One is called to live nonviolently even if the change one works for seems impossible.
Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500 000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.
I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health a vegan diet was the best decision.
On some campuses change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.
I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.