Frida Berrigan is a columnist for Waging Nonviolence and serves on the National Committee of the War Resisters League. She lives in New London, Connecticut with her husband Patrick and their three children, Madeline (2 months), Seamus (21 months) and Rosena (7 years).
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Published in: TransformationFifty years later, the spirit of the Catonsville Nine lives onThose who burned hundreds of draft files to protest the Vietnam War deserve to be honored, remembered and emulated.
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Published in: TransformationHow do you tell the kids that Grandma is in jail for resisting nuclear weapons?“Wait, these nuclear weapons…They are war things?” Seamus asked. “Yep, they are war things bud.” “Good for grandma.”
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Published in: TransformationPreparing for the long haul under the Trump administrationThere are hundreds of ways to stay upright and human in trying times—here’s a selection.
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Published in: TransformationMaking our movements work for kids and familiesChildren have always been part of people’s work for rights and social justice, so what does it take to make activism...
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Published in: TransformationSocial movements need imagination, which is why I’m not buying my kids any more toysResistance means more than politics; it involves poetry, magical thinking and wonder, and begins with children...
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Published in: TransformationHow I will prepare my white son for the interactions he won't have with policeSeamus’ whiteness means that I don’t have to teach him how to prepare for humiliation. That is white privilege in a nutshell.