International Nonviolence Summer Institute

Meet Summer Institute alumni! 2011 and 2012 and view glimpses of past trainings here!

June 3rd-14th, 2013

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR US RESIDENTS

AND INTERNATIONALS WHO HAVE VALID US VISA ONLY!

Click to Register Now!

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Gandhi Essay Contest 2013

Congratulations Alex Supron , Winner of 2012-2013 Gandhi Essay Contest!

Also Congratulations to all 21 finalist of 2012-2013 Gandhi Essay Contest!

 Click here to view more Gandhi Essay Award ceremony pictures!

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Congratulations New Level I Certified Nonviolence Trainers!

The following URI students successfully completed Level I Certification requirements during 2012-2013:

Jennifer Barrientos, Vanes Beaubrun, Kayla Buchanan, Dan Perkins, Devlin Healey, Morgan Hemendinger, Tom Fenton, Brianna Gladue, Andrew Jessey, Lawrence Akinrimisi, Victoria Kern, Alyssa Mroz, Keven Lamoureux, Michael Esteban Figueroa, Venessa Griffith, Jillian Maine, and Samdelia Roberts.

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Forum on Arming Campus Police

Click here to read the Center’s perspective on Arming Campus Police!

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Check out this Applications in Psychology (PSY478) class offered by Professor Paul Bueno de Mesquita for fall 2013.

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Big Thinkers from the Center 

My big idea is to travel the world

Written by communications major Marilyn Soum ’14

During Spring Break, I joined 17 other URI students on a whirlwind trip to Nepal that was as exciting as it was educational. We traveled halfway around the world with URI’s Center of Nonviolence and Peace Studies, to learn techniques for promoting peace, social justice, and transformational change in various settings and contexts. The International Kingian Nonviolence conference was led by URI’s own Psychology Professor Paul Bueno de Mesquita and a URI alumna, social justice advocate, and female rapper who goes by the name Kalyana. The training, and the whole journey, transformed me in ways I never imagined. Click here to read more.

My big idea is be a nonviolence entrepreneur

Eden Kalyanapu ’13

When you hear the word entrepreneur, your first thought might be a business mogul like Richard Branson or Oprah Winfrey. But for Eden Kalyanapu, being an entrepreneur means starting a nonprofit to conduct conflict reconciliation work in developing countries. A winter break trip to Nepal in 2012 provided what Eden described as “a wonderful culture shock” as she explored the ancient culture of the Himalayan region and met its most impoverished residents. Click here to read more.

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