This amazing course is over half full. Reserve your spot or one as a gift now.
When: This course will meet for 1.5 hours weekly for
6-weeks on Tuesdays from February 7 to March 14, 2023. The start time
for the first week’s session in various time zones is as follows:
February 7, 2023, at 2 pm Honolulu, 4 pm Los Angeles, 6 pm Mexico City, 7 pm New York, midnight London, and
February 8, 2023, at 8 am Beijing, 9 am Tokyo, 11 am Sydney, 1 pm Auckland.
Where: Zoom (details to be shared upon registration)
What: Online peace writing course with Author/Activist Rivera Sun. Limited to 40 participants.
The pen is mightier than the sword … or the bullet, tank, or bomb. This
course is about how the power of the pen can be lifted to promote
peace. While war and violence are normalized in books, movies, news, and
other aspects of our culture, peace and nonviolent alternatives are
often overlooked or under-represented. Despite the evidence and options,
most of our neighbors and fellow citizens have no idea that peace is
possible. In this 6-week course with award-winning author Rivera Sun,
you will explore how to write about peace.
We’ll look at how the written word can portray solutions like unarmed
peacekeeping, violence de-escalation, peace teams, civil resistance,
and peacebuilding. We’ll dig into examples of how writers from Tolstoy
to Thoreau to today have spoken out against war. From anti-war classics
like Catch-22 to sci-fi peace literature like the Binti Trilogy
to Rivera Sun’s award-winning Ari Ara Series, we’ll look at how weaving
peace into story can capture cultural imagination. We’ll work on best
practices for writing about peace and antiwar themes in op-eds and
editorials, articles and blogs, and even social posts. We’ll also get
creative, exploring story and poetry, looking at novels and fictional
portrayals of peace.
This course is for everyone, whether you think of yourself as a “writer” or not. If
you love fiction, join us. If you gravitate toward journalism, join us.
If you’re not sure, join us. We will have a lot of fun in this
welcoming, encouraging, and empowering online community.
You will learn:
- How to write about peace and anti-war themes for various publications
- How to address/debunk misperceptions around peace
- How to capture readers’ attention and convey a powerful message
- Creative ways to portray peace in nonfiction and fiction
- The art of the op-ed, blog post, and article
- The science of creative writing featuring alternatives to war
Participants should have a working computer with a
microphone and camera. Each week, participants will be given a reading
assignment and an optional writing assignment to complete.
About the Instructor: Rivera Sun is
a change-maker, a cultural creative, a protest novelist, and an
advocate for nonviolence and social justice. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, The Way Between and other novels. She is the editor of Nonviolence News.
Her study guide to making change with nonviolent action is used by
activist groups across the country. Her essays and writings are
syndicated by Peace Voice, and have appeared in journals nationwide.
Rivera Sun attended the James Lawson Institute in 2014 and facilitates
workshops in strategy for nonviolent change across the country and
internationally. Between 2012-2017, she co-hosted nationally two
syndicated radio programs on civil resistance strategies and campaigns.
Rivera was the social media director and programs coordinator for
Campaign Nonviolence. In all of her work, she connects the dots between
the issues, shares solutionary ideas, and inspires people to step up to
the challenge of being a part of the story of change in our times. She
is a member of World BEYOND War’s Advisory Board.
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