Building the World We Want from metta center on Vimeo.

An interactive webinar about Gandhian constructive programme, spiritual activism and nonviolence. Begins with a short description of the work of Metta.

Q and A follows webinar. Please contact us: info@mettacenter.org with questions or suggestions.

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Stephanie and Michael of the Metta Center interviewed by Russ Faure Brac on KWMR out of Point Reyes on November 20, 2011 on nonviolent leadership, OWS, Gandhi and more!

A very entertaining one hour broadcast!

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A video interview with METTA

September, 2011

Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler are guests on “Conversations with Michael Stone” for a special interview about nonviolence on 9/11/11.

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Sept 11, 2011

“Peace from Within: Finding and Sharing Our Deepest Resources.”

Michael Nagler describes a system of meditation that will help us to deepen our practice of nonviolence and help us to become more effective activists, drawing from the teachings of Gandhi and Sri Eknath Easwaran.

Here is an interview with Michael Nagler and Syrian-Canadian journalist Afra Jalabi on KWMR out of Point Reyes Station, California.

This fascinating interview (on Google Video) explores nonviolence in Islam in 2008, well before Arab Spring, and is centered around the misconceptions of Islam promulgated by US media among others.

Please take time today to have a listen, for nonviolence.

Link to Interview Here

This webinar was hosted on August 24, 2011 with Michael Nagler. Make sure to watch it on “full screen.” You can also listen to it on webcast below with the Q and A.

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Here is a four part series conducted at our teachers’ retreat in Dillon Beach, CA this August, 2011. It is a quick way to introduce yourself to the concepts presented in the PACS lectures. Let us know what you think!

Lecture 1

Lecture 2 (at Blip TV at link)

Lecture 3 (at Blip TV at link)

Lecture 4

You can listen to a short interview with Michael about the events in Norway, Islamophobia and nonviolence at this link.

August, 2011

Michael Nagler introduces the Gita.

Questions related to humanist studies research and a book study of “Search for a Nonviolent Future.”

Michael Nagler speaking to the Islamic Organization of North America in December of 2010.

Part I: Islam and nonviolence

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Part II: Nonviolence as a strategy for justice

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A very brief hope tank about Vinoba Bhave. (See some video clips on Vinoba.)

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Burmese monk U Pyinya Zawta, a leader in the 2007 Saffron Revolution, now in exile, joins the hope tank.

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Suzanne Ross and Adam Ericksen from the Raven Foundation join us for a discussion on scapegoating.

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Hope Tank with Jenni Williams of Women of Zimbabwe Arise.

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In this 40 minute talk, Michael Nagler speaks about how nonviolence presents us with a higher image of the human being.

Talk Michael gave in October 2009 (via skype) to a group of university students about the Free Speech Movement and lessons for student activism today.

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Michael Nagler in conversation with Alex Hildebrand of Peace Brigades International on Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping.