Nonviolence Education and Research Center (Nonviolence Center for short) was founded in 2015 by a group of activists who envisioned/dreamed a world of nonviolence. Our goal is to strengthen civil society organizations and activists through nonviolent tools and methods and ensure that they fully benefit from their rights. To this end, we aim:
- To increase the capacity of organizations and activists to act collectively, that is, organizing.
- To enhance skills and knowledge of organizations and activists on nonviolent methods, tactics, and strategic campaigning.
We have been producing written and visual sources on well-being, nonviolent organizing, and nonviolence, and conducting research in these fields. We have also been organizing workshops and communication activities.
Nonviolence
Our activities on nonviolence involve subjects such as nonviolent campaigning and nonviolent action. We aim to ensure rights advocacy organizations and activists effectively use nonviolence. We work towards introducing rights advocacy organizations and activists to nonviolent tools and methods and increasing their nonviolent campaign planning skills.
Nonviolent Organising
We aim to enhance the capacity of rights advocates to act collectively, that is, organizing through activities focused on nonviolent organizing. In the process of organizing, we explore and share ways and methods of building our dream of a nonviolent world. We work towards encouraging organizations to use nonviolent tools and methods that would improve their solidarity.
Organisational Wellbeing
With our activities focused on well-being, we aim to help rights advocacy organizations and activists improve and protect their well-being. While working towards broadening the concept of well-being, we also highlight an area of solidarity, that is, organizational efforts that address individuals’ need for well-being at the organizational level, can be improved through structural adjustments, open to cultural change, create relationships that can contribute to well-being, and advocate for change.
Our vision
Every day, under all circumstances, all together, a world without violence!
Our Mission
To strengthen non-governmental organizations and activists by sharing and producing the tools and forms of struggle of nonviolence together in building a fair, peaceful and egalitarian future.
Non-Violence Center;
- Frefers tools coherent with its purposes.
- Focuses on inclusive solutions.
- Considers transparency and accountability
- Organizes non-hierarchically
- Applies consensus decision making processes
- Is independent from all third parties.
- It takes care ecological integrity and animal rights in all its works.