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Jan 23, 2007



Season For Non-violence : changing the world one person at a time



Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,the Season For Non-violence will take place around the world from January 30th to April 4th.
It's a 64-day worldwide educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities.

Throughout the 64-day campaign, events and activities for peace and nonviolence take place all around the world, highlighting existing peace building initiatives and inspiring new year-round activities for a more peaceful, nonviolent just and sustainable world.


The first Season for Nonviolence, inaugurated in 1998 to honor the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired a grassroots campaign of unified activism. The inaugural event was held at the United Nations and brought forth substantive endorsements and commitments from the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, the U.S. Ambassador to India, the Director General of UNESCO on behalf of its Culture of Peace and nonviolence appeal by the Nobel Peace Laureates. Since then, four hundred major peace organizations, religious, business, arts and learning institutions became official co-sponsors of the Season which drew massive media coverage, proclamations by half of all U.S. Governors, more than 300 ongoing programs in nonviolence in communities across the USA and many other reactions throughout the world. Season co-founders are Arun and Sunanda Gandhi of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.

The Season for Nonviolence honors Gandhi's and King's vision of a nonviolent world. Conceived by Gandhi's grandson Arun and his wife Sunanda, the worldwide, grassroots movement intends to demonstrate that every person can move the world in the direction of peace through daily choice and action based on compassion, respect and understanding.

"Our objective 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 are using nonviolence to build a community that honors the dignity and worth of every human being. By identifying what works in these new models for reconciliation and human harmony, we demonstrate that every person can move the world in the direction of peace through their daily nonviolent choice and action."











I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Mahatma Gandhi

You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi, (attributed)


Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Martin Luther King Jr.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King Jr.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Martin Luther King Jr.




We don't have to love nor like each other,but we share the same planet.Let's do it peacefully.



*Thanks to Mantha's graphics for the two beautiful tags especially created for the ocasion ^^
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Posted: Tuesday January 23, 2007, 11:51 pm
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