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RT @rickspence: Gerald Butts ( WWF CEO) "I think charities are among the most entrepreneurial organizations in the world." #CBSR7
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@MarizuChavez #Honduras We could list at least 117 popular civil organizations inside the country that rejected the coup.
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@MarizuChavez #Honduras We could list at least 117 popular civil organizations inside the country that rejected the coup.
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Strategies - Represents an international network of trainers and consultants. Delivers knowledge on nonviolent strategies and tactics

Alternatives to Violence Project - Empowering people to lead nonviolent lives through affirmation, respect for all, community building, cooperation, and trust. Provides a history, publications available and workshop information.
Meta Description: [ Workshops in conflict resolution and alternative ways to respond to and recognise our own violence, for prisons, community groups, and schools ]

Anathoth Community Farm - Intentional community in Luck, Wisconsin focused on sustainability, peace, justice, and social change. Events, contact information, and related links.

404 Australia Tibet Council - Why Non-Violence? - Australia Tibet Council article on the Tibetan's struggle for peaceful liberation. Read the Dalai Lama's views on non-violence.
Meta Description: [ Australia Tibet Council campaigns for the right of the Tibetan people to decide their own future and for an end to violations of their fundamental rights and freedoms. It is an independent, non-profit organisation funded solely by its members and supporters. ]

Center for Nonviolent Communication - Global organization helping people compassionately connect with one another through Nonviolent Communication, a process created by Marshall B Rosenberg, PhD. Training events, resources, program background, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ CNVC: a global organization helping people compassionately connect with themselves and one another through Nonviolent Communication(sm), a process created by Marshall B Rosenberg, PhD. ]

Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence - Los Angeles based non-profit group working to build a culture of nonviolence and peace through education, research, advocacy, and institutional transformation. Calendar of events, discussion groups, action alerts, suggested reading, and volunteer opportunities.
Meta Description: [ The mission of Common Peace is to heal, empower and revitalize our lives and our communities through the practice of nonviolence as a way of life. Through education, inspiration and cooperative action, we are creating a society that honors the dignity and worth of every human being. We believe ... ]

Deep Humanity Institute - Creates workshops in community building, peacemaking and personal development in schools, workplace, and community environments. Provides a brief overview, founders' biographies, and programs offered.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Humanitarian Assistance Programs - A nonprofit organization committed to relieving human suffering and breaking the cycle of violence. Provides an overview, iniatives, and training information. Provides related links and post 9-11 work.

Fellowship of Reconciliation - Sponsors conferences to educate and train nonviolent protestors. Opinion articles, group background, program and event descriptions, related links.
Meta Description: [ The Fellowship of Reconciliation is the largest, oldest Interfaith Peace organization in the United States and is dedicated to the promotion of nonviolent conflict resolution. ]

Flagstaff Center for Compassionate Communication - Teaches the process of Nonviolent Communication, which strengthens the ability of people to connect compassionately with themselves and others, share resources, and resolve conflicts. Includes training and retreat schedule, newsletter, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ We are an educational non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes Compassionate Communication (also known as Nonviolent Communication and NVC), and other systems which promote personal growth, and compassionate friendships and relationships of all kinds. ]

Gandhi Memorial Center - Headquarters of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Foundation, Inc. Provides resources for the study of the life and philosophy of the man, including a library, material for loan to exhibits, and a one year correspondence course. Located on the grounds of the Self-Revelation Church, Washington DC.

Global Renaissance Alliance - Working to harness the power of nonviolence through prayer, meditation, and deep personal sharing. Articles, events, discussion forum, resources, and ways to become involved.

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict - Advocates and promotes the use of nonviolent means to wage social and political conflict.
Meta Description: [ develops and encourages the use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies to establish and defend democracy and human rights worldwide ]

Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education (INNATE) - Umbrella group to support groups and individuals exploring nonviolent approaches to conflict issues. Operates mainly in Northern Ireland, with a particular concentration in Belfast and associated groups in Belfast, Derry, Cork and Dublin. Includes background, news, and resources.
Meta Description: [ The Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education ]

Jonah House - Faith based community organizing nonviolent resistance to warmaking and support for Plowshares actions.
Meta Description: [ Jonah House is a faith-based, nonviolent resistance community. living in and out of jails and prisons. We value compassion, resistance to domination and empire. Jonah House supports Plowshares disarmament actions and runs a food pantry in West Baltimore. ]

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding - Offers training programs in conflict prevention, transformation and management, with a special focus on inter-communal dialogue and reconciliation. Goals, newsletter, publications, and programs.
Meta Description: [ The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that offers international training programs in conflict transformation, intercommunal dialogue, and reconciliation. ]

Listening Project: Rural Southern Voice for Peace - Organizing tool for nonviolent social change, especially useful in communities where conflict and disempowerment weakens efforts toward community development, justice, peace, or protecting the environment. Background, process, and application for training.
Meta Description: [ The U.S. & International Listening Project Center provides Listening Project resources, consultation, training and trainer referral, and offer creative tools for nonviolent community organizing and education. ]

404 M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence - 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. Articles, programs, audio clips, and resources.
Meta Description: [ The Gandhi Institute, founded by M.K. Gandhi's grandson Arun Gandhi and his wife Sunanda, promotes and applies the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally. ]

Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace - Aims to share knowledge of Mahatma Gandhi's beliefs and philosophies. Includes a portal linking to nonviolence related sites.
Meta Description: [ This is the site of the Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace. Here, you will find information on Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, Gandhi postcards, quotations by Gandhi, information on Gandhi's legacy, a Gandhi biography, questions and answers about Gandhi, and information on Gandhian non... ]

Medical Association for Prevention of War, MAPW Australia - Australian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Find newsletter, calendar, and current actions.
Meta Description: [ Medical Association for Prevention of War. Affiliate of IPPNW - recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. ]

Middleway - Compassionate Engagement for Peace in Society - In the process of being registered as a Not for Profit Organization in Israel. Will support, promote, and extend peace activities in the region and abroad, working towards reconciliation. Silent walk information, programs, and press coverage.

