Or learn if we mouth empty encouraging platitudes instead of our real opinions and feeling. We must trust in others' ability to deal with honest, constructive criticism, just as we trust in our own. We are also allowed to value our own time and ask for process agreements as a part of any workshop or action that we participate in. People who won't make agreements are often unable to work co-operatively, and are destructive to group process. We do not have to work with them, nor they with us.
Free choice is essential to nonviolence.
What we can do is practise nonviolence as well as we can, and develop our own power and abilities. Encourage others to empower themselves. Be willing to work co-operatively in community and areas of need. Be willing to teach and share. Demonstrate by example.