articlesHere we have archived articles we use as workshop resources. They look at nonviolence from a wide range of perspectives and include some more challenging arguments that may help us to deepen our understanding. Whether they are from years past or more recent, all embody a timeless message of nonviolent social change and offer us inspiration and guidance.
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Stages of Community-MakingThis article is a basic primer about the ebb and flow of a group of people establishing themselves as a community. The psychiatrist-author Scott Peck was particularly keen about the relationship between religion, science and psychology. If you're interested in community and groups and unfamiliar with Scott Peck's work, it probably won't be the last article of his you read. Document archived here.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible KnapsackIs racism the result of individual acts of meanness or an invisible system of privilege? A combination of both? Or something else? Professor Peggy McIntosh explores unacknowledged privilege as a system of domination. Document archived here. That's how I like to see a woman'That's how I like to see a woman' is an essay excerpted from Sue Monk Kidd's book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter. It recounts a moving encounter between mother, daughter and two men in a centuries old tussle over self-definition, empowerment and justice. Document archived here. |