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This three-day workshop teaches the Six Principles of Nonviolence, developed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as basic concepts, strategies and tools that individuals and communities can use to address conflict without resorting to violence. The training provides a framework for conflict reconciliation management and mediation that can be applied to all areas of conflict in daily life. Participants will: 1) learn to analyze and identify different forms of conflict 2) memorize the Six Principles and Six Steps of Nonviolence social change 3) gain a historical perspective on significant nonviolence campaigns that changed laws in the United States, and 4) develop cooperative problem solving strategies needed to improve the community environment by decreasing tension and hostility.
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The seminar includes reading Dr. Kings writing, viewing and discussing documentary film footage from the Civil Rights Movement, and interactive exercises and role-playing. The curriculum is also enhanced through historic and contemporary music. The teachings can be applied to a broad spectrum of individual, group, institutional and system conflicts. During the 3-day training, participants will: Classify the different types and levels of conflict. Expand on Martin Luther Kings eclectic philosophy. Memorize Martin Luther Kings Six Principles of Nonviolence. Analyze of the Six Steps of Nonviolence. Review Martin Luther Kings campaigns and salient points. Role-play, view films, lectures, music and exercises that illuminate the material. The Six Principles of Nonviolence: I. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. II. The Beloved Community is the framework for the future. III. Attack forces of evil, not persons doing evil. IV. Accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the cause to achieve the goal. V. Avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence. VI. The universe is on the side of justice. All trainings offered by Connecticut Center for Nonviolence (CTCN) follow the Kingian Nonviolence Leaders Manual (LaFayette & Jehnsen, 1995). This curriculum has been taught both nationally and internationally for nearly 35 years.