Webinar: HOLDING STEADY: Practicing Principles of Nonviolence

Date: Thursday, June 11, 10:00–11:30 AM

Meeting Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q_-3NwOZS-GMh_YaDdBpFA#/registration

We know how to show up. We’ve marched, organized, written letters, held vigils, maybe gotten arrested. And the work of nonviolence asks something harder than action: it asks us to stay fully human in the presence of people whose views we find threatening, misguided, or even dangerous.

In a country this polarized, few of us were raised with genuine skills of listening, empathy, and nonviolent response — and those gaps show up not just in the streets, but at family dinners, in neighborhood meetings, and in our own inner lives. These skills matter no matter who holds power.

This workshop invites peace activists to move beyond what we know intellectually about nonviolence and begin to embody it — through reflection, shared practice, and challenging role-plays that put our principles to the test in real human encounters.

Come ready to practice. Come as you are.

Facilitated by Annie Bachmann — a student and practitioner of nonviolence , a shiatsu therapist and teacher of Japanese-based spiritual healing practices, including Buddhist chanting. As a steering committee member of IPWG, a co-coordinator of Building Unity for Nonviolent Action and the U.S. Ambassador for the International Flame of Hope, she aims to help people discover their altruistic heart and live and act from that deeper source of courage, wisdom, and love.

Annie Bachmann
Interfaith Peace, Working Group
Building Unity for Nonviolent Action
Flame Of Hope, US Ambassador
Madison, WI