Our website sections about Transforming Initiatives and Peacemaker Bios are full of examples of nonviolent action. But in spite of all this there is a pervasive belief that is most cases and especially in cases of exceptional brutality that violence is the only way to deal with an oppressive situation. Is this belief valid, or… Read more »
Category: Women
Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is a teenage girl from Sweden. Since the age of 8 she has been concerned about climate change. In September 2018 she launched a 3-week long strike from school to protest government inaction on climate change in front of the Swedish Parliament. Her sign said, “School Strike for the Climate.” Greta spoke about… Read more »
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Tunisia was where the Arab Spring was launched, and it has been the one place where the dreams of that uprising have been most stablized and lasting. A big part of such a positive outcome has been the leadership of the civil society in Tunisia, including that of Ouided Bouchamaoui (sometimes her first name is… Read more »
Farida Nabourema
Farida Nabourema began as an activist as a teenager. Her father had been arrested as a political opponent of the government, and following his release she joined in the protests against the dictatorship and its human rights abuses. Togo was ruled by Gnassingbé Eyadéma for 38 years. At his death in 2005 his son Faure Gnassingbé came… Read more »
Jan Krist
Jan Krist is a singer/songwriter who started in Detroit but now lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She has toured nationally, playing most of the major folk venues. Though she has a solo career, she’s also been a part of many musical collaborations. The Yellow Room Gang is a collective of 8 musicians originally from Michigan… Read more »