Preparing ourselves to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience is required. Prayer, study, reflection and training inform our decision and prepare us in spirit, mind and heart to take this action.
Prayer and comtemplation
We encourage you to prayerfully reflect on the war and the ways you are being moved to end it, including the call to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. Where is God in this call? What are you being called to undertake? What are your hopes and fears? We invite you to join with others in your religious community and your family to explore this.
Study and Reflection
We also invite you to read and reflect on essays, books and videos on nonviolent action. Click herefor resources.
Nonviolent Action Training
Please plan to take one of the Nonviolent Action Trainings that we will offer in Washington, or one in your own community before traveling to Washington:
Nonviolent Action Trainings in Washington, DC
New York Ave. Presbyterian Church,
313 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005, www.nyapc.org
Thursday, March 6: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. (Includes Final Briefing, below)
Friday, March 7: 8:00-11:00 a.m. (Includes Final Briefing, below)
Final Legal Briefing/Scenario
Either Thursday, March 6, 8:45-9:30 or Friday, March 7, 10:15-11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of New York Avenue
Includes scenario briefing, legal briefing, and final preparation. Everyone planning to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience and their support persons are required to attend.
Nonviolent Action Training prepares us for nonviolent civil disobedience by providing:
- An introduction to the principles, philosophy, and history of nonviolent civil disobedience for social change;
- Interactive exercises to role-play a range of possible situations;
- An overview of the potential legal consequences;
- An opportunity for community-building and shared reflection on this process, including one’s hopes and fears; and
- A review of practical needs and logistics.
Register now for Nonviolent Action Training
Plan to Have a Support Person
We will provide a support system for those risking arrest, including a OBIPP Support Team that includes jail support and legal support. However, it is helpful for each person risking arrest to have a support person (or persons). Support people provide those risking arrest with support before and after the arrest.
If you are planning to risk arrest, please arrange to have a Support Person. We recommend that one individual support no more than 5 people risking arrest. If you do not have a support person, we will do our best to find you one in the trainings and at the final gathering.
Action Support Center:
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Action support will be provided at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church through the night from the morning of Friday, March 7th through the morning of Saturday, March 8.
