Walking Tour of Worcester's Peace History
2023-10-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
This unique tour celebrates some of the city’s many peacemaking forebearers. Come learn about the strategic peace of Massasoit, Great Sachem of Wampanoag peoples. Meet the Black laborer whose case ended slavery in Massachusetts. Hear the stirring speeches of abolitionists and advocates for the rights of women and immigrants. Dramatic re-enactments and audience participation make for a lively as well as informative tour along Worcesters’ Main Street. Walk starts at Lincoln Square and finishes at City Hall. Approximately 1.5 hours. Comfortable walking footwear recommend. Parking available in lot across from Worcester Auditorium.
Program is free, but donations are gratefully accepted.

Versus Violence Gaza Poets Society Fundraiser and Reading
2025-09-22 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for a communal reading of poetry from Gaza.
Monday, September 22: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Peace Park located at the corner of Pleasant Street and Winslow Streets, Worcester, MA
Rain venue: Phelan Center/Blessed Sacrament Church 551 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA

Register here

Which Risks? What Threat? Nuclear Weapons 80 Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2025-09-23 16:30 - 18:00
With tensions heightening across the world, nuclear weapons are no longer a Cold War relic. Come hear a distinguished panel of experts speak about nuclear-affected communities, the gendered consequences of nuclear weapons, and the path forward in our nuclear threatened world. 4:30 p.m. Rehm Library, Smith Hall, College of the Holy Cross.

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Peace Meal - Way of Nonviolence Fall Fundraiser
2025-09-25 18:00 - 20:00
Air Force C.O. Joy Metzler is the featured speaker at the Center for Nonviolent Solutions fall fundraiser. Join us for a Peace Meal, music, and Joy’s inspiring story of resistance to US support for the Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Phelan Center, Blessed Sacrament Church 551 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA
$25.00 requested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. Tickets available here

Readings from Block Island: Poems, Photos and Letters by Dan Berrigan
2025-10-09 18:30 - 20:00
Join us for a celebration of Block Island a new collection of poems, photos and letters by Daniel Berrigan, American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, pacifist, and writer.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Salisbury House/61 Harvard Street, Worcester, MA
Free and open to the public

Live Webinar: Sumud at Sea; Brothers' Bold Stand with the Gaza Flotilla
2025-10-20 19:00 - 20:00
Sumud at Sea: Brother’s Bold Stand with the Gaza Flotilla

Dive into the Global Sumud Flotilla—a historic mission of 42 vessels from around the world, defying Israel’s siege on Gaza to deliver vital humanitarian aid and demand justice. Learn from the raw, firsthand accounts of its courageous crew, whose voyage ended in interception, arrest, and imprisonment by Israeli forces.
Featuring Adnaan and Tor Stumo– Brothers. Massachusetts natives. In this riveting webinar, hear their gripping personal stories and hard-won wisdom. Walk away inspired and empowered with real ways you can keep changing the world. Don’t miss this powerful conversation.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y7rPzrPjROGHdlxRXOMz5A

Open Call for Peaceful Futures Exhibit - Send us Your Artwork
2025-11-14 - 2025-12-06
Open Call: Peaceful Futures
Lee Mingwei’s Our Peaceable Kingdom exhibition (on view through Feb 1) at the Worcester Art Museum showcases multiple visual responses to Edward Hicks’ painting of similar name, asking the question, “What is peace?”. Our thought partner, the Center for Nonviolent Solutions, has worked to provide education and resources that help the Worcester community reject the use of violence for resolving conflict and understand nonviolence and peacemaking as a way of life. In the spirit of envisioning and creating a safe, healthy future, both organizations invite you to share your visual interpretation of the question, “What does peace look like in your community?”
The Center is very pleased to offer this opportunity in collaboration with the Worcester Art Museum where Peaceful Futures will exhibit. The art show opens December 10 and closes February 20th, 2026 with a reception on February 7th, 2-4 p.m. All works for the exhibit must be submitted to the Worcester Art Museum no later than December 6. Open to artists of all ages. Show us what your vision of peace looks like. Details in link provided below.
LEARN MORE & SUBMIT YOUR ART
(Above: The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, 1934.65)

The Military-Industrial-Complex and Climate Apartheid - Talk at Clark University
2025-11-19 16:00 - 18:00
Free and open to the public. Fireside Lounge/Dana Commons
Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA
Organized by Peace and Conflict Studies at Clark University

