About Nonviolence Studies
Two courses introduction to Nonviolence Studies and Applied NVS-were started by Susan Allen & Charlie Perkins in 2002/2003. In 2007, K-State College of Arts and Sciences approved a 15-hour NVS Certificate.
Nonviolence Studies Certificate Program Ever wonder how you can change the conditions that engender violence? Do you think there must be a better way to resolve conflict than ...bullying? ...abusing power? ....war? ....violence? Do you wonder why people care about...human rights? ...human wrongs? ...social justice? Do you want to learn to change for the better ...the world ...the environment ...your relationships ...your Self? Nonviolence strategies, tactics & tools help us resolve problems nonviolently. Introduction to Nonviolence Studies,
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What do we mean by Nonviolence? Conflict within a human relationship system is as natural as “bad” weather. How we respond to conflict is a choice. |
In our nonviolence work at K-State, we examine violence-and-nonviolence within a holistic, interlocking web of problems and outcomes, not as "black or white" polarities. Violence is individual and institutional, personal and political. It might be silence, bullying, harassment, physical assault, suicide; oppression, exploitation, war... Violence is injustice that results in dysfunctional, imbalanced relationships -- among people, groups, and nations; between people and our environment; even within one body or mind. Nonviolence in this context are those actions we take to move toward dynamic balance -- seen as justice, health, peace -- by devising creative interventions into dysfunctional systems -- ideally, before a crisis occurs; but with conflict resolution, direct action and other creative, nonviolent methods, afterwards. Nonviolent actions are the intentional strategies, tactics and tools we create to generate win-win outcomes for inevitable conflict and change--not for sentiment but for wholeness and sustainability.” "Activist Media Anthropology-Antidote to Extremist Worldviews,” Media Anthropology (Sage, May 2005), SL Allen