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Archives: Peacemaking & Nonviolence
  • Communities of Love, Resistance and Constructive Work: A 12 min talk by Stellen Vinthagen

    Posted by Aria on January 23, 2022

    Dr. Stellan Vinthagen, Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance, Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Stellan Vinthagen is a…


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  • The National Day of Mourning: A Necessary Call to Action

    Posted by Aria on January 20, 2022

    Brayton and I joined well over 1000 people gathered in Plymouth, MA on November 25, 2021 to participate in the National…


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  • Felipe Witchger Visits Agape

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on June 29, 2021

    Felipe Witchger is a long-time friend of Agape who participated in the first group of graduate students ten years ago, who comprised what they called themselves, The Creatively Maladjusteds….


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  • Kings Bay Plowshare 7 Update

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

    Agape continues to stand in solidarity with the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 and the death-dealing weapons that these systems produce and employ. With our plowshare friends, we renew…


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  • A Pilgrimage to Standing Rock: “After 500 Years of Oppression, All We Have Left Is Love” by Brayton Shanley

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on February 2, 2017

    The following is Brayton’s account of his five days at Standing Rock encampment in December of 2016.  The Lakota people were defending their sacred burial grounds, land, and water…


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  • Trump’s Inaugural Witness with Answer Coalition and The Women’s March in Washington DC January 20-21, 2017

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 24, 2017

    Our first steps towards the Inaugural Protests were ones of staring into the unknown at 5am, departing from the home of friends in Cheverly, MD, taking a subway…


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  • LAMENTATION AND CALL TO PROPHECY IN A TIME OF WAR

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on November 19, 2015

    Being Bartimaeus in the Midst of Endless War: Nonviolence as the Gift of Sight (When asked for his response to the Paris bombings, Pope Francis replied: “World War…


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  • The Death Penalty rears its ugly head in Massachusetts

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on May 31, 2015

    Dear Friends,   As you may know by now, the Death Penalty is rearing its ugly head in Massachusetts, and anti-death penalty state.  We have seen and heard the sorrowful testimonies…


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  • Pioneering activist for peace, civil rights and local farming Juanita Nelson dies at 91.

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on March 12, 2015

    Suzanne…


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  • Statement in Opposition to the Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: A Call to Communities of Faith in Massachusetts and the United States

    Posted by SuzanneShanley on March 4, 2015

    In these violent times, we must insist on the sacredness of all life, including the lives of those deemed dangerous killers. Given this urgent necessity:  We ask your support…


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