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	Work of the Center for Global Nonkilling is gaining recognition an article by Joám Evans Pim, Director, Center for Global Nonkilling In this link you will find the first U.S. national/international media recognition of the work of the Center for Global Nonkilling. Thank you all for making this possible through your support, both nominal and through participation in academic publications and events: click on photo to enlarge The Center for Global Nonkilling now engages 700 scholars in 300 universities and institutes in 73 countries in 19 nonkilling research committees. Recent publications include "Nonkilling Security and the State" and forthcoming are "Nonkilling Media", "Nonkilling Education" and "Nonkilling Spiritual Traditions". All publications are available for purchase or free PDF download from our website. Next month we will be participating in the 6th Milestones in a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting, organized by the World Health Organization's Violence Prevention Alliance, of which the Center is an associate. Mexico's governmental service for the prevention of violence will be distributing 1,000 copies of their Spanish edition of "Nonkilling Global Political Science" during the event. For next year, we are looking into developing with each of the 19 Research Committees a pilot University Syllabi for teaching nonkilling from each disciplinary approach (i.e., Nonkilling Anthropology, Nonkilling Education, etc.). We intend to make this a joint project of the committed members from each of the Research Committees, aiming at offering a free online resource for all.		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? * * * * * LATEST READER COMMENT: Promoting Communication Literacy through Principles of Compassion for a Nonviolent Planet by Vedabhyas Kundu At a time when there are conflicts at different level around the world, promoting COMMUNICATION LITERACY through principles of compassion is a necessity so as to bring people together and collectively work for global peace. Compassion and feelings for others are essential ingredients for human unity. Swami Vivekananda had said, “Do you feel for others? If you do, you are growing in oneness. If you do not feel for others, you may be the most intellectual giant ever born, but you will be nothing; you are but dry intellect, and you will remain so.” Indeed in today’s contemporary society when there are so much of differences and intolerance, if we can’t promote feeling and compassion for others, we cannot promote oneness amongst one another. There seems to be crisis of values and little respect for each other’s ideas and perspective. For a large number of people, the self seems to be the supreme and are agnostic about the feelings of others. Anger and hatred towards each other seems to be found in abundance. All these will lead to greater conflicts and ill feelings amongst fellow beings. Swami Vivekananda pertinently underlines that howsoever one may acquire intellectual power, without compassion for others, one is nothing. . ...more.
This report was posted on October 17, 2013.