Bristol workshops for nonviolent protests

David Mowat encouraging Friends to be ‘an intergenerational (non-judgemental) bridge between older activists and younger ones less familiar with nonviolence as an ethos and set of approaches’.

by Rebecca Hardy 27th August 2021

Bristol Quakers have launched their first nonviolence workshop for demonstrators, following a concern raised by a local Friend. The course ran on 1 July at Central Bristol Meeting House, where Jenny Smith talked of her pioneering role as liaison person in earlier Bristol demonstrations.