Non-Violent Action as Creative Change
Do you ever look at the world around you and think that things are so chaotic, the problems so immense, that there isn’t anything you could possibly do to make a significant difference?
My guest Rivera Sun might change your mind! What if we have ALL the power and we just haven’t decided to use it yet?
Author/Activist Rivera Sun has written numerous books and novels, including The Dandelion Insurrection and its sequel, The Roots of Resistance. She travels nationwide teaching workshops in strategy for nonviolent movements, and is the cohost of Love (and Revolution) Radio. Her essays on social justice and nonviolent action have appeared in over 100 journals.
According to Rivera, when fear is used to control us, love is how we rebel. She reminds us that one person CAN change the world; and that
Together we are unstoppable.
Click below to watch my interview with Rivera and learn about surprising creative successes, including how a threat of getting naked helped to bring down an African dictator.
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Connect with Rivera Sun here:
Twitter: @RiveraSunAuthor https://twitter.com/RiveraSunAuthor
Facebook: Rivera Sun https://www.facebook.com/RiveraSunAuthor/
Pick up her inspiring and eerily prophetic novel The Dandelion Insurrection or Rivera’s other books here.
Change comes from withdrawing our consenting cooperation from that which we oppose
For more information on the non-violent action movement, check out the resources below.
Albert Einstein Institute
Global Nonviolent action database
Now that you’re inspired by what’s possible, what creative act can you take today that will contribute to more peace in the world? Let me know about it in the comments below.
☮️ May all beings be at peace,
Erin
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