Links to a better non-violent tomorrow
The mission of the Gandhi Institute is to promote and apply the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and programming. Founded in 1991 by the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, and his wife Sunanda, their vision is to foster the understanding, application, and practice of nonviolence.
The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence - The Mission of the Gandhi Institute ...is to promote and apply the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and programming. The Institute, founded by Arun Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi's grandson) and his wife Sunanda, was established to promote and teach the philosophy and practice of nonviolence to help reduce the violence that consumes our hearts, our homes, and our societies. We hope the contents of our website will be both informational and inspirational to all who wish to learn more about M.K. Gandhi and Nonviolence. At the Gandhi Institute we continue to build upon Mahatma Gandhi's teachings through our many programs, seminars, talks, and events. For an overview of the contents of this website at a glance, please see our Site Index. Please contact us if you have further questions: Arun Gandhi, M.K. Gandhi Institute. for Nonviolence. Christian Brothers University. 650 East Parkway South, Memphis TN 38104. Tel: (901) 452-2824; Fax: 901-452-2775; email questions@gandhiinstitute.org ; web site http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/
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The mission of Free Hand Books is to bring the legacy of nonviolence into the classrooms and communities of the 21st century. Income from Free Hand Books sales is used to support nonviolence education and experiments in practical nonviolence in all spheres of daily living.
Peaceworkers supports the development of “peace teams” consisting of volunteers trained in nonviolence, prepared to offer conflict resolution and peacemaking services in conflict areas around the world. See our home page for reports from David Hartsough, Director of Peaceworkers.
Peaceworkers is working to update their website, so we have included a link to their email address. Please contact them if you are interested in their work.
The mission of IGC is to advance and inform movements for peace, economic and social justice, human rights and environmental sustainability around the world by promoting strategic use of appropriate computer networking technology. IGC is a nonprofit organization that provides alternative sources of information as well as on-line access and comprehensive Internet services for progressive individuals and organizations.
Our initial network, PeaceNet was founded in a garage in Palo Alto,
California in 1986. Since then, IGC has expanded its capabilities to
bring Internet tools and on-line services to organizations and activists
working on peace, economic and social justice, human rights,
environmental protection, labor issues and conflict resolution.
We also offer the following services: e-mail, public and private
discussion forums (newsgroups), a new software package, mailing lists,
domain name service, World Wide Web hosting and consulting and 24-hour,
7-day-a-week customer support.
The Nonviolent Web offers links to 373 websites in the field of nonviolence. They provide links to magazines, newsletters, peace organizations, peace centers and other lists and web hosts. They also post Nonviolence Web Upfront, The Weekly Magazine of the NVWeb and provide a discussion forum and other services.
Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a unique grass roots organization that works to open space for peace so that conflicts can be addressed in a non-violent way. PBI applies a strategy of international presence and concern that supports local initiatives and contributes to developing a culture of peace and justice. They act on request of local organizations and groups working for human rights, social change and the development of civil society, that use non-violent means in regions where there is oppression and conflict.
The aim of PBI’s international presence is to accompany both political and social processes through a joint strategy of deterring violence and promoting active non violence. Our international teams of volunteers use methods such as protective accompaniment, peace education, independent observation and analysis of the conflict situation. In addition, PBI learns about, develops and models forms of non-violent intervention. Where possible, PBI initiates contacts with all the parties of a conflict in order to establish and inform of our presence. This work is supported through a broad international network of organizations and individuals. Our identity is built upon nonhierarchical structures and consensual processes.
Mission Statement: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change is dedicated to carrying forward the legacy and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through research, education and training in the principles, philosophy and methods of nonviolence.
A Legacy of Commitment: The King Center was established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King as a living memorial dedicated to preserving the legacy of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and promoting the elimination of poverty, racism and war through research, education and training in Kingian nonviolence. As an official non-governmental organization of the United Nations with observer status, The King Center is dedicated to building a world community of justice, peace, brother and sisterhood.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace and justice. They are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. They educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.
The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) began on the eve of war. In 1914 two ‘enemies’—a British Quaker and a German Lutheran—committed themselves to working for peace, no matter what their governments might do. IFOR members remain committed to the search for nonviolent alternatives to conflict—and to addressing injustices which lie at the root of conflict.
Statement of Purpose: The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) is an international, spiritually-based movement composed of people who, from the basis of a belief in the power of love and truth to create justice and restore community, commit themselves to active nonviolence as a way of life and as a means of transformation-personal, social, economic and political.
CPT is a program of Mennonite and Church of the Brethren congregations and Quaker meetings who share a vision of active peacemaking rooted in spirituality. Teams of trained peacemakers are sent into situations of violent conflict and areas of militarization to support local nonviolent efforts. CPT includes full time workers who make up the Christian Peacemaker Corps. Corps members participate in nonviolent direct action, human rights documentation, symbolic public witness, creative liturgy, mediation, all with a view toward helping a local conflict become transformed into new possibilities for people and the earth.
