Seeds of Change through Non-Violence Workshop Saturday at Shoreline UU

Seeds of Change workshop exercise

Seeds of Change through Non-Violence Workshop

Hosted by Sharon Riegie Maynard of the Shoreline UU Congregation

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 1 pm to 4 pm

Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, 14724 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA 98155

Cost: $30 with scholarships available

Rivera Sun

Join Author/ Activist Rivera Sun for an engaging, inspiring workshop on non-violence for social change. Part of her 40+ city "Seeds of Change Tour," Rivera Sun will lead this participatory workshop on nonviolent action

About the Seeds of Change Workshop

Ordinary people like you have made change using the tools of Dr. King, Gandhi, Jesus, and Cesar Chavez. Learn these strategies for change and apply them in your community. This workshop covers the basic dynamics and strategies of nonviolent action. Participants discover how to envision and build campaigns, become familiar with the 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action, the Pillars of Support, the Spectrum of Allies, and learn to connect the dots between the many issues our communities face.

Rivera Sun will also be speaking on building a culture of active nonviolence, the Movement of Movements, and how to get involved with Campaign Nonviolence. In her lively, invigorating workshops, Rivera Sun connects the dots between the issues we face, relates stories from historic nonviolent struggles, covers groundbreaking new understandings of nonviolent struggles, and brings a pertinent and timely message to youth, elders, students, and ordinary, extraordinary people everywhere!

Author/ Activist Rivera Sun is the social media director for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. She is the author of three social protest novels, The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is the cohost of Occupy Radio and the cofounder of the Love-In-Action Network.

Rivera Sun attended the James Lawson Institute on Strategic Nonviolent Conflict 2014 and her essays on social justice movements appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. Rivera Sun lives in Taos, New Mexico.