Vigils, Protests, Poetry, and Gatherings for Nonviolence Across the Country

More updates are coming in from organizers who have found a way to keep the Week of Actions engaging this year. There’s still more planned for this week, so don’t forget to check the actions list to find something you can join in this weekend, with plenty you can participate in from the comfort of your home!

Linda O'Hara-Scott of Eureka, CA shares, “Kunle Community, an alternative mental health organization, and WILPF, a international organization calling for peace and justice, sponsored an event with guest speaker, Roy King and his talk on Peace; poets Galeladi Runningbrook, Steve Cavin, Kate Hitt, Lori Cole, Greg Downing, Steven Bridenbaugh, and Rachel Jacobs; and musicians Raging Grannies, Benjamin Mertz, Valetta Molofsky and the HC Spiritual Singers, Angel Fargas, Marla Joy, Steve Cavin, and Adrianne Werren.”

Check out more from those featured in Eureka below:

Bob Graf from Milwaukee tells us, “Marquette University is a Jesuit Catholic University that hosts Three Departments of Military Science for the Pentagon for all schools in Southeastern Wisconsin. These departments teach war and killing, reflexive killing, or killing without conscience. For example, the Department of Army manual states that Army values are superior and a priority over any personal, moral, or religious vales. After our protest we joined a much larger Black Lives Matter of Marquette Students. Marquette and Notre Dame Teach War and Killing. See more at: http://www.nonviolentworm.org/TeachWarNoMore/40YearHistoryOfNonviolentResistanceToMilitaryAtMarquette.”

Julia Occhiogrosso of Las Vegas says, “We held a vigil for an hour in front of the Federal Building and gave out brochures about Campaign Nonviolence and then took a group photo in front of Las Vegas sign.”

Morro Bay, part of our Nonviolent Cities project, has been releasing a new video every day. Check it out below.

Fixing broken systems of violence is like taking care of an illness. In this video Reverend Paula Hulet takes us through the steps to fix our broken systems ...