Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun
As the death toll in Gaza passes 7,000 – including 3,000 children – actions to stop the genocide of Palestinians are escalating worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating across Indonesia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia, Chile and beyond. Mass actions have taken place throughout Europe (including among European Jews) calling for an immediate ceasefire. College students at 100 campuses across the United States walked out of class in protest of the ongoing assault. Palestine Action is holding direct actions at Israeli weapons manufacturers. Palestinian trade unions issued a call for international solidarity among workers – and workers are responding. Kids on the Lego-like virtual world of Roblox are even holding demonstrations with their avatars.
There are also many reports of censorship and repression of pro-Palestinian actions, including in India, where pro-Israeli demonstrations are proceeding but pro-Palestinian rallies are being broken up by police. France banned pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the outset of Israel’s counterattack. One media giant pressured the editors in its conglomerate network to downplay Palestinian deaths. It is possible that Israel deliberately targeted the family of Al Jazeera‘s Arabic bureau chief. And #StarLink4Gaza trended on X (Twitter) as users managed to pressure Elon Musk into including humanitarian aid groups on StarLink to break the social media and communications blackout in Gaza.
While this crisis continues to hold the world’s attention (and rightly so), other significant struggles continue. A group of 57 activists condemned the calls for war with Iran issued by US politicians. Over 100 Nigerian women protested for peace and the end of an armed militia’s occupation of their region. The families of active duty Ukrainian soldiers held rallies calling on the government to pass a law that would demobilize active duty personnel after 18 months. Icelandic women held a general strike, harkening back to their historic 1975 “Women’s Day Off” that made them the world’s leader in gender equality while refusing to rest on any laurels as they pursue full equality.
In more Nonviolence News, Las Vegas culinary workers were arrested while protesting for better wages on the Vegas Strip. The United Autoworkers have reached a tentative agreement. LA hotel workers have achieved an agreement with a third hotel as they push for significant changes at 47 more. Around 200,000 people turned out for the Orlando Pride March, taking a firm stand as their right-wing officials continue to promote and pass anti-LGBTQ laws. Last week, we shared a story about Columbus, OH, canceling medical debt. This week, we’re celebrating the $10 million in student debt canceled by the Debt Collective.
We also have a number of stories that share important wisdom and knowledge, including pieces on nonviolent change movements in Latin America, mutual aid and the movement to Stop Cop City, and how climate activists won the climate corps. You can also read tips on how to stay safer at protests and learning some key take-away lessons from successful campaigns.
Knowledge is power. Let’s use it.
In solidarity,
Rivera Sun
Photo Credit: A pro-Palestinian sit-in protest in Turkey.
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Debt Activists Buy $10 Million of Student Debt For $125K And Canceled It All: Debt activists have bought out the student debt balances held by nearly all of the attendees of a historically Black college for a penny on the dollar — and canceled it entirely. On Monday, a debtors’ union called the Debt Collective announced that, in collaboration with its sister organization, the Rolling Jubilee Fund, it had bought nearly $10 million of debt in collections from Morehouse College for a mere $125,000, or a little more than a penny on the dollar. Read more>>
UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement With Ford: The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly 6-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers. “We told Ford to pony up, and they did,” President Shawn Fain said in a video address to members. “We won things no one thought possible.” He added that Ford put 50% more money on the table than it did before the strike started on Sept. 15. Read more>>
Climate Campaigners Celebrate Cancellation of Multistate Carbon Capture Pipeline: “Cause of death: citizen activism informed by science.” Climate action advocates and scientists joined residents of five Midwestern states in applauding Friday after a Nebraska firm canceled plans to build a carbon pipeline, following outcry from the public and opponents of “dangerous, wasteful” carbon capture schemes. Read more>>
Loophole Closed To Protect Workers: Giant companies like Amazon and McDonalds can’t hide behind loopholes, contractors and franchisees to exploit workers anymore. The NLRB just finalized a new ‘joint-employer’ rule that says corporations are responsible for workers employed by contractors. Read more>>
