Oklahoma Silent Protest
The Fellowship of Reconciliation will offer training in nonviolent protest similar to this 2019 silent witness outside the site of the Oklahoma Annual Conference's 2019 session in support of LGBTQ inclusion in The United Methodist Church. (Photo by Scott Spencer).
Nonviolent Direct Action Training: Primer in Theory and Practice, Oct 5, 2025 3:00 PM EST & Oct 12, 2025 3:00 PM EST. Both sessions will happen online via Zoom
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) will offer a free two-part online training on Nonviolent Direct Action, October 5 and 12 at 3 PM EST.
Led by experienced trainers Lisa Fithian (Alliance of Community Trainers) and Mary Link (NVDA Training Western MASS Team), the sessions will cover both theory and practice — exploring strategies of noncooperation, de-escalation, peacekeeping, mutual aid, and power-building.
Participants will learn how authoritarian systems operate, how communities can organize collectively in response, and how nonviolence can sustain movements for justice. Open to FOR chapters, affiliates, peace fellowships, Methodist Federation for Social Action, other faith allies, and friends, the training offers practical skills and community support for resisting oppression and building what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called “the Beloved Community.”