Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World w/ Author Scott Brown

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with author Scott Brown about his new book, Active Peace: a Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World, and how we can apply the principles of restorative justice to activism and nonviolent social change. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guest:Scott Brown is the founder of Active Peace, and the author of a book by the same title. He is currently on a 50-city book tour, and was also the cofounder of the Colorado Center for Restorative Practices. He has a 15-year history of working for social justice causes, and trained as a peacemaker with the Colorado Peacemaker Institute (now the Engaged Mindfulness Institute) in 2006–2007.Related Links:Active Peacewww.4activepeace.comFind the book here!http://www.collinsfoundationpress.org/ActivePeace-Home.htmUsing Restorative Justice Address Environmental Harmhttp://www.4activepeace.com/2015/09/08/using-restorative-justice-to-address-environmental-harm/Campaign Nonviolencehttp://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgAbout Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/