{"id":21,"date":"2012-06-27T23:49:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T23:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:38:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1658\/About-Hero.jpg);background-position:44% 18%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em\">Our Mission<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To <strong>institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence<\/strong> as a transformative educational process that reduces human suffering and promotes a global beloved community.<\/li><li>To&nbsp;<strong>foster mutual understanding among people<\/strong>, in which nonviolent processes are used to reconcile conflicts and to build peaceful, sustainable, and inclusive communities.<\/li><li>To <strong>collaborate with and strengthen relationships<\/strong> with other organizations, agencies, and governmental departments engaged in peacebuilding and nonviolence work at the local, national, and global levels.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em\">What We Do<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To accomplish this mission, the Center for Nonviolence &amp; Peace Studies organizes and provides training and education opportunities for individuals, organizations, and communities seeking to engage in the fundamental study of nonviolence and peaceful alternatives to conflict and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/about\/spotlight-on-trainers\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1658\/Alumni-Group-card.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Program alumni<\/h2><p>Participants in our nonviolence programs continue to work towards peace throughout the world.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Their stories<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em\">History<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on this original vision, the Center serves as a keeper of an important legacy of nonviolence inspired by Dr. King and handed down by Dr. LaFayette.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission To institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence as a transformative educational process that reduces human suffering and promotes a global beloved community. To&nbsp;foster mutual understanding among people, in which nonviolent processes are used to reconcile conflicts and to build peaceful, sustainable, and inclusive communities. To collaborate with and strengthen relationships with other organizations, agencies, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32610,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/32610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}