Rivera Sun

@riverasun.bsky.social

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I am an activist and author of social justice fiction, including The Dandelion Insurrection and the award-winning Ari Ara Series. I am the editor of Nonviolence News and a trainer in strategy for nonviolent action. www.riverasun.com

A yellow line art drawing of a protester speaking into a megaphone and the full size words "ICE OUT!" is superimposed on an orange-hued photograph of an anti-ICE demonstration. The black-and-white logo of Nonviolence News is on top.
A light blue line art drawing of three people holding signs with candles on them is superimposed on a dark blue hued photograph of people carrying mock coffins at a funeral march protesting ICE abuses.
A blue line art drawing of a protester holding a sign that says "We the People" is superimposed on a red-hued photo of an anti-authoritarian protest.
Green line art drawings of trees are superimposed on an yellow and orange photo of a hot sun above a city. The Nonviolence News logo is on top.
A red line art drawing of a sledgehammer smashing a Starbucks coffee cup is superimposed on a green-hued photo of a coffee drinker eyeing the artwork nervously. The black-and-white banner of Nonviolence News is in front.
A yellow line art drawing of a girl selling lemonade is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of a bald eagle. It is a reference to a news story about young students raising money to preserve bald eagle habitat from a luxury home development.
Yellow line art drawings of Hungarians jubilantly waving their flags are superimposed on a blue-hued background image of a protest. The black and white banner of Nonviolence News is in the bottom left.
A green line art drawing of Pope Leo is superimposed on a red-hued background of Iranian women demonstrating near a power plant in a line. One demonstrator holds a sign that says in English: 'Global Resistance against global oppression of America.' The black and white Nonviolence News banner is in the bottom part of the image.
Blue line art depicts two men hugging with empathy. In the background a yellow-hued picture of a windmill. The images portray how nonviolence encompasses a wide range of unexpected ideas, policies, and structures. The black-and-white logo of Nonviolence News is on top.
A gold line art drawing of marching demonstrators holding a large sign with a circle with a line through a crown - symbolizing the No Kings protests - is superimposed on a blue-hued protest photo. In the background one of the signs reads "your tax dollars are funding war crimes". The black and white logo of Nonviolence News is on top.
A yellow line art drawing of Lady Liberty and Lady Justice holding hands aloft is superimposed on a red-hued photograph of a march. The black and white logo of Nonviolence News is at the bottom.
Light blue line art of a row of women raising their fists on International Women's Day is superimposed on a purple-hued photograph of a rally. The black and white banner of Nonviolence News is on top.
A blue-hued screenshot from a "Salty Girls" dance video in which protesters evoked the Morton Salt Girl with rainjackets and umbrellas as they creatively protested ICE at the Broadview Detention Center in Chicago, IL. Yellow line art figures of dancers create a layered image of the dancers.
Author Rivera Sun holds up her novel, River Dragon, against a background of painted blues. A quote from the book reads, "Each of us chooses whether we will push our future toward war ... or whether we will bend it toward peace."
On a black background are the yellow, red, and black covers of the three novels in the Dandelion Trilogy, along with the opening quote of the first book, "In a time that looms around the corner of today ... "
A coral-red line art drawing of youth gathered in a cluster, chanting together, is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of the Talajos River in Brazil. The black and white banner of Nonviolence News is on top of the image.
On a striking red, black, and gold background, a quote from the novel, The Dandelion Insurrection, reads, "Anywhere and everywhere the concrete of control paved over the goodness of the heart ... the Dandelion Insurrection sprang up in the cracks."
On a yellow background, a quote from the novel, The Dandelion Insurrection, reads: "When fear is used to control us, love is how we rebel." A picture of the book cover is contrasted with an energetic sweep of a black-ink brush stroke.
A yellow line art image of a protester being arrested by four police officers is superimposed on an orange-hued image of Hungary Pride March in 2025. The black and white banner of the Nonviolence News logo is on the bottom left.
Gold line art on a yellow photographic background depict members of the Singing Resistance in Minneapolis. The black and white logo of Nonviolence News is superimposed across the bottom.
The colorful cover of the novel The Lost Heir by Rivera Sun shows a redheaded girl and a stylized landscape. The book sits outside on autumn leaves.
A black and white poster announces a National Shutdown on Jan 30, 2026. No work. No school. No shopping. #IceOut
A headlamp lights up a white sign that says "Stop ICE" in a tall snow bank in the dark.
A screenshot of the article reads: Today, after a year of rapid, large-scale mobilizing, resistance to rogue immigration agents is seeing its own set of commandments emerge. From compiling strategies from across the United States, 10 Rules of Resistance for #ICEOut can be identified. Taken as a whole, they offer all of us a robust approach to denying ICE the basic necessities of their operation. 10 Rules of Resistance for #ICEOut No silence. No selling. No service. No hotel rooms. No entry. No informing. No looking away. No collaboration. No transporting. No detention centers. (You can add to this list, of course. There’s no limit to the ways we can resist.)
A line drawing of Dr. King sitting a desk with the quote "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." Stars surround the quote.
Author Rivera Sun flashes the peace sign with one hand while holding the novels in her Ari Ara Series in the other.
An orange line drawing of three Buddhist monks in robes and a dog is superimposed on a green-hued photo of one of the crowds that came to greet the monks' cross-country peace walk.
Author Rivera Sun holds a large sign with a handdrawn dandelion on it. The sign reads: be kind, be connected, be unafraid.
A page of typed text from the novel 'The Way Between' by Rivera Sun
A stack of yellow books with dandelions on them is paired with the text: 'reading this book is an act of resistance'.
A light blue, line art portrait of Renee Nicole Good is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of a large crowd at her memorial march in Minneapolis. The black and white logo of Nonviolence News is on top.
On a black cloth, the three books in the Dandelion Trilogy, a trio of novels by Rivera Sun, are stacked with covers visible.
On a rainbow swirl background, a red-headed figure of the character Ari Ara leaps in a dance-like move. Next to her a quote from one of the novels in the Ari Ara Series reads: "A century of peace stretches the limits of the wildest imagination. A thousand years of peace is the star-stuff of legends. Even a year of peace would change everything."
Yellow, blue, and green line art figures of protesters are superimposed on the iconic "Earth Rise" photo showing the planet earth floating in the blackness of space. The black and white banner logo of Nonviolence News is on top of all the artwork.
Colorful line art drawings make a collage of protesters on a blue background. The black and white banner logo of nonviolence news is in front.
A yellow line drawing of a woman holding a sign that says 'women rise' is super-imposed on a blue-hued photo of a die-in in Brazil. The black and white banner of Nonviolence News is overlaid on top.
Red-headed author Rivera Sun holds a stack of her novels in the high desert of New Mexico. She wears a bright yellow jacket.
A set of six colorful books with the red-headed heroine in the Ari Ara Series by Rivera Sun.
A quote from the novel The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun appears on a gold banner over a sheet of handwritten paper. A dandelion graphic is on top. The quote says, "We have our bodies and our hearts and nothing else, but all across the world, that is what has pushed for change."
An orange line art drawing of a protester with a flag is superimposed on a purple-hued backdrop of Serbian demonstrators. The black and white Nonviolence News logo is at the bottom.
Line art of protesters chanting is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of young protesters in Morocco.