Miki Kashtan

Miki Kashtan is a practical visionary pursuing a world that works for all, based on principles and practices rooted in feminist nonviolence. Miki is a founding member of the Nonviolent Global Liberation community (NGLcommunity.org), a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC.org) a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, and has taught, consulted, and engaged with projects globally. This is her fourth book after Spinning Threads of Radical Aliveness: Transcending the Legacy of Separation in Our Individual Lives, The Little Book of Courageous Living, and Reweaving Our Human Fabric: Working Together to Create a Nonviolent Future. Miki also has hundreds of posts on The Fearless Heart. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Tikkun, Waging Nonviolence, Peace and Conflict, Shareable, and elsewhere. An Israeli native with significant roots in Mexico and New York City, she lived in Berkeley and Oakland, California, for three decades before choosing to vagabond in search of learning about liberation and community. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley.