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Title: Chile, 1983: The NonViolent Protest


1
Chile, 1983 The Non-Violent Protest
  • Workers create nonviolent protests against
    military dictatorship of General Augusto
    Pinochet.
  • Slow down, one protest per month
  • Reaction to severe violence from the Pinochet
    military is peaceful
  • Democratic solutions

2
South Africa, 1985 Movement to end legalized
discrimination
  • Severe boycotting of downtown White businesses
  • Economic repercussions
  • International awareness and influence
  • (impact of globalization)

3
Lebanon, 1987-1990 Begin with the Children
  • UNICEF attempts to promote peace in conflict
    zones by taking children from both sides of the
    conflict and placing them together in peace camps
  • Interact and learn that they are not so very
    different.
  • Non-violent communication
  • Follow up

4
Serbia, 2004The Impact of Teachers
A teacher affects eternity they can never tell
where their influence stops.   - Henry Adams
  • Decade of civil war and ethnic cleansing.
  • Peaceful Schools International enters secondary
    schools.
  • AIMend cycle of intolerance and violence between
    the mix of students including refugees, war
    victims and orphans of various ethnicities.
  • Mediation, non-violent communication, active
  • listening, empathy training

5
What Can you Do?
  • Micro/Individual Level
  • Educate yourself on conflict resolution and
    alternatives198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
  • Know your biases have an open mind
  • Question yourself and your actions
  • Get trained in conflict resolution
  • Know what you buy boycott companies that support
    violent conflict
  • Be open to the idea of peace!
  • Meso/Community Level
  • Encourage discussions about conflict resolution
    and peace (especially with your younger siblings,
    cousins) ... Facebook?!
  • Encourage conflict resolution training at your
    workplace
  • Be open to conflict resolution alternatives at
    schools, in the workplace
  • Attend peaceful rallies
  • Question your local government and their policies
  • Create your own event
  • Macro/National/International Level
  • Hold the United Nations and other international
    organizations accountable
  • Vote!
  • Attend events, rallies

6
Conclusion
  • A few quotes to contemplate
  • I was once asked why I don't participate in
    anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never
    do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace
    rally, I'll be there.
    - Mother Theresa
  • Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have
    the right to pursue happiness and live in peace
    and freedom.
  • -The XIVth Dalai Lama
  • We must concentrate not merely on the negative
    expulsion of war but on the positive affirmation
    of peace.
  • - Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
    committed citizens can change the world. Indeed
    it's the only thing that ever has. -
    Margaret Mead
  • A final note from Dr. Desmond Tutu
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