US Unions Winning Big Gains Amid ‘Great Reset’ in Worker Power: Increased militancy after pandemic sacrifices and tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year. Across the US, labor unions are winning surprisingly large contract settlements as workers have reset their expectations to demand considerably more than they did just a few years ago, and that has in turn pressured many corporations to reset – and increase – the pay packages they are giving in union contracts. Read more>>
California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers: With a recent grant from the state of California, Ujamaa Farmer Collective hopes to provide farmers of color with land to start or grow farming businesses. After persistent advocacy efforts by agriculture groups, the California legislature allotted a $1.25 million grant in 2022 to Ujamaa for the purchase of a medium-sized plot of land in Yolo County. The deed secures the tenure for multiple farms to operate on individual plots ranging in size from half an acre to 5 acres, each with a voice in collective governance and access to shared resources. Read more>>
City Poised To Give People “The Right To Grow”: The town of Hull looks set to become the first UK city to give people the “right to grow” food on disused council land. Council bosses say the move would bring communities together, reduce antisocial behaviour and make places look better, as well as put quality food on dinner plates. Read more>>
LA Hotel Workers Win Agreement At 3rd Hotel: Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hotel workers in Southern California who have been striking on and off for nearly four months, said it has reached a tentative agreement with Loews Hollywood. The deal came as workers at five properties scattered across Pasadena, Long Beach, San Pedro and Dana Point walked off the job Monday, kicking off the latest burst of strikes. Read more>>
Scholastic Ends Policy Allowing Schools To Opt Out of LGBTQ+ & BIPOC Books: The publisher Scholastic recently sent a letter to children’s book authors and illustrators announcing that it will end its policy of allowing schools to opt out of offering “diverse” books on racial and LGBTQ+ issues at its school book fairs. “We recognize and acknowledge the pain we caused,” the company wrote. Read more>>
Editor’s Note: Protests and other actions pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza and to stop the extreme violence toward Palestinians have been happening around the world. You’ll find many articles in this section, and more in the “Peace Section” below.
Gaza: 100 Colleges Walk Out Calling for Israel Ceasefire: Students are walking out today to protest for university divestment from arms manufacturers over Israel’s warfare on Gaza. College students at more than 100 campuses across the country plan to walk out today to protest for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their universities to sever their close ties to arms manufacturers providing Israel with its weapons, like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon. Read more>>
Sick and Tired of Industry Greed, Activists Across US Target For-Profit Health Insurers: “I’m tired of insurance companies putting profit over people,” said one activist at a Chicago rally. Pushing back against insurers’ annual denial of nearly a quarter-billion healthcare claims or pre-authorization requests, activists rallied in more than a dozen U.S. cities on Wednesday to demand “an end to private health insurance industry greed so people can get the care they need when they need it.” Read more>>
Four Citizen-Led Campaigns Promoting Mental Health Awareness In Africa and India: Over the past year, four citizen-led digital campaigns have gained momentum in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and India, as they seek to provide mental health care for all citizens. Here are the stories behind the citizens leading them. Read more>>
Muslims Protest Around the World To Demand End To Gaza Siege: Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Thousands are turning out in each city. Read more>>
Palestine Action Launches Us Campaign To Stop Israeli Genocide of Palestine: Palestine Action US will shut down weapons companies in the US that are arming Israel’s genocide of Palestine. Activists blockaded Elbit’s main entrance so their employees could not enter, and drenched the building with red paint and graffiti, exposing Elbit for profiteering from Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. Read more>>
‘Not In My Name’: The European Jews Condemning Israel’s War On Gaza: From Glasgow to London to Barcelona, many Jewish protesters take on abuse to join pro-Palestinian rallies. Read more>>
Families of Israeli Hostages Demonstrate For Their Release: ‘I want him back’: Families of Israeli hostages demand government save them. Demonstrations held by the families of those held by Hamas continue to pressure the government to secure their release. Read more>>
India Cracks Down On Palestine Solidarity But Allows Pro-Israel Rallies: India, the first non-Arab country to recognize the PLO in the 1970s, is now seen closer to Israel and its biggest benefactor, the United States. Activists demonstrating against Israeli siege of Gaza are seeing the results of that shift. Read more>>
Tens of Thousands London Protesters March For Palestinians: Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through a rainy London to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza, and similar calls were heard in cities around the world. Read more>>
