ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life

By Jill Suttie — 2020

Having a meaningful, long-term goal is good for your well-being. Here’s how to find one.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

FindCenter Post-Image

Connecting Civil Resistance and Conflict Resolution

Research finds that nonviolent action and peacebuilding tactics can achieve a more just and sustainable peace when they are combined strategically.

Article
Maria J. Stephan
2017
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Global Pandemic Has Spawned New Forms of Activism—and They’re Flourishing

We’ve identified nearly 100 distinct methods of non-violent action that include physical, virtual and hybrid actions.

Article
Erica Chenoweth, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Pressman, Felipe G Santos, Jay Ulfelder
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

How to Stop a Power Grab

As democracy hangs in the balance, activists are drawing lessons from the study of civil resistance.

Article
Andrew Marantz
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

How the World is Proving Martin Luther King Right about Nonviolence

Clearly, there is much more to learn about nonviolent resistance: It is an emerging phenomenon, and research on the topic is likewise emerging within the social sciences.

Article
Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Subtle Power of Nonviolent Activism

Violent responses to social justice protests require protesters to be even more focused on peaceful tactics.

Article
The Monitor’s Editorial Board
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Nonviolent Resistance Proves Potent Weapon

Erica Chenoweth discovers it is more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns

Article
Michelle Nicholasen
2019
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Goal Setting