Mobilizing the Power to Stop Harm

Cultivating the Love to Heal It

Weaving spiritual practice and trauma healing with the deep lineage of nonviolent social change.  

Kazu Haga

Trainer Educator Student Practitioner

I have lived in Buddhist monasteries. I have spent the last twenty-five years in social justice movements. I have sat in hundreds of circles with incarcerated people witnessing them do the hard work of healing and accountability. And I have been humbled and inspired by my own, never-ending healing journey. 

My work tries to bring all of my experiences together in a way that contributes to social change and collective liberation. Each day I find myself more committed to fighting injustice. And each day, I learn more that the fight for justice is not a political battle. It is about healing the impact of violence and separation on our souls.

Healing Resistance

A Radically Different Response to Harm

Nonviolence was once considered the highest form of activism and radical change. And yet its basic truth - its restorative power - has been forgotten. In Healing Resistance, leading trainer Kazu Haga blazingly reclaims the energy and assertiveness of nonviolent practice and shows that a principled approach to nonviolence is the way to transform not only unjust systems but broken relationships.

  • “We need this book like oxygen.”

    ~ Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self

  • “Kazu’s deep, nuanced and principled commitment to nonviolence has challenged and inspired me and many others”

    ~ Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

  • “If anyone ever thought that enough has already been written about nonviolence, they haven’t read Kazu Haga’s book.”

    ~ Miki Kashtan, author of Reweaving Our Human Fabric

  • “Beautifully accessible and profound, Haga is a masterful teacher.”

    —Larry Yang, author of Awakening Together

  • "We owe a debt of gratitude to Haga... this book [is] a manual for loving and for living nonviolence that will guide and inspire generations to come."

    —john a. powell, director of the Othering and Belonging Institute 

The Gift Economy 

The Gift Economy, to me, is a system of managing resources in a way that is aligned with our natural ecosystem. In nature, there is no imbalance, poverty, waste or hoarding - all things that we accept as normal in our current market system. For me, this is about so much more than choosing to “not charge a fee” in any of my workshops.

Upcoming Events

Featured
From Coping to Thriving
Nov 18
From Coping to Thriving

In times of such urgency, it is important for those working for social change to care for ourselves so we can be at our best. However, capitalism and other forms of separation have taken away our ability to engage in practices that allow us to truly thrive.

Fierce Vulnerability
Dec 3
Fierce Vulnerability

We are living in a time of transition. Our ecological, social and economic systems are on the verge of collapse, putting many communities into a state of panic and awakening collective trauma. So how do we engage in nonviolent social change work in the midst of such turmoil?

Fierce Vulnerability Lecture
Jan 17
Fierce Vulnerability Lecture

How can we imagine a movement that sees injustice as a manifestation of collective trauma and therefore understands that we can’t “shut down” injustice any more than we can “shut down” trauma? Can we do so at a time of social, ecological and economic collapse.

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Blogs

Blog
Nov ‘24 Financial statement
Nov ‘24 Financial statement

My first statement of financial transparency as an individual! Gulp… This feels vulnerable, and exciting! Want to read about my finances?

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Why I share my finances
Why I share my finances

Why financial transparency matters in a Gift Economy, and what it may look like for me to practice it now that I am no longer a full time employee of an organization.

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My Relationship With Social Media
My Relationship With Social Media

As I continue to engage with social media to share about my work, I want to make a few commitments that I hope will support me having a healthier relationship with a tool that I believe is a net-negative to the world.

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Why I Built My Website
Why I Built My Website

I’ve always resisted having a personal website. And, when I was in Japan, the head monk of an ancient temple told me that he wanted to burn the temple to the ground. This teaching freed me up to pursue work that truly matters.

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