US Protests Intensify As Gaza Death Toll Cross 5,000: Editor’s Note: The death toll has now surpassed 7,000. From Minneapolis to New Orleans, from San Francisco and Denver to Philadelphia and Skokie, Illinois, thousands of people in the United States are taking to the streets and calling for an emergency ceasefire as horrifying images and reports of widespread civilian suffering and death continue to emerge from Gaza. Read more>>
NYC Cultural Center Staff Resign After Acclaimed Author’s Event Canceled For Supporting Palestinians: Staff from The 92nd Street Y, New York are resigning, after the storied cultural hub abruptly halted a scheduled reading by Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. Earlier in the week, Nguyen joined more than 700 other writers in signing an open letter published in the in the London Review of Books calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Read more>>
Dozens of Las Vegas Culinary Union Members Arrested On Strip: Members of the Las Vegas Culinary Union blocked traffic on the Strip during a rally. Police say it was a peaceful protest. Thousands of hotel workers fighting for new union contracts rallied on the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday evening, halting rush-hour traffic before dozens were arrested for sitting in the street. The stepped-up labor unrest aimed to draw attention to negotiations with three major casino companies. Read more>>
Hotel Workers Union Holds Massive Rally In Downtown LA: Striking hotel workers and their supporters, numbering in the thousands, marched through downtown Los Angeles Wednesday in the union’s largest single-day labor action since rotating work stoppages began in early July. Read more>>
6,800 Stellantis Employees Picket Truck Facility: The United Auto Workers union sent 6,800 Stellantis employees to the picket line Monday morning in a surprise, targeted strike at the company’s Ram truck facility. The Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is Stellantis’ “largest plant and biggest moneymaker,” UAW said in a statement. Read more>>
After GM Boasts Higher Revenue, Auto Workers Strike Its Cash Cow: General Motors CEO Mary Barra started her day boasting to company investors how much car sales and revenues have recently climbed. Two hours later, Auto Workers reminded her who made those revenues happen. The Auto Workers (UAW) struck GM’s most profitable plant, the massive Arlington Assembly, just outside Dallas. Read more>>
To Fix Short-Staffing, Striking Healthcare Workers Demand Raised Wages: One of the largest non-nurse health care strikes in Pacific Northwest history began at 6:30 a.m. this morning, shedding light on skilled workers who often get overlooked. We’re demanding that PeaceHealth, a Jesuit-run health system, raise wages and fix critically short staffing—two issues that are closely related. Read more>>
‘Defend the Sacred’ Rally At Alaska Federation of Natives In Anchorage: A large crowd gathered and rallied outside the Annual Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention Thursday afternoon around a large hand-painted banner that read “Defend the Sacred: Extraction is NOT our way of life”. Read more>>
131 Companies Push For Timeline To Ditch Fossil Fuels Ahead of COP28: A letter from 131 companies, including Volvo, Heineken and IKEA, urges world leaders to agree on a timeline to stop using fossil fuels at the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference next month in Dubai. Read more>>
Climate Defiance Grills Rahm Emanuel Over Massive LNG Project: “We just profoundly disrupted Ambassador Rahm Emanuel. This climate criminal pushed through the Alaska LNG project, whose climate impact is 10 times larger than Willow. Our planet is burning. Rahm is throwing literal gas on the flames. Hell no.” Read more>>
This Car-Free Michigan Island Is Leading on Composting: The isolated, vehicle-free Great Lakes community has a lot to teach other communities about managing food waste. Read more>>
Iceland’s Prime Minister Joins Thousands of Women On Strike: Thousands of women across Iceland – including the prime minister – went on strike Tuesday as part of a campaign pushing for greater gender equality in the country. The strike, known as the “Women’s Day Off” or “Kvennafrí” in Icelandic, was organized to raise awareness about the “systemic” wage discrimination and gender-based violence faced by women in Iceland, according to organizers. Read more>>
200K People Join Orlando Pride March: Over 200,000 people showed up for Orlando Pride over the weekend, as an 11-year-old transgender girl led the parade as Grand Marshal. The event was seen as a way to push back against Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ (R) ongoing campaign of discrimination and persecution of the LGBTQ+ community. Read more>>
Activists Turn Backs On US Officials At UN-Backed Human Rights Review: Dozens of U.S. activists who champion LGBTQ, indigenous and reproductive rights and who campaign against discrimination turned their backs Wednesday in a silent protest against what they called insufficient U.S. government responses to their human rights concerns. The protesters, who came from places as diverse as Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and beyond, led the demonstration before the independent Human Rights Committee as U.S. Ambassador Michele Taylor wrapped up a two-day hearing on the United States. Read more>>
