The 13th Annual S eason for Nonviolenc e

1. The 13th Annual S eason for Nonviolenc e Co-founded and convened by:

2. SNV 1998-2010: Our “Collaboratory” for Spiritually-Motivated Social Action The Season for Nonviolence is successful because we all take responsibility, as a whole, for “being the change we wish to see in the world.” • We call out community together.... • Churches and centers formed task forces • Individuals met among friends or sought out other groups • We stand on a foundation of prayer and meditation, rooted in nonviolence • We invite others from different religions, cultures, ideologies, and professions into a nonjudgmental, inclusive dialogue... we shared our stories • We study common educational and training materials, developed resources, asked questions, shared wisdom, learned from one another • We become social strategists and organizational designers at a high level of competence – not because we adopted a hierarchy, but because we uncovered our collective gifts through a process of emergence • We bring our programs and projects in front of decision- and policy- makers, local media, Boards of Education, and more • We communicate our successes and challenges within our communities, and also to the central hub coordinating Season for Nonviolence so that our work could be shared as templates with others, reducing our collective learning curve greatly

3. A New Meme is Established As a result of this deep and sustained dedication, A new model for omni-local, spiritually-based peace governance has emerged successfully, igniting entire communities. The Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence project has evolved through our collective, exemplary leadership in more than 400 cities in the U.S. and 18 other countries during the past ten Seasons. AGNT’s spiritually-based model for nonviolence has seeded peace-building communities that integrate vision and action. We know that the key to empowerment is compassionate visionary consciousness coupled with enlightened choices toward action.

4. The Embracing of Leadership… What We Have Learned It has been said that, “If you want peace, work for justice.” This quote is attributed to Pope Paul VI. Through dedicated prayer, research, education, planning, team-building, dialogue, logistics, fundraising, and successful implementation of events and programs promoting nonviolent personal and social transformation, we have identified common factors that are at the root of all peace-building:

5. The Embracing of Leadership… What We Have Learned • Compassion/understanding/forgiveness/acceptance • Positive interfaith and intercultural relationships • “Omni-local IS global” • Connection is critical – both psychologically and organizationally • Education/awareness is key to resolving conflict • Sharing our wisdom with others, and benefiting from others’ experience, are equally important • Along with rights, come responsibilities • Each one of us is VERY powerful; together we are more powerful than alone; serving a larger vision and Source as a unified humanity is infallible • We create change by living the change. If we are consistent in our consciousness, we are already doing it.

6. The Gandhi King Chavez Season for Nonviolence: January 30- April 4

7. CELEBRATING 13 YEARS OF SPIRITUALLY BASED NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM ROOTED IN THE GANDHI KING TRADITION

8. 64 day educational, media and grassroots campaign celebrated between the memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Grassroots awareness campaign lead by spiritually-motivated citizen leaders and volunteers in over 400 cities in 18 countries since inception.

10. Co-founded in 1998 by the Association for Global New Thought, and Arun and Sunanda Gandhi. Campaign is convened and directed by the Association for Global New Thought. Co-chair is Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith of the Agape International Spiritual Center. Project Director is Dr. Barbara Fields, Executive Director of AGNT. Partners and advisers include the late Yolanda King, the grandson of Cesar Chavez, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Dean Lawrence Carter of the MLK Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, Dean James Parks Morton of the Interfaith Center of New York, Dr. Richard Deats of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and Alison Van Dyke, Chairperson of the Temple of Understanding

11. SNV has been celebrated at the UN each year since 1998.

12. Mission Statement: • Our purpose is to create an awareness of nonviolent principles and practice as a powerful way to heal, transform and empower our lives and communities. • Through an educational and community action campaign, we honor those who use nonviolence to build a community that honors the dignity and worth of every human being.

13. Mission Statement: • We are demonstrating that every person can move the world in the direction of peace through his or her daily nonviolent choice and action. • By identifying “what works” in these new models for reconciliation and human harmony, we are demonstrating that every person can move the world in the direction of peace through his or her daily nonviolent choice and action.

15. “Nonviolent resistance does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

16. PEACEGENERATION BUTTON www.agnt.org/snv02.htm