Mission Statement: The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine.
They recognize that the leadings of the Spirit and the principles of truth found through Friends’ experience and practice are not the exclusive possession of any group. We nurture the faith that conflicts can be resolved nonviolently, that enmity can be transformed into friendship, strife into cooperation, poverty into well-being, and injustice into dignity and participation. We believe that ultimately goodness can prevail over evil, and oppression in all its many forms can give way.
Global
http://www.unesco.org/cpp/
UNESCO's Transdisciplinary Project "Towards a Culture of
Peace"
UNESCO’s Culture of Peace Project aims to promote values, attitudes and
behaviours in people so that they will seek peaceful solutions to
problems.
As a trans disciplinary project, all Sectors of the Organisation are
active in the development of innovative projects and activities that
foster this new culture.
In working with a wide range of partners, UNESCO aims to advance a global
movement for a Culture of Peace.
Level: Primary and Secondary
http://www.unesco.org/opi/paix2000/
International Year for the Culture of Peace 2000
Level: Primary and Secondary
http://www2.unesco.org/iycp/
Peace on the Move
Around the world- 100 countries on the move for a culture of peace.
Level: Primary and Secondary
http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/
Manifesto 2000
What if the year 2000 were a new beginning, an opportunity to turn, all
together, the culture of war and violence into a culture of peace
and non-violence? These are the six pledges of Manifesto which
already bears the signatures of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
You too can sign it!
Level: Primary and Secondary
http://www.unesco.org/education/ecp/index.htm
Education for a culture of peace
The education for a culture of peace is founded i n UNESCO’s
constitutional mandate to build peace "in the minds of men".
Level: Secondary
http://www.unesco.org/human_rights/index.htm
Department for Peace, Human Rights, Democracy & Tolerance
Level: Secondary
Other Peace related web sites
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Level: Secondary
http://www.unfoundation.org/
United Nations
Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to support the goals and objectives of the
United Nations and its Charter, in order to promote a more peaceful,
prosperous and just world - with special emphasis on the UN's work on
behalf of economic, social, environmental and humanitarian causes.
Level: Teacher and Secondary
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/peacequest/
Quest for Peace & Diplomacy
A webquest on the India-Pakistan conflict. In this quest, "students
will learn to analyse and understand material from a variety of web sites
which will give them different perspectives about the situation in India
and Pakistan. Students will independently formulate their viewpoints. They
will then participate in effectively, clearly and persuasively
articulating their proposals for a possible solution to a very real and
sensitive world issue….
Level: Secondary
http://www.unicef.org/voy/
Voices of Youth is the UNICEF
Online forum that invites young people to learn about and express their
views on today's global issues of development, peace and justice. Includes
resources for teachers.
Level: Upper Primary – Secondary
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http://www.he.net/~sparker/cranes.html
Cranes for Peace
Students from 41 states folded paper cranes and sent them to students in
Japan on the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Take a look at
the links from this page and brainstorm your own project.
Level: Primary – Lower secondary
http://www.nobelchannel.com/
The Nobel Channel
Based on Nobel Prize achievements, this site offers resources and
historical references with compelling interactive media. Included is an
Interactive Learning Studio of lesson plans based on the Nobel Prize
themes. The pages on the Nobel Peace Prize offer a database of the
laureates for each year & a description of their achievements.
Level: Secondary
http://library.thinkquest.org/3078/
Peace Process 2001-Rise to the Occasion
The year 2001 is the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize. This
site reflects on its past as we move into the new millennium. Peace
Process 2001 pays tribute to all those individuals who have influenced the
modern peace movement of this century and who served as pioneers and
inventors within each stage of the major developments of technology and
communication. (Thinkquest student website)
Level: Upper primary - Secondary
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
U.S.
Peace Corps
US volunteer
organisation established in 1960 " to fight tyranny, poverty,
disease, and war." The site includes volunteer stories 1960 –
1990s.
Level:
Upper primary - Secondary
http://www.atriumsoc.org/
Atrium Society Information Center
This center provides information about the Education for Peace
bookstore and educational services which help children and adults to
recognize the roots of conflict, prejudice, nationalism, racism, and other
forms of conditioned thinking.
Level: Teacher
http://www.usip.org/
The
United States Institute of Peace
A nonpartisan, independent federal institution created and funded by
Congress to strengthen the nation's capabilities to promote the peaceful
resolution of international conflicts.
