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Inspiring Nonviolence zine

A zine made made by Wur Bradford artists Uzma Kazi and Jean McEwan in response to ‘Inspiring Nonviolence’, an online course run by Turning The Tide, a nonviolence social change programme funded by Quakers in Britain, in collaboration with Woodbrooke, who provide Quaker learning including courses about peace and justice. The course took place from February to April 2020, and comprised of a group of community activists, thinkers, speakers, listeners, artists, campaigners and researchers from around the world, who came together online to explore hopes, ideas and collective power to undertake imaginative, nonviolent action for positive social change. The zine captures and some of the ideas, thoughts, hopes and stories from the course, from Uzma and Jean, artists with grassroots project Wur Bradford, who work to explore change through creativity in their work with people and communities in Bradford, UK To find out more about Turning The Tide visit  https://turningtide.org.uk To find out more about Woodbrooke, visit https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/ To find out more about Wur Bradford visit https://twitter.com/wurbradford

A zine made made by Wur Bradford artists Uzma Kazi and Jean McEwan in response to ‘Inspiring Nonviolence’, an online course run by Turning The Tide, a nonviolence social change programme funded by Quakers in Britain, in collaboration with Woodbrooke, who provide Quaker learning including courses about peace and justice.
The course took place from February to April 2020, and comprised of a group of community activists, thinkers, speakers, listeners, artists, campaigners and researchers from around the world, who came together online to explore hopes, ideas and collective power to undertake imaginative, nonviolent action for positive social change.

The zine captures and some of the ideas, thoughts, hopes and stories from the course, from Uzma and Jean, artists with grassroots project Wur Bradford, who work to explore change through creativity in their work with people and communities in Bradford, UK
To find out more about Turning The Tide visit  https://turningtide.org.uk
To find out more about Woodbrooke, visit https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/
To find out more about Wur Bradford visit https://twitter.com/wurbradford

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Seeking transformation, not retribution in East Africa

‘One of the first things I noticed about the work of our

East African colleagues was the lack of an obvious

distinction between the activities of peacebuilding and

nonviolent action. These are commonly seen as two

separate disciplines – an academic distinction that is not

reflected in reality, at least in my experience. In East

Africa this division was virtually non-existent, and I heard

about example after example where they have been

integrated with incredible results.

I also noticed a real sophistication in our colleagues'

understanding of the complexities of violence. This was

in evidence when we met young people who had formed

peace clubs in schools and communities. They have

been inspired by TTT Rwanda to create courageous

youth-led campaigns that challenge violence towards

young people in schools and communities using diverse

methods that range from theatre performances to public

speaking.

I left Rwanda with a replenished hope for humanity and a

reinvigorated belief in the power of nonviolence. The

activists I met are actively demonstrating that these kinds

of approaches can make a difference, even in really

tricky contexts. They are seeking transformation, not

retribution, and staying committed to the belief that the

'opponent' is capable of change.’

Turning The Tide UK programme manager Lisa Cumming

on visiting members of TTT East Africa in Rwanda,

excerpted from the following blog post on Quakers in

Britain website, posted on March 2019

https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/seeking-transformationnot-retribution-in-east-africa

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