{"id":59101,"date":"2014-06-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/international-participants-take-part-in-nonviolence-training\/"},"modified":"2014-06-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T00:00:00","slug":"international-participants-take-part-in-nonviolence-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/international-participants-take-part-in-nonviolence-training\/","title":{"rendered":"International participants take part in nonviolence training"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNigerian chief brings conflict resolution home to curb violence<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 2, 2014 \u2013 At least two instances of violence were prevented in Southeastern Nigeria because one man applied the methods he learned at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies.<\/p>\n


\nAmos Ogbonnaya participated in the center\u2019s International Nonviolence Summer Institute, and prevented revenge attacks within the past year in his town of Okota in the bustling port city of Lagos. The community chief and lawyer is returning June 9 to learn how to train others in conflict resolution.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe is one of 70 participants from 17 countries from Nepal to Zimbabwe attending the increasingly popular Summer Institute. Fifty-seven people will be learning Kingian Nonviolence from June 2 to 6. During the second week, June 9 to 13, another 11 people will become certified to teach others to become conflict resolution trainers in their home countries.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cSome of them have put themselves at risk for basic human rights,\u201d said Paul Bueno de Mesquita, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s center, noting that two participants from Pakistan have been jailed for supporting minority Christians who are targeted for violence in the Muslim country. \u201cThe fact that they journeyed here from sometimes life-threatening circumstances to establish basic human rights is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe second week of training will be led by distinguished visiting scholar Bernard Lafayette Jr., Ed.D., a confidante of Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist, minister and lecturer who has conducted nonviolence training across the globe. Lafayette, founder and former director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 center, was awarded an honorary degree at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s recent commencement.<\/p>\n


\n\tOgbonnaya, 47, says that at one time, he would have been in favor of revenge, but he has changed, and the Summer Institute provided him with conflict resolution strategies.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cShortly after I returned to Nigeria from 溏心vlog免费B站 in June 2013 violence erupted between my community and a neighboring community over a jointly owned community market,\u201d Ogbonnaya wrote in an email.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAn urgent meeting of all village heads and community chiefs was summoned by the traditional prime minister of my community, to take up the weighty decision of whether to go to war with our neighboring community, Onicha, for destroying our section of the market without any known cause. As a chief and community leader I had to speak out against going to war, not because I was afraid of war but that there are more effective ways to resolve the conflict than war.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHe suggested that a delegation visit the chief of the hostile community to seek explanations on the unwarranted attack. Many saw his recommendation as cowardice.<\/p>\n


\n The chief turned down his suggestion for negotiation. To avert further escalation of the conflict, he quickly petitioned the state government for an all-stakeholders conference.<\/p>\n


\nThe governor\u2019s office convened the conference and compelled the king and chiefs of both communities to attend; an accord was reached, Ogbonnaya said.<\/p>\n


\n\tNot only were his compatriots surprised at the success of his strategy, but also, \u201cThey were more shocked by my change of attitude and approach because in the past I would be the one to mobilize the youths for war.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tStories such as Ogbonnaya\u2019s will be presented by participants on June 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Multicultural Center. <\/p>\n


\n\tAccording to Bueno de Mesquita, a professor of psychology, the institute provides a framework for conflict management, mediation, and ultimately reconciliation.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe purpose of these trainings is to develop nonviolent leaders, expose people to nonviolent concepts, and to develop schools that would be helpful in cultivating a nonviolent society,\u201d Bueno de Mesquita said.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe are having an important global impact preparing grassroots and organizational leaders and activists who are creating significant changes in their communities and home countries,\u201d Bueno de Mesquita said.<\/p>\n


\n\tUnder the direction of Bueno de Mesquita, the Silvia-Chandley Professor of Nonviolence and Peace Studies (2010-2012), the 溏心vlog免费B站 Center has emerged as one of the only university-based programs in the world offering Kingian Nonviolence conflict reconciliation training. <\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nSeventeen countries are represented at the 13th International Summer Nonviolence Institute at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. A participant from 2013 places a pin on a global map.

\nMarketing & Communications photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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