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2023 Annual Meeting

Center for Nonviolent Solutions Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 16, 7:00PM Blessed Sacrament Church, Phelan Center 551 Pleasant Street, Worcester CNVS Program Director Claire Schaeffer-Duffy will speak on her recent trip to Ukraine with the Zaporizhzhia Protection...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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:...

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Way of Nonviolence – Rethinking Security

Way of Nonviolence: Rethinking Security Dear Friends and Supporters, Thanks to all who joined us last Thursday for our Way of Nonviolence Michael True Memorial Lecture on “Rethinking Security.” Mel Duncan, co-founder of Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) and its current...

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Make 2020 a Year for Youth

The Center for Nonviolent Solutions applauds Time magazine’s recent decision to name youth climate activist Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year. The magazine’s cover photo appeared the day after International Human Rights Day when the UN declared their campaign,...

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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...

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Peacemaking in Perilous Times

The Center's event called Peacemaking in Perilous Times held on Friday, September 15 was a success. Here's a photo of our beautiful staff at the reception at First Unitarian Church.

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