Mission: Nonviolence International promotes nonviolent action and seeks to reduce the use of violence worldwide. We believe that every culture and religion can employ appropriate nonviolent methods for positive social change and international peace … (about 1/2).
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About 2/2 … /Organizational Information: Nonviolence International is a decentralized network of resource centers that promote the use of nonviolent action.
Founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad in 1989, NI is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in Washington, DC, USA. NI is also a non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
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The following introduction to Nonviolence was published by the Australian Victorian Association for Peace Studies and is now out-of-print. We reproduce it here with permission of the author. Although focused primarily on the Australian experience, and using Australian illustrative examples, the principles, approach and methodologies embodied are applicable globally, only the form of manifestation will change. Since it was written for a local audience, any reference to Christian peacemaking should be read as ‘faith based peacemaking’ as it is just as appropriate to make these comments about a faith based approach in other societies.