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2023 Annual Meeting
Center for Nonviolent Solutions Annual MeetingTuesday, May 16, 7:00PMBlessed Sacrament Church, Phelan Center551 Pleasant Street, Worcester CNVS Program Director Claire Schaeffer-Duffy will speak on her recent trip to Ukraine with the Zaporizhzhia Protection Project,...
Critical History of Race
Thursday, February 17 7:00 p.m -Register Here- An award-winning school teacher and an award-winning multimedia artist team up to create an innovative digital platform for teaching the critical history of race in America. Join us for their presentation next week....
At The River I Stand
A Screening of "At the River I Stand" Tuesday, January 18 7:00 p.m -Register Here- Please join us the screening of "At the River I Stand", a documentary about the costs and possibilities of nonviolent struggle. This film reconstructs the two eventful months in 1968...
Andrew Bacevich
An Evening with Andrew Bacevich Historian Andrew J. Bacevich discusses his latest book and his efforts to reconceptualize US foreign policy to better serve both vital American interests and the broader shared interest of creating a more just and peaceful world. 7:00...
Way of Nonviolence: Michael True Annual Lecture
Way of Nonviolence: Michael True Annual Lecture Celebrates the work of Dr. Ira Helfand and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons The global movement to abolish nuclear weapons is growing! Join us for a screening of The Beginning of the End of Nuclear...
Walking Tour
Meet our peacemaking forebearers during a Walking Tour of Worcester's Peace History, Sunday, October 24, 2 p.m. Learn about the strategic peace of Massasoit, Great Sachem of Wampanoag peoples. Listen to a dramatic re-telling of the nonviolent rebellion of 1774. Hear...
Transforming Schools Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution
Transforming Schools Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution: An evening with Robin Wildman, Executive Director of Nonviolent Schools Rhode Island A virtual event that is free and open to the public 7:00 p.m -Register Here- Robin Wildman has been a senior level Kingian...
Youth Peacebuilders
Celebrating Young Peacebuilders: A Series of Short Documentaries about Young People Working for a Better World The world is experiencing a 30-year high in violent conflict. Battle deaths worldwide have increased by 340 percent in the last 10 years. Nearly 70 million...
True Commitments
Center co-founder Michael True was a man of many titles – professor of American Literature, father, writer, and one of Worcester’s most indefatigable peacemakers. During his life, Michael devoted a lot of ink to highlighting the work of nonviolent activists, known and...
Walk with Me
Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer Tuesday, March 23rd at 12:00 PM (Register Here) Author Kate Clifford Larson speaks on her upcoming biography of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer was an extraordinary American activist whose...
Annual Meeting
Center for Nonviolent Solutions Annual Meeting Tuesday, March 30th at 7:00 PM (Register Here) The evening includes a brief review of our 2020 programs and a presentation by Paula Green and Gwen Johnson on Hands Across the Hills: US Dialogues in an Era of Polarization...
Nonviolent Policing
Is Nonviolent Policing Possible? Charles Alphin Sr. a retired police captain and veteran trainer in Kingian Nonviolence thinks so. Join us for an engaging evening on nonviolence and policing. Wednesday, February 24 – 7:00 p.m. Discussion and Q&A to follow. Event...
The Third Harmony
Join us for a Virtual Screening of The Third Harmony, Michael Nagler's outstanding documentary on nonviolence. Wednesday, January 27 Livestream Film Screening at 7:00 PM (Screening Room opens at 6:30 PM) Post-Screening Discussion at 7:50 PM Screening room:...
Michael True’s new memoir available this holiday season
True Commitments, Michael True’s long-awaited memoir is out! Just in time for your holiday gift giving. A professor of literature, author, peace scholar, and committed father, Michael was an irrepressible advocate of nonviolence. Throughout his life, he wrote of poets...
With Appreciation for the Grand Life of Michael True
Dear Friends and Supporters; We will not forget April of 2019, a month that brought the departure of two significant peacemakers here at the Center. On Sunday, April 28, fourteen days after board member Paul Ropp died, Center co-founder Michael True passed away. He...
Remembering Paul Ropp
Dear Friends and Supporters; Those of you who live in Worcester will perhaps have learned by now that Paul Ropp, founding member and former Chair of the Board of Directors at the Center for Nonviolent Solutions died April 14 of metastatic melanoma. His rapid demise...
In Solidarity with Amazon’s Workers
Yesterday we made a post encouraging you to shop on Amazon today during Prime Day to benefit CNVS, ignorant of the workers' strike and the global boycott. We stand in solidarity with the workers, and if you can afford to, we encourage you to avoid shopping on Amazon...
Robert T. Jones Talks on Kingian Nonviolence at Claremont Academy
On a snowy Tuesday in February, high school students at Claremont Academy listened with interest as Mr. Robert T. Jones spoke about his migration from tough Bronx kid to teacher of Kingian nonviolence. The Associate Director of Multicultural Education at the College...
Do Men Need Masculinity, Positive or Otherwise?
Ethan Hoffman, doctoral student of clinical psychology at Clark University, speaks on how men and boys can be more prosocial, and less aggressive, in resolving conflicts. Thursday, February 15 5:30-7:00 p.m. Sahara Restaurant 143 Highland Street,...
Remembering Gene Sharp
Re-posted from David Cortright: Gene Sharp, the pioneering and prolific scholar of Gandhian nonviolence and civil resistance, passed away this week at age 90. His life was dedicated to examining the ways in which nonviolent action achieves political change. While...
Meeting of Peace and Justice
A statewide meeting of Massachusetts peace and justice groups convened on Saturday, February 3, at First Unitarian Church in Worcester. More than 50 people attended the collaborative gathering, including Center board members Paul Ropp and Christine Johnson...
Brian Leonard Reflects on Social Justice Happy Hour
Here's a report from Brian Leonard, who shared with us at the October 19th Social Justice Happy Hour his experiment with peace practices in his public school classroom: About 15-20 people attended the Social Justice Forum at the Sahara Restaurant, which offered the...
Peer Mediation Launch
Peer mediation kicked off at Claremont Academy on Thursday, October 19 with some fun roleplay activities and a Q&A with our peer mediators!
Empowering Our Youth with Kingian Nonviolence
Join us for the first Social Justice Happy Hour of 2018. Thursday, January 18 5:30-7:00 p.m. Sahara Restaurant 143 Highland Street, Worcester, MA Appetizers are on us. So come get inspired and network with other peace educators. Background: Mr. Robert T....