Pledges, role playing, and freedom songs are three important tools in the nonviolent activist’s arsenals. Learn how and why to use them with examples from the US civil rights movement in Birmingham during the 50s and 60s. This article also contains the full text of the Commitment Card which we used as a template to create our Beloved Community Pledge.
Training Six: Seek Peace and Reconciliation
Training Five: Walk and Talk in the Manner of Love for Love Is Our Fundamental Nature
Training Four (4/4): Who Am I? Using Inquiry to Understand Selflessness
Training Four (3/4): The Story of Nothing (and Everything!)
Commitment Four (2/4): We Are All One & Stages of Awakening
Commitment Four (1/4): Respect All Life
Learn how to recognize the inherent worth and value of all life and treat both friend and foe with courtesy, dignity, and respect. We investigate the old saying: "the suffering masses reject what they see and believe what they think, while wise people reject what they think and believe what they see." Using a smart phone camera, we explore relating to our world non-conceptually and explain how this view allows our unconditional love to flourish.