Women, Life, Freedom! Iranian Electronic Musicians Reflect On a Year of Protest: More than a year has now passed since the mass Iranian women’s protests erupted, and the ubiquitous chants of “Zan, Zendegi, Azadi” (meaning “woman, life, freedom” in Persian) have seeped from the streets of Iran into the works of female Iranian electronic artists – literally so in the case of Azadi.MP3, whose track Empty Platform is filled with chants of those protests alongside heavily percussive beats. Read more>>
Unions And Workers Increasingly Demand Ceasefire & End To Gaza Siege: While many union members and other workers are worried and horrified at the mounting war in Israel and occupied Palestine, U.S. unions so far have mostly remained silent. But workers are speaking up and organizing with their coworkers to push their unions on the side of peace and justice. “The rising escalation of war and arms sales doesn’t serve the interests of workers anywhere.” Read more>>
57 Activists Decry Calls For War With Iran: Dozens of Iranian human rights activists, including the husband of jailed 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, released a joint statement condemning recent calls for war against Iran, warning that a military attack on their country would undermine “the legitimate struggle of the Iranian people for democracy and peace.” The 57 activists published their statement as politicians in the United States, Europe, and Israel continued to lash out at Iran in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, claiming without evidence that Tehran was involved in planning the assault and—in some cases—pushing for a military response. Read more>>
Nigerian Women Protest Invasion of the Community: More than 100 women protested the military group, the Lion’s Squad, which has invaded and taken over their oil-rich area of Nigeria after abducting the traditional leader two years ago. Read more>>
Ukrainian Women & Children Call For Demilitarization Of Active Duty Soldiers: Calling for other Ukrainians to step up, the families of active duty military personnel called for the Ukrainian government to pass a law demobilizing soldiers after 18 months. Read more>>
Europe Rallies In Solidarity With Palestine: People across Europe have mobilized in solidarity with Palestine – and in defiance of their governments’ support for Israel. As bombing of Gaza by Israel continues for the second week without any pause, the people across Europe stepped up their solidarity initiatives with the people of Palestine and condemned the European states’ support of the war crimes committed by the apartheid regime in Israel. Read more>>
Activists Cover Weapons Makers Facility With “Blood” Splatter: Activists just covered the entrance to a Toronto weapons facility with ‘blood splatters’. L3HarrisTech makes vital components for many of the weapons systems used by the Israeli military, including the air-to-ground bombs falling on Gaza right now. #StopArmingIsrael. Read more>>
Thousands Demonstrate In Chile For Palestine: Chileans have been gathering in the thousands in the capital Santiago to raise money for Palestinians and protest against the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza. Read more>>
Anti-War Conference Discusses Campaign Against AUKUS And Militarism: The Australia-United States military alliance and the complexities of building an anti-war movement were discussed at the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition conference at the Redfern Town Hall on October 22. Read more>>
Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett and More Stars Demand Joe Biden Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire: ‘Compassion Must Prevail’. A group of 55 prominent artists and advocates in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden, urging for a call for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. Read more>>
Palestinian Trade Unions Call for an End to Arming Israel: As Israel escalates its military campaign, Palestinian trade unions call on their counterparts internationally to halt the arms trade with Israel. Read more>>
Finding Ways To Live — Even When Surrounded By Death: Middle East Children’s Alliance Executive Director Zeiad Shamrouch discusses the assault on Gaza and shares stories from friends on the ground. Read more>>
Kids On Roblox Host Protests For Palestine: In the Lego-like world of Roblox, about a hundred blocky avatars march through a lamplit street, wielding Palestine flags that are larger than their own animated bodies. It’s an unexpected demonstration to find within a children’s game, but the larger a platform grows, the more it imitates the outside world. Read more>>
A Network Is Born. The Undeniable Network. They’re taking on animation, documentaries, explainers, sketch comedy, interviews, comic books, music, and more: Anything to move people towards demanding a future where Earth’s physical and biological systems haven’t totally collapsed and organized human life is made close to impossible for what might as well be eternity. Play the trailer and see. Watch here>>
