Love-In-Action! Words with Rivera Sun
Love in action is the phrase used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, to describe what happens when "the heart bursts open and springs into action!" Rivera Sun brings you hope, courage, and practical skills for being love in action. Drawing from inspiring stories of nonviolent action, Rivera will speak on bringing people together, creating plans, and becoming a vibrant part of the growing Movement of Movements that is sweeping across the nation and into our lives!
Rivera Sun is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars, the cohost of Occupy Radio, and the cofounder of the Love-In-Action Network. She is also the social media coordinator for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Sun attended the James Lawson Institute on Strategic Nonviolent Resistance in 2014 and her essays on social justice movements appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.