Meta Peace Team and Pax Christi USA are hosting this timely workshop on how to keep peace at polling places. Register on their site below.

Skills to Defuse Tensions at the Polls

We’re all aware that the run-up to the November presidential elections is becoming very tense.  As concerned citizens who are also committed to nonviolence, we will explore how to creatively and safely grapple with these potential conflicts: What does it mean to be "creatively nonviolent", how are these tools used, and how can good-hearted, well-intentioned individuals disagree yet still live in community together?  

Meta Peace Team and Pax Christi USA are teaming up to offer this practical skills workshop to help ensure a safer voting experience for everyone this Fall.  Our emphasis will be on recognizing potential threats before they erupt, utilizing effective de-escalation language & skills, and basic Bystander Intervention: 

• What do you do when you’re alone and you see someone being harassed?  

• What do you do when that 'someone being harassed' is YOU?

Participants will learn and gain practice in specific skills and tools that are useful both in conflict intervention situations and in daily life.