Tag: movements
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Using Class and Race Awareness to strengthen Social Action
Please be aware of this important upcoming workshop on “Using Class and Race Awareness to strengthen Social Action,” to be led at Pendle Hill by faculty and friends of our Peace and Conflict Studies program! Invitation to Pendle Hill Workshop on Action Groups Moving Forward George Lakey, Ingrid Lakey, and Sarah Willie-LeBreton will be leading…
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How to Start a Revolution
There are two local opportunities this week to screen and discuss the documentary “How to Start a Revolution” about Gene Sharp’s long career and groundbreaking work in developing the theory of nonviolent strategic action. Pendle Hill will show the film on July 1, 7:30-9:00 p.m. as part of its First Mondays series. Professor Lee Smithey…
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New History courses may be counted toward Peace and Conflict Studies minor
Enrollment for fall courses is coming up on Monday, and we are happy to announce that, with the hire of a new faculty member in the History department, Rosie Bsheer, three new courses may be counted toward a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies. Please note that the last course listed below may only be…
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Fighting Billionaires and Corrupt Officials
From our friends at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility: Come learn how to defeat corporations with your barehands! Next Monday, April 15, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., Daniel Hunter, a training elder with Training for Change (the group that leads the Organizing Skills Institute), will join us in the Keith Room @ the…
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Identity Formation in Nonviolent Struggle
Professor Smithey has contributed a chapter on “Identity Formation in Nonviolent Struggle” to a new book edited by Maciej Bartkowski, Recovering Nonviolent History: Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles. (Lynne Rienner Publishers) Smithey’s chapter serves as a theoretical primer on the social movement literature on collective identities and the under-explored connections with strategic action. Other chapters cover…
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Listen to Prof. George Lakey on #Occupy
In case you missed Peace and Conflict Studies Prof. George Lakey’s interview about the Occupy movement on Radio Times today, you can listen at the bottom of this post or on the Radio Times site. Summary From Radio Times: Occupy protesters were evicted in Philadelphia and Los Angeles overnight. We’ll get an update on the…