accompaniement
Blog: In the company of accompaniment

Image: Nonviolent Peaceforce members Bella Desai and Eldred de Klerk during the 2005 Sri Lankan elections. Photo: Bob Fitch.
In case you are just catching up, we ran a dialogue on unarmed accompaniement from January 23 to 29, 2008. And what an outstanding exchange it's been. It started with a few questions, to which our generous resource people provided a wealth of answers. If you haven't had a chance to follow, I would hate for such gold nuggets to be lost on you.
So I have compiled a list of highlights from the dialogue. The list is subjective, but hey, that's what you get for relying on other people's reading...
Blog: Heroes and the courage to be there

Photo from Informative bulletin Quarterly of Peace of Peace Brigades International, Columbia, Feb. 2007.
“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” — Arthur Ashe
One of the rewards of sticking with activism for a few decades is that time gives you an interesting vantage point. You can see how things that started really small — dream-sized tiny — can grow big and have awesome impact over time.
Let me tell you about one big sober hero of mine.
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