The Great Amazon Heist Takes the Piss Out of a Terrible Company: In his new special taking on Amazon, prankster Oobah Butler gets a job at a fulfillment center, films the brutal working conditions, and sells a drink made of Amazon drivers’ pee on the company’s platform. Amazon isn’t happy with his work. Read more>>
Pray In At US House Minority Leader’s Office: A group of around 40 faith leaders calling for an immediate cease-fire led a Tuesday afternoon pray-in at the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith leaders and activists occupied the New York Democrat’s office. Read more>>
Designing Peace Virtual Show & Museum Exhibit Envisions A World of Possibility: Cynthia Smith is the Curator for Socially Responsible Design at the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City. She spent five years creating the remarkable exhibition Designing Peace, which includes 40 design proposals, initiatives and interventions from 25 countries, including maps, images, textiles, video games and film. From a teeter-totter installed on the US-Mexico border fence to a crowd-sourced reimagining of war-damaged Damascus, the works in Designing Peace, coupled with Smith’s vision, present a world of possibility. Explore the virtual exhibit here and listen to the interview here>>
“Prison Itself Is Censorship”: Mariame Kaba On the Freedom to Read: 52 years after the Attica uprising, a new exhibit closing this week by the author of “We Do This ’Til We Free Us” explores carceral book bans. Read more>>
Nonviolent Social Change Movements In Latin America: Listen to this interview on the numerous examples of nonviolent movements in Latin America at the local and national levels, from communities declaring themselves “peace zones” in Colombia to worker “slowdown” strikes in Chile under Pinochet. They emphasize being creative with tactics like strikes, boycotts, protests, using art and music, and leveraging media and communication. Listen here>>
Mutual Aid And The Movement To Stop Cop City: On August 29, 2023, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr filed an indictment against 61 members of the movement to Defend the Atlanta Forest and Stop Cop City. The indictment alleges a vast criminal conspiracy on the part of the activists. In the case of the Stop Cop City indictment, Carr is fabricating an outrageous narrative that people engaged in a campaign to stop an unpopular police expansion project are actually a criminal conspiracy, and, therefore, every time they buy food, put up a tent or make a flier, it is a crime. Read more>>
How Climate Activists Won The American Climate Corps: Sunrise Movement co-founder Evan Weber discusses the years of Green New Deal organizing that led to the landmark new jobs program to address the climate crisis. Read more>>
The Commons Is An Antidote To the Crisis Of Capitalism: Building on a recent interview with climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann where he talked about the severity of the climate crisis and the urgent necessity of action, Clearing the FOG Radio speaks with David Bollier of the Schumacher Center for a New Economy about the paradigm-shifting concept of The Commons. Read more>>
How To Stay Safer At a Protest: Taking part in a protest is one way we can speak out for peace and justice, but there can be risks involved. Use this guide to plan ahead and get tips on how to keep yourself and others safe. Read more>>
Learning From Victories: On any movement’s path to achieving a goal, there are setbacks and losses along the way. Sometimes we activists focus on the setbacks and losses more than our progress, lessons learned or victories. Here’s what we can learn from all of it. Read more>>
Do Shaming Campaigns Work As A Human Rights Tool? Raising awareness about abuses and shaming human rights abusers is an effective advocacy method, but it must be used preventatively. Read more>>
The Whole Worker Method Of Labor Organizing: Jane McAlevey, one of the nation’s preëminent labor organizers and strategists, developed a labor organizing strategy twenty-some years ago known as the “whole worker” method. In the nineties, a lack of affordable housing in Stamford—located in one of the wealthiest counties in the country—overshadowed nearly every other issue on workers’ minds. This was not a problem that could be solved by unions alone, but unions, if strategically harnessed, had the horsepower to fight it. Read more>>
3 Key Insights For Building a Powerful and Loving Movement Against Oppression In Palestine-Israel: In a destabilizing moment like this, we need time-tested strategies and tactics that can help guide effective action. Read more>>
How Jewish Nonviolence Can Help Guide the Path Forward On Israel-Palestine: As a rabbi committed to the practice of Jewish nonviolence, I know a long road of reparative action stretches before us. But it’s the only way. Read more>>
Get On The Bus! National March On Washington For Palestine: Tens of thousands people from every corner of the United States are converging for a truly massive National March on Washington D.C. on Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. at Freedom Plaza. Now is the time to stand with the besieged people of Palestine! Israel, with the full backing of the U.S. government, is carrying out an unprecedented massacre in Gaza. (Nov 4) Learn more>>
