Posted: April 23 2005,20:54 |
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
Progress
would perhaps best be measured by numbers of students enrolling
courses. Interest in courses in nonviolence has remained at a
fairly substantive level for a school of 2400 students. We have
approximately 30-40 students enrolling each semester in courses in
nonviolence. Another 35 students enroll in a course that is not
explicitly a course in nonviolence but that nonetheless acquaints
students with nonviolence.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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The
most important obstacle in the way of progress is a lack of funding for
more professors to teach in the program and a lack of funding to
provide for programming in addition to courses, e.g. conferences,
speakers, advertising.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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We
do not celebrate the International Day of Peace. The Center for
Nonviolence sees it chief goal as that of education in nonviolence, a
long-term effort without obvioously measurable consequences in the very
short term.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
Provide
micro-grants and micro-funding for new and existing organizations.
Focus on nonviolence rather than peace. Even military
organizations say that they are for "peace." But it is the means
that must be peaceful, not only the ends. Do not fund
organizations simply because they say that they are for peace; fund
only those that employ only nonviolent methods.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
We
have partnered with these groups: Concerned Philosophers for
Peace; The Gandhi-King Society of the American Philosophical
Association; the Fellowship of Reconciliation; the Peace and
Justice Studies Association; and The Acorn: Journal of the
Gandhi-King Society.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
We
are tentatively planning a conference for 2006 of all former students
in the program. We are also expecting to continue the current
course offerings in the program and expand them somewhat.
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Postal address of organization
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P. O. Box 107 St. Bonaventure, NY 14778 U.S.A.
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E-mail address of organization
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bgan@sbu.edu
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Website address of organization
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http://www.sbu.edu/go/academics/arts-and-sciences/interdisciplinary-programs-and-initiatives/nonviolence/index.htm
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of peace
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Sustainable Development
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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United States
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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International
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