September 2010. The Center for Global Nonkilling has just released its latest book Nonkilling Societies, which includes a selection of 13 chapters prepared by members of its Nonkilling Anthropology and Nonkilling Sociology Research Committees. The volume can be downloaded for free from CGNK's website and paperback copies can be ordered at US$ 15.

September 2010. The Movement for a Nonkilling Philippines, formally established on October 6, 2009, has launched a "Call to Action" with the stated goal of "bringing about a life-sustaining and nonkilling Philippines." The Call includes the development of a "Philippine Index of Killing and Nonkilling" and proposes specific nonkilling legislation and institutional frameworks.

September 2010. The fourth issue of the Global Nonkilling Working Papers series has just been released, featuring an essay by Robley George on "Socioeconomic Democracy: A Nonkilling, Life-Affirming and Enhancing Psycho-Politico-Socio-Economic System". All issues can be downloaded for free in PDF at the Center's website or purchased in print for US$ 5,50.

August 2010. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation will honor CGNK's Founder and Governing Council Chair Glenn D. Paige with the Foundation’s Distinguished Peace Leadership Award. The award ceremony will take place during the 27th Annual Evening for Peace, that will be held at Santa Barbara, CA, on October 29, also honoring Reverend James Lawson, mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr.

August 2010. A unique seminar on the subject of "Nonkilling Korea: Six Culture Exploratory Seminar," was held at Seoul National University during August 18-19, 2010. It was the first of its kind in world history. The Seminar was convened on occasion of the first death anniversary of Nobel Peace Laureate former ROK President Kim Dae-jung.

August 2010. Amidst views of the Jordan River Valley, the Dead Sea, the Mount of Olives and the Old City of Jerusalem, a class of 23 students from around the world, including CGNK Leadership Team member Katherine Li, learned how trauma treatment can serve as a preventive strategy to reduce violence and killing.

August 2010. The Shanti Sena Training Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (attached to the Indian Council of Gandhian Studies) has initiated a month-long Shanti Sena training and research program highlighting the importance of Dialogue for Conflict Resolution. The programme began on the first of August to commemorate the Shanti Sena Day in and around Trivandrum under the guidance of CGNK Honorary Sponsor Dr. N. Radhakrishnan as part of the Nonkilling Violence-free India Campaign.

The monthlong programme is structured as follows:

August 1

August 2010. ‘Communities of Nonkilling’ is a new CGNK initiative, which grows out of our experience with the Nonkilling Hawai‘i project. We are asking leaders and organizations around the globe to assess and build the nonkilling capacity in their own communities by connecting and cultivating their spiritual, artistic, policy, action, research, communications, as well as education and training resources. Through research and discovery a baseline can be determined. Through education and training, nonkilling knowledge can be passed onto the community.

August 2010. Luis Botero, CGNK Education and Training Global Team Leader participated at the 2010 International Institute for Peace Educational annual meeting, held in Cartagena, Colombia. Botero introduced the nonkilling perspective and provide local policy and education examples, as that of the Bellavista jail in Medellin, a prison built for 1,700 but holding over 5,500. Bellavista went from several killings per week to zero killings in a five years period after training of inmates was conduced in 2000.

July 2010. Networkers SouthNorth and Pambazuka Press have released a provocative Festschrift (Experiments with Peace) to commemorate Johan Galtung’s 80th anniversary. The volume includes a chapter by CGNK founder and Governing Council Chair Glenn D. Paige exploring the nonkilling political leadership of Colombian Governor Guillermo Gaviria Correa.