June 2 Tip: Learn about The Center for Non-Violence and Peace Studies

Learn about The Center for Non-Violence and Peace Studies

(The June 2 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://web.uri.edu/nonviolence/about/

• Through education and training, the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island seeks to institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence as a process that reduces human suffering and promotes the establishment of a global beloved community.

• The Center engages in activities and projects that foster mutual understanding among people, in which nonviolent processes are used to reconcile conflicts and to build peaceful, sustainable, and inclusive communities that promote human rights, and economic and social justice for all.

• Through the study of nonviolence we learn how to apply approaches that willfoster more harmonious relationships at every societal level, from interpersonal interactions to institutional and governmental policy.

• The Center provides educational programs, program evaluation action research, community outreach, and leadership development at URI and in Rhode Island, as well as nationally and internationally.

• We aim to collaborate with and strengthen relationships with other organizations, agencies, and governmental departments engaged in peacebuilding and nonviolence work at the local, national, and global levels.