Class offers tools for keeping your anger at bay.(Capital Region)

Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff Writer

TROY - Stop right there.

Don't throw that punch, raise that finger or jab with that elbow.

Geralyn McDowell wants to teach you how to respond nonviolently to everyday intrusions, from that person who cut you off in traffic to that boss who told you off at the staff meeting.

She will teach a class on "Nonviolent Response to Public Provocation" at 7 tonight at Rosa House Peace Community/Troy Catholic Worker, 2251 Old Sixth Ave.

"This one is to use nonviolence in situations that come up, public provocations: road rage, someone yelling at you at work," she said. "We can't do what we're doing in the …