Level: Middle - Upper secondary
http://www.bullybeware.com/
Bully B’Ware
This organization offers online assistance to schools who are attempting
to raise students' awareness of the problems of bullying. Resources
include information about bullying (what it is, common characteristics,
what makes a bully, what schools can do, and more) as well as news stories
about bullies.
Level: Secondary
http://www.amnesty.org.au/
Amnesty International
A worldwide movement of people who work through international action to
prevent some ofthe most serious human rights violations by governments and
other political groups.
Level: Upper primary, Secondary
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations
adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full
text of which appears in these pages.
Level: Secondary
http://www.tibet.com/Buddhism/kala1.html
Kalachakra Mandala
The construction & art of a Tibetan Buddhist mandala, object of
meditation & symbol of wisdom & peace.
Level: Secondary
http://www.maui.com:80/~lesslie/
Engaged Buddhist
Dharma Page
A collection of Human Rights information and pointers, with emphasis on
Mexico, Africa & Tibet. Some Asian art and Buddhist literature. List
of links to Human Rights organisations worldwide.
Level:
Secondary
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/
The Gandhi Institute
The Gandhi Institute’s mission is to promote and apply the principles of
nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and
resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and
programming. Site includes Gandhi’s biography, quotations, articles.
Level: Middle - Upper secondary
http://www.kamat.com/mmgandhi/
Mahatma Gandhi: biography, photographs, quotations, tributes.
Level: Middle - Upper secondary
http://www.worldpeace.org/
Prayer for world peace
International nonsectarian movement for peace initiatives, affiliated with
the Office of Communications and Public Information at the United Nations.
The site includes links to many peace organisations & events.
Level: Upper primary – Secondary
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/peace/
Peace Resource Center
The University of Minnesota Peace Resource Center hosts documents and
links to further the peace movement around the world through action,
education, and information. Human rights education resources &
activities.
Level: Teacher
http://www.worldpeace2000.com/
One Day in Peace
Website for world peace, including an online picture story book in 21
languages. Links to peace organisations worldwide.
Level: Primary.
http://www.kids4peace.com/kids4p.htm
Kids for Peace
Activities & stories to promote world peace. Useful links.
Level: Primary
http://www.people4peace.com/
People for Peace
Activities, stories, links to organisations working for world peace.
All levels.
http://www.ipacademy.org/
International Peace Academy (IPA)
An independent, non-partisan, international organisation dedicated to
promoting the peaceful settlement of armed conflicts between and within
states.
Level: Upper secondary
http://www.yogaworld.org/
World of Yoga
A bout the eight main yogas, meditations and more. Yoga for inner peace,
spiritual fulfilment, health, stress relief.
Level: Secondary
http://www.timages.com/yoga.htm
Yoga Studio. Online Yoga class
Level: Secondary
http://health.yahoo.com/health/Alternative_Medicine/Alternative_Therapies/Meditation/
Yahoo’s summary of the practice & effects of transcendental
meditation for inner peace & health.
Level: Secondary
http://home.earthlink.net/~srama/index.html
Essentials of Buddhism
Concise synopsis of major beliefs & practices.
Level: Secondary
http://www.nobelweb.org/
International Decade for a Culture of Peace & Non-violence for the
Children of the World.
The site includes the international appeal by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates,
& the UN resolution in response.
Level: Upper primary, Secondary.
http://www.rmc.edu/psysr/CulturesOfPeace/
Cultures of Peace Action Committee
Encourages psychologically informed, holistic approaches to peace that
connect work on peace education, conflict resolution, human rights &
sustainable development. The site includes suggested action &
contacts.
Level: Upper secondary
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/ptlc3.html
Horizon
A cultural, literary & educational magazine providing information on
paving a culture of peace & creating understanding among people &
nations. Articles, poems, book reviews.
Level: Secondary
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Volunteering/World_Peace.html
Awesome library’s K-12 resources on World Peace.
This site is a comprehensive directory, with links to lesson plans,
papers, news, other directories on all aspects of world peace.
Level: Teacher (but points to sites suitable for all levels).
http://crnhq.org/
IYCP2000
Many organisations would welcome the opportunity to participate in
IYCP2000 and, to assist in this, CRN will act as an Information Centre and
Registrar. It is hoped that an IYCP2000 Information Centre will also
facilitate and invite media interest.
CRN encourages organisations to dedicate appropriate programs and projects
to IYCP2000. This has been met with instant enthusiasm, and already many
significant initiatives of the NGO sector see themselves as "carrying
the banner of IYCP2000". Scroll down to Projects dedicated to
IYCP2000
Level: Primary and Secondary Teachers
Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead on January 30 1948, by Nathram Godse, a Hindu nationalist enraged by Gandhi's overtures to Muslims after the partition of Britain's Indian empire into predominately Hindu India and officially Islamic Pakistan. The date of his death is now an Indian holiday, Martyr's Day