PLEDGE OF NONVIOLENCE

In preparation for my nonviolent presence at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor today I commit myself to:

·Refuse to engage in verbal abuse or physical violence;
·Pledge not to bring or use any drugs or alcohol other than for medical
     purposes;
·Carry no weapons;
·Refuse to retaliate if injured;
·Maintain a spirit of openness, friendliness and respect toward police   
     officers, court officials, and all others I encounter;
·Share my message of peace with clarity;
·Listen with my self fully present and alert;
·Remain gentle, never self-righteous or hostile;
·Keep in mind that transformation and conversion to peace must
     begin with my own life;
·Sustain this discipline throughout all consequences, even under the
     legal violence of the state.

Nonviolence is a way of being