Staff Picks

Curious about nonviolence? Grab a cup of tea or coffee and get cozy with one of our staff selections. These resources will get you started on your journey!

• Film Review: The Day After Peace

  Film Review The Day After Peace Review by George Payne The Day After Peace chronicles the extraordinary 10-year journey of filmmaker and nonviolence activist Jeremy Gilley to establish an Internationally recognized global ceasefire day on ...

• The Search for a Nonviolent Future

    The Search for a Nonviolent Future Review by Kit Miller This book was one of the earliest ones I read on the hope and possibility represented by nonviolence. Michael Nagler is a gifted storyteller as well as teacher who founded the Pe...

• Long Walk to Freedom

    Long Walk to Freedom Review by Shannon Richmond The way in which South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy is a model of how strategic nonviolence can work on the national level. This book of Mandela’s stories about his ...

• After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance

    After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance Review by Shannon Richmond Combining beautiful charcoal portraits of peace activists with short descriptions of the movements which they supported, this book is easy to enjoy in...

• Active Hope - How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy - Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

    Active Hope - How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy - Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone Review by Jason Olshefsky For those drawn by the allure of the title, "Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy", fe...