The Class of Nonviolence Karen Ball Susan Ives

Karen Ball, a Mediator,
is a native to North
Western Pennsylvania.
Her mediation focus
has been in schoolbased peer mediation
and utilizing conflict
resolution practices within community
policing, court mediation, and victimoffender mediation. When Karen
moved to San Antonio with her family,
she began volunteering with community organizing, the Catholic peacemaking with justice movement of Pax
Christi, and the peaceCENTER. She
has a passion for building interfaith
relationships for a just society through
nonviolence.
Susan Ives is the webmaster for the peaceCENTER, where she
also develops curriculum and facilitates classes about nonviolence,
especially the history of
peace and justice movements. Susan
is a native of Bucks County, PA; she
has a degree in Political Science from
Drew University in Madison, NJ. In
prior incarnations she has been a unionized sandwich and salad maker, a
canoeing instructor, an advertising
copywriter, an army officer (and Gulf
War veteran) and a newspaper columnist.
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Facilitators
Oblate School of Theology
The Class of Nonviolence
Karen Ball
Susan Ives
Feb. 19 - Apr. 9, 2015
10 AM - noon
The Rock House
Registration
T he C la ss o f N onviolenc e
Name _______________________________
“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence
but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot
a man, but you refuse to hate him.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Did you study nonviolence in school?
Probably not. Odds are, your history
books were divided into eras by the
wars that were fought and the men
who got us into them. This is your
chance to plunge into another view of
the world: one where peace is possible and ordinary people have the
power to make justice roll down like
waters. While drawing inspiration from
the world's greatest peacemakers,
we'll figure out ways we can apply
these powerful techniques to the compelling issues of our own day.
Over the course of eight weeks we
will read 48 essays about peace, justice & nonviolence by classic thinkers
and practitioners such as Mohandas
Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Dorothy Day. Through hands-on exercises, discussion, reflection and film,
we will deepen our understanding of
nonviolence and connect theory to
current events. All of the readings are
available free online at http://
peacecenterbooks.com/the-class-ofnonviolence-index/; a limited number
of printed books will be for sale during
the first session for $10.
Schedule of Topics
19 Feb. Introduction to Nonviolence
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26 Feb. Mohandas Gandhi
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5 Mar. Dorothy Day
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12 Mar. Martin Luther King, Jr.
19 Mar. Women, Peace & Power
26 Mar. Nonviolent Strategies & Techniques
2 Apr. War
9 Apr. Animals & the Environment
Fee: $75
Method of payment:
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For more information
or to register over the phone,
call Brenda at 210-341-1366 x 212
“Why should we be in such desperate haste to
succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If
a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different
drummer. Let him step to the music which he
hears, however measured or far away.”
Henry David Thoreau
Mail registration to
OST Continuing Education
285 Oblate Drive
San Antonio, TX 78216