Moviment Graffitti - Active against exploitation and / or oppression of people, environment and animals. Includes a mailing list, news, events, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Moviment Graffitti is active against exploitation and oppression of people, environment and animals; With a vision of freedom and radical democracy. ]

New York Metropolitan Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violence - Dedicated to King and his vision of a Beloved Community free of racism, violence, and poverty. Operates charter school, leadership workshops, and outreach programs that utilize Dr. King's philosophy and methodologies. Mission, programs, and mailing lists.

Nonviolence International - International group encouraging nonviolent methods to bring about changes reflecting the values of justice and human development.

Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication - Non-profit group provides resources for learning and practicing nonviolent communication and conflict resolution skills through educational events, community-building, and support. Includes news, workshop schedule, and presenter profiles.
Meta Description: [ Oregon region resources for learning and practicing communication and conflict resolution skills through Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication, including educational events, community-building, and support. ]

Peace Learning Center - A proactive force for transformation and positive change in the community through holistic peace education initiatives that enhance respect for self, others, and the environment.
Meta Description: [ Peace Learning Center teaches conflict resolution, diversity appreciation, and character eduation to youth and families in Indiana. ]

PeaceQuest - Using performing and visual arts, this non-profit organization seeks to bring together people regardless of race, creed, color, economic status, or gender. Based in Los Angeles, California.
Meta Description: [ PeaceQuest, a non profit organization, seeks to bring people together regardless of race, creed, color, economic status or gender. ]

People's NonViolent Response Coalition - After the events of September 11, 2001. Progressive activists in the 9th Congessional District of California, following the courageous leadership of their Congresswoman Barbara Lee, gathered at a Strategy Meeting in an attempt to unify as a body and build consensus around Principles of Unity.

Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission - Facilitates growth toward justice and peace in themselves and others in the Pikes Peak community by providing alternative sources of information, facilitating formative experiences, and encouraging prophetic witness. Includes calendar of workshops and events, volunteer opportunities, and membership information.
Meta Description: [ The Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, established in 1978, is a transforming presence for justice, peace, nonviolence, and a life-sustaining future for the community of Colorado Springs and surrounding area. ]

404 Public Listening Project - Provides information and training to people interested in using listening to help others explore attitudes towards the war in Iraq.

500 Resource Center for Nonviolence - Promoting nonviolent social change locally and internationally. Based in Santa Cruz county, California.
Meta Description: [ Peace and Justice programs & organizing for the Santa Cruz California region calendar of speakers, workshops, training, & actions; information & links for U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, global militarism & finance, civil liberties; local, national & global peace & justice organizations. ]

School of the Americas Watch/North East - Dedicated to closing the US Army's SOA at Fort Benning, Georgia through non violent activism. Tax dollars support this school training Latin American military personnel cited in human rights violations.

500 Scottish Centre for Nonviolence - Promotes nonviolence alternatives for resolving conflict. Offers a Msc module, workshops and courses.
Meta Description: [ Scottish Centre for Nonviolence ]

Season for Nonviolence - Creates an awareness of nonviolent principles and practice through education and community action. Includes an overview and history, calendar of events, links to other communities with chapters, and Peace Walk information, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Meta Description: [ January 30 - April 4, 2002 This year marks the 5th annual season for nonviolence. Inaugurated in 1998, the Season for Nonviolence was established to honor the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ]

Seeking Common Ground - Peacebuilding organisation for Palestinian and Israeli youth.
Meta Description: [ Empowering individuals to create peaceful communities through communication, integration, and leadership development. ]

Students for Peace and Humanity - Group at Stony Brook University dedicated to raising awareness of humanitarian crisis and to promoting nonviolence through lectures, discussions, protests, and charity. Meetings and events calendar, projects, and ways to get involved.

The Albert Einstein Institution - Nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world. Downloadable manuals and pamphlets in English, Spanish and Farsi.
Meta Description: [ The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world. We are committed to the defense of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through the use of nonviolent action ]

404 The Forgiveness Project - Grassroots organisation working in conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. Features stories of forgiveness, news, and community involvement.
Meta Description: [ The Forgiveness Project is a new organisation working with grassroots projects in the fields of conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. ]

404 The Peace Center: Non-violent Conflict Resolution - Works for community peace and social justice. Provides a list of programs in the community, links to resources, and associated local organizations and events. Based in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation - A resource for people committed to spreading kindness. Freely provides a wide variety of materials, including activity ideas, lesson plans, project plans, teacher's guide, project planning guide, publicity guide, and workplace resources.

VoxPax - Coalition of peace advocates, diplomatic service agencies, religious and social organizations committed to the attainment of peace through nonviolent means. Information about the organization, peace rallies, and membership.

World Peace Events Calendar - Calendar of events for world peace and inner peace. Find actions in Australia and the rest of the world, with maps and directions.
Meta Description: [ Calendar of events for world peace and inner peace. Find actions in Australia and the rest of the world, with maps and directions. ]

World Peace Society of Australia - Group focusing on non-violence and inner peace for lasting world peace. Find peace education material for schools, alternative US presidential election, art, and poetry for peace.
Meta Description: [ Australian non-profit group working to stop war, for world peace and inner peace. Peace education material for schools and on-line actions for peace. World Peace Australia. ]