Mainstreaming Nonviolence Toolbox

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Mainstreaming nonviolence is the long-term process of creating a culture of justice, peace and well being for all using tools of nonviolent change.  This blog by Ken Butigan highlights ideas, books, videos, websites, projects, campaigns, organizations and individuals offering new directions for mainstreaming the power of transformative nonviolence.  Click here for more about mainstreaming nonviolence.

April 24, 2010

A Champion of Justice

Remembering Mary Elsbernd


April 7, 2010

Our Most Powerful Language

The power of nonviolence is rooted in the body


March 31, 2010
Learning from César

Nonviolence retreats with Latino youth focused on legacy of United Farm Workers co-founder


March 29, 2010

Contemplating a Nonviolent Culture

Experiments in Nonviolence in the Back of the Yards


March 28, 2010

Transforming the Script

Reframing is important tool for nonviolent change


March 27, 2010

The Perplexing Power of Forgiveness

A tool in the toolbox  for mainstreaming nonviolence


March 26, 2010

Mentoring to Mainstream Nonviolence

A few words can change a life — and change the world


March 25, 2010

Even After All This Time

The heights and depths of the nonviolent life  


March 24, 2010

Archbishop Romero Alive. Again.

El Salvador publicly marks archbishop’s death for first time


March 23, 2010

Chalmers Johnson and the Great Turning

Former cold warrior pulls back curtain on empire


March 22, 2010

Pilgrimage for California’s Future

48 day march seeks to avert disaster in the Golden State


March 21, 2010

Jack Healey and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Veteran campaigner launches new web portal with many tools for human rights


March 20, 2010

The Two Hands of Nonviolence

The creative tension of No and Yes — loving, determined, and relentlessly persistent.


March 19, 2010

The Power and Persistence of Empathy

Is an “empathetic civilization” possible?  This entry highlights a number of recent intriguing studies.


March 18, 2010

Three Great Websites for Nonviolent Change

Check out these powerful resources from WagingNonviolence.org, GodBlesstheWholeWorld.org, and Change.org.


March 17, 2010

A Must See Video!

Cool animated video produced by LA high school students on three key dimensions of nonviolence: respect, compassion, and courage.



Ken Butigan currently serves as the director of Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service.  Since the early 1980s he has worked with numerous social movements, including movements for a nuclear-free future, an end to homelessness, freedom for East Timor, and peace in Central America.  In 2006 he helped found and organize the Declaration of Peace, a nationwide, grassroots nonviolent action campaign for a comprehensive plan for peace in Iraq.  Click here to see all of his blogs.

To see Pace e Bene’s Nonviolent Change 101, click here.

Photo: Anna Graves


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