May 9: Kingian Nonviolence as Strength for Singing Resistance

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Kingian Nonviolence as Strength for Singing Resistance. Democracy is at risk. Across our nation, millions are rising up, and some are doing it by singing.

On Earth Peace, the Ubuntu Center for Peace, the Addie Wyatt Center for Nonviolence Training and Singing Resistance STL are pleased to sponsor this special intro to Kingian Nonviolence designed for members and leaders of Singing Resistance.

Singing Resistance STL requested this training to ground their efforts for social change in the legacy and wisdom of nonviolent resistance and, in the spirit of the movement and building beloved community, desired to offer it nationwide for any Singing Resistance chapters, leaders  or members who may be interested. 

Join us for an overview of Kingian Nonviolence on Saturday, May 9th at 1:00pm Eastern/12:00pm Central/11:00 am Mountain/10:00am Pacific

We are hosting another session on Wednesday, May 6th at 6:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Central/4:00pm Mountain/3:00pm Pacific for more info on this session, register here. 

Kingian Nonviolence is a philosophy and methodology for social change, a tool to address injustice, and a force to help build beloved community.  It is useful for anyone engaging in protests and direct action seeking to build a reconciled world. 

This 2 Hour webinar covers:

• The 4 pillars of Kingian Nonviolence
  
  
• Initial introduction to the 6 Principles and 6 Steps - the “Will” and the “Skill” of Kingian Nonviolence.
  
  
• The Social Dynamics of Kingian Nonviolence  

These KNV workshops for Singing Resistance are being offered at no cost in service to the movement. We are seeking sponsors or donors who can underwrite the cost of these trainings. If you are in a position to make a donation to make these trainings possible, please use this link: https://www.onearthpeace.org/2026_knv_singing_resistance_donations

Facilitators: Sherri Bevel, Pam Smith & Rhonda Baker

Sherrilynn Bevel, PhD, is a Level III Kingian Nonviolence Trainer. She co-founded and is Associate Director of the Addie Wyatt Center for Nonviolence Training. From 2018 through 2020, she was Director of Training and Special Projects for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence in Providence. Sherri chairs the board of directors of The Diversity Think Tank, which seeks equity in academic hiring at state-supported institutions of higher education. In the classroom, she teaches political science, human rights, Nonviolence, and African American studies. In The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North (U. of KY Press, 2016), she documented the contributions of a youth-led campaign to end lead poisoning, which ultimately resulted in federal lead protection legislation; and argued that this aspect of the Chicago Freedom Movement was an important precursor to the modern environmental justice movement.  

Pam Smith is a historian and genealogist living in Portland, Oregon. Pam is co-founder and executive director of the Addie Wyatt Center for Nonviolence Training in Chicago. A long-time Chicago consultant for nonprofit organizations, her team conducted the feasibility study that set the stage for the Chicago Freedom School, now in its 17th year. Pam served as a senior press aide to Jesse Jackson in his 1988 presidential bid and to Barack Obama in his primary campaign for US Senate. She is coeditor of The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North.

Rhonda Baker is a level I Kingian Nonviolence instructor through On Earth Peace.  She is a singer songwriter and has combined her love of music with Kingian Nonviolence Principles.  She and her husband perform as a duo, Rhonda and Greg and with a horn band called SoulShine.  Rhonda grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana at Beacon Heights and is now a member of Northview Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis, Indiana and is an active member of the Church of the Brethren Gun Violence Action Team as well as the Central Indiana Brethren Building Beloved Community (B3C).