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The institute, led by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies<\/a>, certifies participants on resolving conflicts and social justice issues through nonviolent means. The institute is also one of the leading Kingian nonviolence training institutes in the United States. Academic credits are available and attendees can register for the institute through the 溏心vlog免费B站 CNPS\u2019 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe will have a wonderful and enlightened group of people come to 溏心vlog免费B站 to learn and apply skills on how to create a world free from hatred and injustice, and have peace become a permanent reality,\u201d said Thupten Tendhar<\/a>, specialist for CNPS and the institute\u2019s director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Participants at this year\u2019s institute will explore background information and key concepts to become a nonviolence trainer, including reducing misinformation and disinformation, community self-sufficiency and data collection, tactical nonviolent responses to conflicts, engaging with policymakers and the media, and critical essays and principles written by Martin Luther King Jr. to become a nonviolence trainer. There will also be seminars, small group discussions, individual study and team activities for attendees to take part in, as well as leadership training for those looking to establish their own nonviolence centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keeping the peace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The institute has certified more than 1,000 people in Kingian nonviolence since its founding in 1999. More than 30 participants from eight U.S. states and across the world, including Cuba, India, Ghana, Nigeria and Liberia, are expected to attend this summer\u2019s training, Tendhar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Past institute attendees have become nonviolence leaders, advocates, teachers and peace warriors in their respective communities after receiving training at 溏心vlog免费B站. Thupten said members of Ghana\u2019s police force learned various tactics to minimize violent conflicts in the African nation, and some officers will return to 溏心vlog免费B站 for additional training this summer. Members from Liberia\u2019s foreign affairs ministry also gained knowledge through the institute on maintaining peace, Tendhar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, several guest speakers are scheduled to address attendees during the two-week-long institute to further help enhance peace and prosperity in their home states and nations. Among them are Roya Izadi<\/a>, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant political science professor and CNPS\u2019 associate director; Michael Collins, the Institute for Economics and Peace\u2019s executive director for The Americas; Victoria Christgau, executive director for the Connecticut Center for Nonviolence; Robin Wildman, executive director for Nonviolent Schools Rhode Island; and Charles Alphin Sr., senior instructor for The King Center and longtime colleague of Bernard Lafayette Jr.\u2014the late civil rights trailblazer and CNPS\u2019 inaugural director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thupten said the institute\u2019s work in helping create a nonviolent society is more critical as more lethal means are being developed, whether it\u2019s through physical contact or digital platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is vital that we need more people to understand what the nonviolent principles and tactics are and apply them to at least minimize conflict and create a better world for all to exist in,\u201d Tendhar said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n