2020 Osher Fall/Virtual Non violent Wilmington & Pacem in Terris #9

Music: Patti Smith, " People Have the Power," Link to site

Essential Questions:
• What groups are actively trying to change the culture of violence that occupies many of our cities?

• How effective are they in mobilizing the local community?

• What are some successful "best practice' violence eduction models that are currently in place?

Gathering: What is a challenge facing Wilmington today?

Rick's Rap

Exercise: Imagine a Wilmington street scene in 2040. You are walking to a rally where the Mayor will lead a celebration of  the 5th year without a homicide in the city. What does the cityscape look like?

Video: 

• John Dear and LaVaida Owens-White, Non Violent Cities Project,  Pace e Bene Conference, August 2020 Link to video

Speakers: Jeff Lott, LaVaida Owens-White, Non Violent Wilmington

Closing:" Something that I learned today was...."

              

Readings:

Start with the Nonviolent Wilmington site and read the "Our Vision," "In Nonviolent Wilmington", and "10 Steps to Nonviolent Wilmington" sections

 • Nonviolent Wilmington Link to site

• "Nonviolent Cities Project", Campaign Nonviolence: A Project of Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service , Link to site

• Pacem in Terris Link to site

• Ruth Ann Angus "Can a Nonviolent Cities Project Really Work,? Pace e Bene, 2/11/20 Link to Site

Resources

• Rob Hopkins, "From What is to What If: A walk in 2030," TransitionTowns, 2019 Link to Site

• "CDC Report on Urban Firearm Violence and Opportunities for Prevention, "DHHS, 11/3/15, Link to Site

Quote

We all, adults and children, have an obligation to daydream.We have an obligation to imagine. It is easy to pretend that nobody can change anything, that we are in a world in which society is high and the individual is less than nothing: an atom in a wall, a grain of rice in a rice field. But the truth is, individuals change their world over and over, individuals make the future, and they do it by imaging things very different.

Neil Graham from Rob Hopkins, "From What is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want,"  Chelsea Green, 2019