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Killing-Free Societies Are Possible
an article by Joám Evans Pim
For nearly three years I have been working with a team of other
professionals to help reduce killing in the world through the Center for
Global Nonkilling (CGNK) based in Hawai'i. Like all new adventures we
need friends, encouragement and help spreading the word.
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Visionary
cold warrior and professor emeritus Dr. Glenn Paige presented a clear
case in "Nonkilling Global Political Science" that it is possible to
achieve killing-free societies. The Center builds on his work to make a
measurable difference over time toward that end. Here are just a few
of our accomplishments so far:
- Working with affiliates and colleagues in Haiti, Africa,
South America and Asia to develop policies and initiatives to prevent
killing, especially those with impacts on women and children
- Graduating 27 young leaders from our first two Leadership
Academies, and working with them to eliminate killing and its causes in
their 19 countries
- Publishing academic research with contributions from nearly 600 researchers at over 250 prestigious institutions
I am especially pleased that many of the recent initiatives featured on our website (www.nonkilling.org), are taking place in Africa. These include:
- An article, “African Initiatives Toward Killing-Free
Societies,” highlighting the work of several of the CGNK's affiliate
organizations and Leadership Fellows in Africa was just published by
Gregory Bourne in “Conflict Trends.” He is the Co-Director of the
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in
Durban, South Africa
- CGNK has supported the Mozambican nonprofit FOMICRES
(Mozambican Force for Crime Investigation and Social Reinsertion) to
develop a new national initiative under the title "Nonkilling is
Possible". The initiative will be focused on the collection and
destruction of weapons and will be launched on June 16.
- In Kenya, three women who attended the CGNK Nonkilling Leadership
Academies in 2009 and 2010 are working together to create a prototype
“peace village,” imagined during an Academy visioning exercise.
- The Glenn Paige Nonkilling School in the village of Kazimia, Sud
Kivu, DR Congo -- established by the Great Lakes Africa nonprofit
humanitarian organization Mleci (Bemba language for “Nurturing” like
mother’s care) – has been accepted by GlobalGiving.org in Washington
D.C. in a contest for permanent listing for charitable donations.
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
Are nonkilling societies possible?
If yes, what should we be doing? If not, what will happen to us?
Thematic forum(s) in which this article is being discussed:
NON-VIOLENCE - NON VIOLENCE
LATEST READER COMMENT:
Of
course, they are made of people. Non-killing people are
possible(of humans) so I think it's important to understand how these
people communicate to themselves and how they interpret the words and
actions of others. Franz DeWaal is biologist who is explaining us
as social animals with innate capacities of morality. Any
organization or person that kills really needs to listen to how peaceful
people do the right thing. Once they see how its possible, their
innate capacities will take over as it has done for us. It's a
matter of belief.... . ...more.
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