Living Resistance
Nonviolent Resistance Training
Living Resistance workshops are done for the season. Watch for future dates to be announced.
Living Resistance is a hands-on training in the principles and practices of disciplined nonviolent action.
Led by CMU faculty member Karen Ridd, these sessions explore how communities around the world have resisted injustice without resorting to violence. Participants will learn about both the history and strategy of nonviolent resistance, and gain practical tools for responding thoughtfully in moments of tension or risk.
Using the form below, participants are asked to register for one date. Each session covers the same material.
The training includes:
- The history and strategy of nonviolent movements
- Practical exercises in responding constructively
- Acting collectively in moments of tension
- Resources for further exploration
Living Resistance complements the Singing Resistance gatherings by inviting participants to move from voice to body and from concern to action.
Educational Resources and Training
Karen Ridd's Presentation
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Third-Party Resources
The following third-party resources provide additional information about nonviolent resistance and ways individuals can take action to strengthen and build active networks and community in response to violence and suffering.
- No Extraordinary Power: Prayer, stillness, and activism. By Helen Steven. Quaker Books. 2005.
- 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
- Nonviolent Tactics Database
- Albert Einstein Institution – Advancing Freedom Through Nonviolent Action
- Freedom Trainers – free online training webinars
- World BEYOND War – pro-peace and anti-war education
- Global Nonviolent Action Database
- Campaign Nonviolence – Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
- Canadian Coalition for Nonviolent Defence
- Canadian Friends Service Committee book club – Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict – A Force More Powerful (video)
- Indivisible Twin Cities
- Stand With Minnesota
- "JUST Singing" Song Circle Harrow United Church | first and third Tuesday of the month, 6:30 PM
Related Events and Courses at CMU
- Singing Resistance | April 6, 7:00 PM in Marpeck Commons (CMU)
- Voices for Peace rapid-response choir
- Nonviolent Social Change (undergrad course)
- Nonviolent Action - Xplore Extended Education program | coming Winter 2027