A New Policy for Israel/Palestine -Webinar with Josh Paul
2026-01-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online, Online
What will it take to advance a more just US policy in the Middle East? Former US State Department official Josh Paul tackles this and other questions in an informative webinar that includes an overview of the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as a brief examination of US policies in the region -the legal questions raised and their real-world humanitarian and political consequences. Q&A with Mr. Josh to follow.
Sponsored by the Center for Nonviolent Solutions and the Community Alliance for Peace and Justice.
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Justice Sing!
2026-01-21 18:30 - 20:00 | YWCA, 1 Salem Street, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
Join us for the first of our monthly community sing-alongs of songs for peace and justice. You bring your voice; we will provide the words and the music. Singers of all ages and ability welcome.
January 21: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Board Room of the YWCA
1 Salem St. Worcester, MA 01608

Communal Reading of Text by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Major Taylor Museum, 2 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
Join us for a communal reading of a text by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of America’s most astute and courageous nonviolent leaders. Text to be decided. The evening will include refreshments and a few songs from the civil rights struggle. All ages welcome.
Thursday, January 22, 7:00 p.m.
Major Taylor Museum
2 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608

Open Sing with Peace Choir Worcester
2026-02-27 18:30
Friday, February 27, 6:30 p.m.
Open Sing with Peace Choir Worcester
YWCA, 1 Salem St. Worcester, MA
Lift your voice with others in songs of peace, justice, and hope. This welcoming community sing celebrates music that unites us and honors our shared humanity. All voices welcome. No experience needed. Hosted by the Center for Nonviolent Solutions and the YWCA of Central Mass.

Community Screening of A House of Dynamite
2026-03-02 19:00
Join us for a free community screening of A House of Dynamite, a political thriller from Academy-award winning director Kathryn Bigelow.
When a single unattributed missile is launched at the United State, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Monday, March 2, 7:00 p.m.
Eager Auditorium (Rm. 146) Sullivan Academic Center
Worcester State University
486 Chandler St. , Worcester, MA 01602
Q&A to follow the film, the second in our film series – Nuclear War is Bad For. . . Join us the last Monday of every month as we view then discuss movies about nuclear war and its prevention:
March 30th – Dr. Strangelove
April 27th – The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons (documentary)
All films shown free at the Eager Auditorium

Rally to call on the US to Negotiate Peace in Ukraine and Extend the START Treaty
2026-02-24 15:00 - 16:00
Tuesday, February 24: 3-4 pm.
Rally to call on the US to Negotiate Peace in Ukraine and Extend the START Treaty
Lincoln Square, downtown Worcester
February 24th marks the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine. As the war grinds on it risks leading to a confrontation between US/NATO and Russia that could become nuclear. This month, START, the one remaining nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia, expired. Please join Worcester peace people and activists across the state as they call on the US Congress and Trump administration to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine and extend the START Treaty. Organized by the Ukraine Campaign of Massachusetts Peace Action.

Peace in Worcester: Our History
2026-02-26 18:00 | https://www.worcesterhistory.org/, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, MA, 01609, United States
Thursday, February 26, 6:00 p.m.
Peace in Worcester: Our History
An Evening of dialogue and a screening of the award-winning documentary, Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Museum of Worcester
30 Elm Street, Worcester
Worcester holds a high place in American Poetry and also in the history of the Peace Movement. A reception of light refreshments precedes the screening. Stay afterwards for discussion with filmmaker Richard Dresser and several panelists including Center program director Claire Schaeffer-Duffy.
Presented by Worcester County Poetry Association in community partnership with Tidepool Books, Agape Community, Saints Francis and Therese Catholic Worker and Community Church of Boston.

Live Webinar - Social Strikes: Using Nonviolent People Power to End MAGA Tyranny
2026-04-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, Online
A conversation with historian and labor organizer Jeremy Brecher and Jackson Potter, vice-president of the Chicago Teachers Union about the power of the social strike, a time-tested tool of nonviolent civilian resistance. Organizers for upcoming MayDay actions across the country are especially welcome.
Free and open to the public.
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Film Screening: Earth's Greatest Enemy
2026-04-13 18:00 | The Frontroom at WCUW Radio, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Earth’s Greatest Enemy
A Film by Abby Martin

A documentary expose of the world’s biggest – and most unaccountable – polluter: the US military. Learn the environmental cost of having a military Empire. https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/

April 13 @ 6:00pm
The Frontroom at WCUW Radio

910 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610

Discussion to follow. Free and open to the public. Hosted by the Center for Nonviolent Solutions

Film Screening: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons
2026-04-27 19:00 | Eager Auditorium, 486 Chandler St, Worcester, MA, 01602, United States
Film Screening: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons
The final offering in Nuclear War is Bad For. . . a film series about nuclear war and how to prevent it. Alvaro Orus’ documentary on the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The film documents the global efforts of civil society to establish an international treaty that bans nukes.

Eager Auditorium (Rm. 146) in Sullivan Academic Center

Worcester State University

486 Chandler St. Worcester, MA 01602

Free and open to the public. Discussion to follow. Hosted by the Center for Nonviolent Solutions and the departments of Sociology, and Political Science & History at Worcester State University.
