Some Friends, however, believe that we may have been too hasty in judging anger as always a negative. Some of the most powerful examplars of nonviolence that we know, like Jesus and Gandhi, had quite a positive relationship with their anger. When anger is a straightforward response to witnessing injustice, it not only seems quite healthy but it can also assist mobilization for positive social change. Many of us have experienced someone being angry who was certainly neither mean nor emotionally violent in their expression. Maybe a simple negative judgement of anger can be as simplistic as a negative judgement of sex.

In this workshop, George and Ingrid will assist Friends to think freshly about anger, its place in their lives and in movements for justice and peace. Using prayer, small groups, experiential exercises, and video, Friends will have the chance to consider new, positive ways of tapping the energy which anger represents.