#  RPP Colloquium Series: Why Nonviolent Civil Resistance Works 

 



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 **February 8, 2018** 

 All day 

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 **45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA**  



 

 



 

This colloquium explores some of the key challenges that nonviolent resistance movements face, including obstacles to building and maintaining movement cohesion, ensuring effective communication, and gaining political leverage; how advocates of principled nonviolence (who promote nonviolence on a moral basis) often clash with advocates of civil resistance (who promote nonviolent action on a strategic or utilitarian basis); the ongoing debate on diversity of tactics; and the ways in which power and privilege undermine solidarity. The colloquium highlights the power of women in these movements and addresses ways in which spiritually-engaged communities are well-positioned to address many of these key movement challenges.

Speaker: Erica Chenoweth, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; and Fellow, One Earth Future Foundation.

Moderator and Respondent: Jocelyne Cesari, PhD, Professor and Chair of Religion and Politics at the University of Birmingham, UK; Senior Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center on Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; and Visiting Professor of Religion and Politics at Harvard Divinity SchoolSpace is limited. RSVP is required: [https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV\_aUU3rN9JdvAV80J&Q\_JFE=0](https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_aUU3rN9JdvAV80J&Q_JFE=0)

 

 



 

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