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Making Friends
We need to start finding common ground and making friends in anti-violence efforts. One day last summer I was working in my front garden – part of my notion of having vegetable garden domination on my...
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One Billion Rising
On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, Eve Ensler’s “One Billion Rising” anti-violence campaign goes global Eve Ensler, best known for The Vagina Monologues, has created a massive campaign with over 5,000...
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From My Cold, Dead Hand: Understanding the Gun Culture in America
Austin Harrington attempts to understand America’s love of guns by entering the world of the gun enthusiast. — I held the AR-15 in my hands. The gun was still cold, no shots had been fired. I watched...
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19yr Old College Student Jumps In Front of Mystery Gunman to Save Mom
19 year old Rodrick Buckworth stopped the violence literally when a gunman broke in and he saved his mom. – Rodrick Buckworth, a young Delaware rapper with a dream has become a champion for stop the...
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Here’s Where You Should Go When Marching to Stop the Violence
The majority of anti-violence advocates are marching in the wrong direction. — I’ve never seen anti-violence advocates in Philadelphia—or anywhere else for that matter—march to the Mayor’s Office of...
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Reckonings: Daniel Gallant
The finale of Season 1 features Daniel Gallant, a former violent extremist turned anti-violence activist, counselor, and scholar. — Reckonings features stories from the conscience. Guests include law...
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Reckonings: Preston Shipp
Reckonings episode #4 features Preston Shipp, a former tough-on-crime prosecutor for the state of Tennessee. — How do we fundamentally change our hearts and minds? How do we shift our political views,...
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Reckonings: Glenn Loury Pt. 1
Reckonings episode #5 dives into the conscience of prominent black intellectual and economist Glenn Loury. How do we fundamentally change our hearts and minds? How do we shift our political views,...
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Reckonings: Glenn Loury, Pt. 2
Reckonings episode #5 Pt. 2 continues with Glenn Loury in a story laced with drugs, sex, politics, and religion. How do we fundamentally change our hearts and minds? How do we shift our political...
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Drug Cop Turned Drug War Critic
Reckonings episode #1 features Neill Franklin, a former Maryland State Police Major, who oversaw 17 drug task forces. ——— Take a ride on his journey from narcotics agent to vocal critic of the drug...
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Reckonings: Brock McIntosh
Reckonings episode #7 features Afghanistan war veteran and conscientious objector Brock McIntosh. ––– How do we fundamentally change our hearts and minds? How do we shift our political views, overcome...
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Reckonings: Mark Whitacre
Reckonings episode #2 Mark Whitacre: White-collar criminal turned whistleblower ——— How do we fundamentally change our hearts and minds? How do we shift our political views, overcome bigotry, and...
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500-ish Words on America
Embed from Getty Images — We’ve all watched the scene from ‘Good Will Hunting” in which Will (Matt Damon) sticks up for his friend, Chuckie (Ben Affleck), in the bar while he is being belittled by a...
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Healing Male Trauma
— I have worked professionally with literally thousands of traumatized young men. I have also worked with hundreds of traumatized girls and women. Healing male trauma successfully is a bit unique, in...
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How to Overcome Thine Own Self
— In Sunday morning Aikido class, I practiced letting the attack come to me: Receive the attack and let it pass me. We practiced from the strike with both the hand and the jo (wooden staff). Sensei...
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Male Stereotype Number Seven: Men Are Aggressive
I remember being taught, in multiple contexts, that the ideal behavioral approach to most situations is one of assertiveness, which falls within a spectrum between passivity and aggression. Passivity...
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Male Stereotype Number 21: Men Like Guns
Michael Moore’s award-winning 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine convinced me that there was and is a gun control problem in America. It helped that I was in middle school when the Columbine...
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Myles Taylor – Poem Envisioning the Opposite of Violence
By Button Poetry About Button: Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry. We...
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How Fathers and Father Figures Can Help Children Cope With Violence
By Jackie Taylor With violent events in the news, such as recent shootings, children of all ages may be frightened for the safety of themselves or others. Fathers and father figures can play a crucial...
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Vandalism, Art Making, and Re-Making
While aimlessly scrolling on Facebook, I came across a news story about an art center named Sculpture Space in Utica, New York, that was completely vandalized by children ranging in age from 8-11 on...
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