Co-founded and Convened By:

1
Co-founded and Convened By
2
A Season for Nonviolence is a 64 day educational,
media and grassroots campaign inspired by the
50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma
Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3
Co-founded in 1998 by the Association for Global
New Thought (AGNT) and Arun and Sunanda Gandhi,
SNV is now in its 18th year.
4

• The campaign is convened and directed by the
  Association for Global New Thought. Co-leaders
  and advocates include many distinguished authors
  and teachers of peace and nonviolence.

Dolores Huerta Bro. David Steindl-rast
Dr. Lawrence Carter
Dr. Bernard Lafayette
Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith
5

• Spiritually-motivated spiritual leaders and
  grassroots volunteers in over 900 cities in 67
  countries implement sustainable programs and
  events each year.

6

• Celebrating a decade of SNV in 2007 aboard the
  Gandhi King Peace Train with family members of
  Gandhi, King, and Cesar E. Chavez, activist
  Dolores Huerta accepted the invitation to honor
  Chavez name for his work in nonviolent social
  change.

7

• SNV has been launched at the United Nations each
  year from 1998 through 2015. The theme for last
  year's student-based program was
• "Global Peace Through
  Social Media
• There's an APP
  for That!"

8

• 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.

9

• 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.

10

• Omni-local IS Global. A Season for Nonviolence
  represents the successful new model of
  omni-local conscious action
• Engaging large numbers of self-empowered
  leaders and groups in a common goal using their
  own local resources to work globally with
  singular purpose.

11

• 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.

12
SNV 1998-2015 Our Collaboratory for
Spiritually-Motivated Social ActionThe 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 our community together.... Churches and
centers form task forces Individuals meet 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
share our stories We study common educational
and training materials, developed resources, ask
questions, share wisdom, learn from one
another We become social strategists and
organizational designers at a high level of
competence not because we adopt a hierarchy,
but because we uncover 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 can be shared as
templates with others, reducing our collective
learning curve greatly
13
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 Gyatso Season for Nonviolence project
has evolved through our collective, exemplary
leadership in more than 900 cities in the U.S.
and 67 other countries during the past ten
Seasons. AGNTs 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.
14
The Embracing of LeadershipWhat 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
15
The Embracing of LeadershipWhat 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.
16
His-Holiness, the Dalai Lama of Tibetin a
personal conversation with Brother Wayne
TeasdaleSeptember 16, 1997 Dharamsala, India

• I believe this is the right time to promote
  nonviolence in various ways and means. And it is
  our responsibility to do so. Both Gandhi and
  Martin Luther King are inspiring examples of the
  power and truth of nonviolence and the actions
  that arise from them. They not only embraced
  nonviolence in principle, but implemented it in
  action. Both gave their lives for this precious
  vision.

This Season for Nonviolence is a very good tool
to remind us of their witness, but also of the
large unfinished work we have together in
transforming awareness on our planet."
17
"I fully endorse the Season for Nonviolence, an
important step towards a century and millennium
of nonviolence which should be proclaimed by the
United Nations during the world celebration of
the year 2000." - Dr. Robert Muller
(1923-2010), Chancellor of the UN University of
Peace former Assistant Secretary General to the
UN
18
"In the 'Season for Nonviolence' Initiative, the
Association for Global New Thought has made a
significant contribution to creating a more
compassionate and peaceful world by educating
people in the principles of nonviolence advocated
by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and
other peacemakers." - Coretta Scott King
19
FEATURED PROGRAMS2015

20
FEATURED PROGRAMS

Honoring Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
21
FEATURED PROGRAMS

64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence
22
FEATURED PROGRAMS

64 Days Each day for 64 days, thoughts for the
Season on FaceBook AGNT.org.
23
FEATURED PROGRAMS
Ethics for the New Millennium Study Course

24
FEATURED PROGRAMS

25
FEATURED PROGRAMS

26
FEATURED PROGRAMS

27
Get started now
www.seasonfornonviolence.com