Teachers Ready for Peace:
An Immersion Experience in Nonviolent
Thought and Action, Summer 2013
“If we don’t teach our children peace, someone else will teach them violence.’’
~Colman McCarthy
Purpose: The brutality of the world’s past and present reveals the critical need for alternate means to resolving conflict. Nonviolence (ahimsa, in Sanskrit), not to be confused with pacifism, is a powerful tool for responding to conflict and creating change; it is hard work, but constructive, fearless, empowering, and above all, inspiring. Transforming the world begins with transforming individuals, and this program seeks to inspire participants with the power of ahimsa.
Because the most meaningful learning often comes from experience, this program will turn India into a classroom
where participants are immersed in a lifestyle of ahimsa for the duration of the program.
Participants will gain a multifaceted understanding of ahimsa and learn about individuals who, despite all adversities, never walked away from or compromised with nonviolence in thought and action. In addition, participants will see ahimsa as a living methodology that will touch the minds and hearts of the participants not only as a method for creating social change, but also as a way of life.
This program is being offered specifically for educators because of the significant impact teachers have on their students. Year after year, our children study endless wars and horrific, violent conflicts; if our universal aim is to achieve peace, why not teach it?
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Teachers Ready for Peace: An Immersion Experience in Nonviolent Thought and Action, Summer 2013
March 4, 2013 by Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
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