Pages tagged "nonviolent communication"

A Brief History of Friends Peace Teams

• Authored by:
• Val Liveoak

Val Liveoak recently shared with Western Friend the text of her keynote presentation to 2018 PeaceQuest, which is online at: westernfriend.org/media/friends-peace-teams-our-history. The following is a compilation of some excerpts from that text.

On Weapons (January 2019)

Beyond Enemy Thinking

• Authored by:
• Meagan Fischer

I want to start by distancing myself from the concept of objectivity, as any good feminist would – that is, I want to start by naming my point of view. I choose to focus on certain themes, movements, and social actors because I come from a working class background in the United States. I began developing an anarchist, anti-capitalist philosophy at an early age. I now identify as queer, though I have not always felt welcome in LGBT spaces due to my sense of “not being gay enough.” I have many friends and associates who are transgender, and I consider myself gender-fluid.

On Expansion (May 2018)

Beyond Red and Blue

• Authored by:
• Judy Leshefka

The creatures in the ocean were dying. An old woman sneaked up to the shoreline and quietly picked up a few emaciated fish – red ones and blue ones. She put them in her pockets and took them away. She nurtured them back to health in a clean pond where they thrived and propagated. When she had a large number of each, she took them back to the sea. Everything turned purple and flourished.

On Expansion (May 2018)

Conflict in Quaker Meetings, Resources (library item)

Finding Truth in Fiction (library item)

Five Habits of the Heart (library item)

Friends Peace Teams - Our History (library item)

Growing into the Light

• Authored by:
• Daniel Clarke Flynn

Is youth “wasted on the young,” as some have said? No, it is not. I have learned through my experience and that of others that we carry our youthful amazement within us all our life. It simply gets buried under our adult concerns.

On Normality (July 2022)

Holding the Light to Change Torture (library item)

Next Gen Politics Meets Compassionate Listening (news item)