Are killing-free societies possible? Evidence suggests that by working with committed organizations, leaders and individuals like you we can signficantly reduce and eventually eliminate human killing. This goal belongs to everyone, across political, religious or ethnic affiliations. The development of truly civil societies, and nothing less than the future of humankind, depends on our joint success.

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    • Mission & Goals

    The mission of the Center for Global Nonkilling is to promote change toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world by means open to infinite human creativity.

    The goal can be reached by globally advancing nonkilling knowledge and skills, incorporating them into education and training, and applying them in individual and social decisions for the well-being of all. The task calls for infinite creativity and mutual support among all individuals, organizations, and institutions whose work contributes to progress toward the goal of a nonkilling world.

    The means to achieve our mission include:

    • Discovering and encouraging global nonkilling human capabilities
    • Introducing nonkilling knowledge in global education and policy
    • Applying nonkilling knowledge in global problem-solving
    • Developing and assisting nonkilling global leadership
    • Assisting institutions/centers for global nonkilling
    • Measuring, monitoring, and disseminating the impact of nonkilling global efforts

    Other core concepts guiding the development of the Center Global Nonkilling include:

    • Becoming a catalyst and global center of activities focused on nonkilling
    • Thinking long term, as significant, sustainable social change typically does not occur rapidly
    • Mobilizing nonkilling research and knowledge for action
    • Being a place of support, encouragement and technical assistance for those working on nonkilling and nonviolence

    The initial set of goals includes:

    • Developing linkages and synergy among nonkilling knowledge, education-training and problem solving action by global leaders and communities
    • Designing CGNK to be sustainable into the next century
    • Enacting and implementing organizational policies that ensure legal and financial accountability
    • Promoting and measuring the increased use of nonkilling terminology and concepts in global discourse
    • Creating, disseminating, applying and evaluating tools for nonkilling advocacy, action, education and research
    • Becoming an acknowledged source of nonkilling information
    • Introducing nonkilling resources and initiatives into killing zones to reduce or stop killing
    • Developing the capabilities to predict where future killing is likely, and develop strategies to prevent killing in those areas
    • Leveraging CGNK resources through existing organizations to catalyze and multiply CGNK’s impact

    How You Can Help

    Visitors to this website who find merit in the Center’s work can strengthen its service and sustainability by contributing moral, intellectual and material support.

    Background

    The mission is derived from the November 2007 Global Nonkilling Leadership Forum.