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Nonviolence and Peace

SojoAction: Nonviolence and Peace

Blessed are those who make peace. Since Sojourners began in 1971, we have emphasized nonviolence, peace, and restorative justice to build up the reign of God. From early protest against the Vietnam War and anti-torture campaigns to addressing today’s issues of drone warfare, mass shootings, non-state armed conflicts, and nuclear weapons, our commitment to peacemaking and in-depth exploration into nonviolent responses to violence remains firm.

We are working toward a world like the prophet Isaiah envisioned — where swords are turned into plowshares and nations study war no more.

Nonviolence and Peace
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Our Work

Tell President Biden to Call for Cease-Fire in Gaza
Join us as we demand for President Biden to apply pressure for an immediate #ceasefire & an unimpeded flow of medical aid, water, food, & fuel to Gazan civilians.
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How to Talk to Young Children about War and Conflict
This resource is a collection of tips, articles, books, prayers, and scripture to begin the journey of processing global events, conflict, and crisis with children in your life in developmentally appropriate ways.
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Black Resurrection Matters
The world systematically devalues Black life, turns Black life into death-bound life, and it is our task — as justice seekers and as Christians — to embrace Black resurrection. by Vincent W. Lloyd
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A group of protestors wearing masks, hats, and sweatshirts touch and gather around a memorial stone dedicated to Manuel Esteban “Tortuguita” Paez Terán, a 26-year-old demonstrator killed by law enforcement.
What's Happening at ‘Cop City’ in Atlanta?
Atlanta's police department plans to construct a massive training facility for its force by razing a forest, and Georgians ain't having it.
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Ukraine, Nonviolence, and a Rooted Faith
John Noltner interviews Sojourners' senior editor Rose Marie Berger on nonviolence and the war in Ukraine.
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Religious Peace Delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine
Elaine Enns and Ched Myers interview Sojourners' senior editor Rose Marie Berger on her return from the first international interfaith peace delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine, since the start of the Russian military invasion in February 2022.
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Is Nonviolence Naive?
...and other questions about Jesus' most controversial teachings.
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July 2021 Magazine: Is the two-state solution obsolete?
Time for a new paradigm in Palestine/Israel? Why settlements have made a two-state solution impossible.
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December 2019 Magazine: This art used to be a gun
Around the world, visual artists are transforming objects "created for evil" into works of beauty and power.
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Sep-Oct 2022 Magazine: Peacemakers
Why our faith delegation went to Ukraine to pray for peace.
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Nonviolence and Peace
Latest Stories
  • An illustration of a megaphone with colorful ribbons streaming out.
    Methods for Preventing Political Violence and Mass Atrocities
    How communities can leverage the five key pillars of early warning systems to transform violence to peace.

    How communities can leverage the five key pillars of early warning systems to transform violence to peace.

    by Madhawa Palihapitiya
  • A worker decorates a pink-and-white casket with a TikTok symbol
    What Song Should We Sing for the Dead?
    We are a country where slaughtered kids are sent to their graves in candy-colored caskets while politicians and weapons manufacturers rake in power and profit.

    We are a country where slaughtered kids are sent to their graves in candy-colored caskets while politicians and weapons manufacturers rake in power and profit.

    by Julie Polter
  • 'I Had Run out of Massacre Sermons'
    "The Tops Market shooting became the world's tragedy, but we needed to acknowledge that it was Buffalo's first." 

    "The Tops Market shooting became the world's tragedy, but we needed to acknowledge that it was Buffalo's first." 

    by Rev. Julian Armand Cook