8 Jul, 2019
Nonviolence and trust
“This week I joined others from my town in a State Department initiative called City Pair; in this case, “pairing”...
24 May, 2019
The bottom line: Go for the money
“It’s rare to hear business magazines admit the power of nonviolent action…” Author: Rivera Sun Published in: Yolo County Enterprise,...
1 May, 2018
Making Change Nonviolently
“Since Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as president, many Americans have carried out a wide variety of collective nonviolent actions...
11 Jan, 2018
The Year of “Nonviolence or Non-Existence”
“It was early 1968. Since the previous spring Martin Luther King, Jr. had been pursuing a course that for many...
10 Dec, 2017
Leave it on the table again?
““You can’t fight City Hall.” Well…turns out City Hall is a minor obstacle these days. Trump and his autocratic buds...
17 Aug, 2017
Should I go that Neo-Nazi rally to fight back?
“When we hear that the Neo-Nazi movement is coming to our town, most of us naturally feel called—or pushed– to...
24 May, 2017
A Call to Mobilize the Nation over the Next 18 Months
“While the media and the nation sit transfixed over the Trump scandals and attacks on democracy, those of us who...
22 Apr, 2017
Happy Earth Day
“It was 21 years ago today I awoke in the middle of the night, got my co-actor up, then roused...
9 Feb, 2017
Resistance gone mainstream
“When reality show celebrity Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential election, many of us who professionally and passionately work for...