John, when we're tackling massive issues like militarism, systemic racism, and climate change, how do we keep up the energy and courage to continue our work for peace and social transformation for the long haul? How can we maintain good self-care to prevent burnout from this challenging work? And, amidst a sea of email clogging our inboxes, how can we manage to stay organized in order to run successful, strategic campaigns for change?

We'll talk through these questions and much more on August 20 for our free webinar on How to Prevent Activist Burnout, featuring special guests Ravyn Wngz (Black Lives Matter Toronto), David Hartsough (Co-Founder, World BEYOND War), and Liz Remmerswaal (World BEYOND War New Zealand chapter coordinator).

What: Free Online Webinar: How to Prevent Activist Burnout
When: Thursday, August 20 at 7:30pm-9:00pm Eastern Time (GMT-4)
How to join: Register here for the Zoom link!
This webinar is free & open to the public. Please share widely!

About Our Speakers:

Ravyn Wngz is an Empowerment Movement Storyteller. She aims to challenge mainstream arts and dance spaces by sharing her stories as a Tanzanian, Bermudian, Queer, 2 Spirit, Transcendent, Mohawk individual. She aims to create opportunities, positive representations and platforms for marginalized LGBTTIQQ2S communities with a focus on Black Indigenous and people of color. Ravyn is a co-founder of ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company, a queer multiracial dance company that aims to change the landscape of dance and provide accessible affirming dance education to the LGBTTIQQ2S community. Ravyn is also a member of Black Live Matter Toronto Steering committee, a group committed to eradicating all forms of anti-Black racism, supporting Black healing and liberating Black communities.

Liz Remmerswaal is a World BEYOND War board member and the national chapter coordinator for WBW Aotearoa/New Zealand. She is a former vice-president of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom NZ and was part of the successful coalition of peace activists who instigated the cancellation of the national arms fair in 2019. Liz is a co-founder of the Pacific Peace Network and has close ties with the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network. She has spoken at and shown films at peace conferences and gatherings in NZ, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Prague and Vienna as well as spoken at a rally outside the White House and been interviewed on Afghan TV. In 2017 she was awarded the Sonia Davies Peace Award.

David Hartsough is a Co-Founder of World BEYOND War, a global movement to end all war. He is a Quaker and a lifelong peace activist and author of his memoir, Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist, PM Press. David has organized many peace efforts and worked with nonviolent movements in such far-flung locations as the Soviet Union, Nicaragua, Philippines, and Kosovo. In 1987 he co-founded the Nuremberg Actions blocking munitions trains carrying munitions to Central America. In 2002 he co-founded the Nonviolent Peaceforce which has peace teams with over 275 nonviolent peacemakers/peacekeepers working in conflict areas around the world. He has been arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience in his work for peace and justice more than 150 times, most recently at the Livermore nuclear weapons laboratory. David is also the Director of PEACEWORKERS.

See you on Zoom!

Greta Zarro
Organizing Director
World BEYOND War
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