“Engaging in Nonviolence Training with Veronica Pelicaric”

When the Kootenay Regional United Nations Association agreed to invite Veronica Pelicaric of Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service to facilitate a workshop in nonviolence trainings, they were not sure what sort of an experience in peaceful activism awaited them. Beginning with the circle of prayer formed by the over thirty people present, and the gathering “in spirit” of people who had an impact on their lives, the two-day event on September 30 and October 1 provided a broader understanding of what it means to be engaged in a life of nonviolence, social change, loving relationships, courage sense of interrelatedness and kindness.

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