Opening Breath and Affirmation:
Take a deep breath and say, I will be Nonviolent by being HONEST with my self and those around me.
Quote of the Day:
"The first thing to be disrupted by our commitment to nonviolence will not be the system but our own lives." –Jim Douglass
Today in Social Movement History:
On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.
Nonviolent Word of the Day:
NEGOTIATION – Process of discussing, compromising and bargaining with adversaries in good faith to secure a resolution to a conflict and reconciliation of adversaries. (See six steps of nonviolence below)
Activity of the Day:
It is important to keep our bodies healthy, so we can participate for a long time in the public movement for nonviolent social change. For this reason, find a stopwatch, and for 30 seconds each do the following activities, with 20 jumping jacks in between each one. Please modify the following exercises to fit your needs if you are disabled or differently-abled.
1. rolling head
2. touching toes
3. reaching up to the sky on tip-toe
4. spread feet apart and reach down left
5. keep feet apart and reach down right
6. roll right ankle while standing on your left foot
7. roll left ankle while standing on your right foot
8. roll shoulders in circles to the front
9. roll shoulders in circles to the back.
10. hip circles right and left
11. Anything else you can think of!
Respond:
Write or draw about how you feel after doing today's activity.
