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Student Voice: How Young People Use Social Media to Engage Civically

By Rainier Harris — 2020

While some young people might not be able to vote yet, they are leveraging social media to educate themselves and their peers on social justice topics ranging from gun violence to racial justice to climate change.

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Connecting Civil Resistance and Conflict Resolution

Research finds that nonviolent action and peacebuilding tactics can achieve a more just and sustainable peace when they are combined strategically.

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Maria J. Stephan
2017
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The Global Pandemic Has Spawned New Forms of Activism—and They’re Flourishing

We’ve identified nearly 100 distinct methods of non-violent action that include physical, virtual and hybrid actions.

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Erica Chenoweth, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Pressman, Felipe G Santos, Jay Ulfelder
2020
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How to Stop a Power Grab

As democracy hangs in the balance, activists are drawing lessons from the study of civil resistance.

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Andrew Marantz
2020
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How the World is Proving Martin Luther King Right about Nonviolence

Clearly, there is much more to learn about nonviolent resistance: It is an emerging phenomenon, and research on the topic is likewise emerging within the social sciences.

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Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan
2016
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The Subtle Power of Nonviolent Activism

Violent responses to social justice protests require protesters to be even more focused on peaceful tactics.

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The Monitor’s Editorial Board
2020
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Nonviolent Resistance Proves Potent Weapon

Erica Chenoweth discovers it is more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns

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Michelle Nicholasen
2019
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