After Lewiston Mass Shooting, Tell Congress To Ban Automatic Assault Weapons: There’s often a common thread in mass shootings, and the tragedy in Lewiston, ME, is no different: The shooting turned as deadly as it did because of an assault weapon—a weapon invented for use on the battlefield, designed to kill as many people as possible as quickly as possible. Tell Congress to prioritize public safety. Take action and save lives by reinstating the bipartisan Assault Weapons Ban. Take action>>
Free, Downloadable Posters For Palestine Protests: If you’re joining a protest in support of people in Gaza, you can download these free posters to take with you. Learn more>>
Tell Canada: Stop Arming Israel: As we mourn the thousands of people in Israel and Palestine who have been killed in the past few weeks we refuse to stand by and allow the only true winners in war — the weapons manufacturers — to continue to arm and profit off of it. Canada exported over $21 million in military goods to Israel in 2022, including over $3 million in bombs, torpedoes, missiles, and other explosives. Weapons companies across Canada are making a fortune off the carnage in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. This is a call to action. It’s time to stop letting these weapons companies profit off of the massacre of thousands of Palestinians. Learn more>>
Tell Biden: No Federal Contracts For Companies With Excessive CEO Pay: The CEOs of the Big 3 automakers each made more than $20 million last year – hundreds of times more than typical auto workers. They’ve also spent billions of dollars on stock buybacks, a maneuver that artificially inflates their own paychecks. Even while the strike goes on, President Biden can support workers at the Big 3, as well as other large corporations, by pressuring all federal contractors to reduce the gap between worker and CEO pay. Tell President Biden: no federal contracts for companies with excessive CEO pay! Learn more>>
Shut Down DAPL, Once And For All: Continue the fight to #EndFossilFuels by demanding that the Dakota Access Pipeline is shut down once and for all! The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a risky oil pipeline that threatens drinking water for millions of people when it spills. It was built without adequate Tribal consultation with the Standing Rock Sioux and the Cheyenne River Sioux, and the oil it transports will continue to drive our worsening climate emergency. Use this toolkit to submit a public comment. Learn more>>
Tell Congress: Ceasefire in Gaza Now – Open a Pathway to Humanitarian Aid: Gaza, an open-air prison, under blockade and siege for 16 years, is at a breaking point. Medical personnel and aid workers are facing huge barriers to delivering desperately needed supplies to the over two million who are trapped there. Israel has cut off lifelines of electricity, water, and food and now Gaza is out of fuel. Call for a ceasefire now. We need a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to protect civilian lives. Read more>>
Foundations of Nonviolence with Ela Gandhi: Join Ela Gandhi for a four-week Zoom course exploring the foundations of nonviolence, including constructive program, cultivating a nonviolent approach to conflict resolution, reconciliation, restorative justice, and more. (Fridays in Nov) Read more>>
Engaging Nonviolence Online Course: Join Rivera Sun and Ken Butigan in this 6-week series exploring transformational nonviolence for personal growth, healthy relationships, and a more just and peaceful world. Together, we’ll plumb the power of nonviolence as a way of life, a set of principles, a collection of practices for navigating conflict, and a toolbox for making change. (Starts Nov 6) Learn more>>
Teach-in Trainings For Native Knowledge 360: A day of online conversation, curriculum highlights, workshops, and idea exchange — preceded by a short keynote presentation. Teachers select two workshop breakout sessions that include relevant and resource-rich training experiences to support effective use of American Indian-focused classroom lessons, and resources from Teaching for Change and NMAI. (Nov 4) Learn more>>
Apache Stronghold Day of Prayer: A Resolution Copper mine threatens to destroy Oak Flat. From the beginning of time, Apache Stronghold has grounded their resistance in the strength of their religious practice and spiritual relationship with the land. Apache Stronghold asks people of other faiths to join them in this spiritual struggle. On November 4, Apache Stronghold will amplify these intercessions into a prayer-rising for the preservation of Oak Flat. (Nov 4) Learn more>>
2-Hr Intro To Kingian Nonviolence: On November 6 at 4pm ET, there will be a 2-Hour Intro to Kingian Nonviolence. Register to meet others interested in Kingian Nonviolence, build Beloved Community, and connect with On Earth Peace’s Kingian Nonviolence Learning Action Community. (Nov 6) Learn more>>
Global Day of Action For #NuclearBan: As governments, experts and campaigners get ready for a week of building on the treaty banning nuclear weapons in #NYC, join the int’l day of action on Nov 26 to call for an end to nuclear weapons and bring attention to the #NuclearBan! Learn more>>
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