Are killing-free societies possible? Evidence suggests that by working with committed organizations, leaders and individuals like you we can signficantly reduce and eventually eliminate human killing. This goal belongs to everyone, across political, religious or ethnic affiliations. The development of truly civil societies, and nothing less than the future of humankind, depends on our joint success.

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    • Action/Policy Projects

    Nonkilling Hawai‘i

    The Nonkilling Hawai‘i project is envisioned as a working model for global nonkilling that will include research/discovery, education/training, and policy/action. To explore the concept of Nonkilling Hawai‘i as a working model, a group would be assembled to explore Hawai‘i’s killing-related issues which might fall into the falling arenas: suicide, domestic killings, the military, the police and homicide. By drawing together researchers currently doing work in these areas and organizations involved with reducing killing in Hawai‘i, the group can begin to develop an index on the types of killing, the numbers killed, the reasons behind killing as well as the reasons why others opt not to kill – given similar circumstances. As suggested by World Health Organization research, that violence is a preventable disease, it makes sense to invite participation from the Department of Health and UH School of Public Health.

    Nonkilling Global Monitoring

    The Global Monitoring initiative seeks to develop a global network of local colleagues and supporters who share information on conditions related to killing and nonkilling around the world. This is intended to develop an "on the ground" network which can assist in identifying advances in nonkilling. The network will also serve as an early warning system to assist in tracking, forecasting and documenting activities related to nonkilling. In the first year, two-person teams in 20 nations are targeted where CGNK already has relationships with colleagues and other partners in place. CGNK will provide reporting templates for data, stories and statistics where appropriate for periodic reporting. The reports will be archived and useful for the Journal, Clearinghouse and the anticipated interactive global map of killing and nonkilling places.

    Forecasting Killing Zones

    This project is intended, as part of CGNK’s research and global monitoring functions, to develop and apply tools to identify potential future “killing zones.” Numerous predictive tools currently exist which may have application, so a primary aspect of this project is to conduct research on those tools which are most likely to provide accurate information related to killing and nonkilling. Building on the analysis of where killing zones might occur, policies and strategies targeting those areas can then be designed. This project will also serve to identify and catalogue the best approaches to preventing conflict and killing. This will lead to developing new strategies and interventions based on evaluative research, building on the experience of researchers and highly experienced interveners.

    Global Campaign for Nonkilling and Reverence for Life

    The Campaign is envisioned as a multi-faceted project with a variety of activities and possibilities for engagement in various ways and locations around the world. In part, it will be an Internet based campaign to raise awareness of the progress being made to reduce killing in numerous places and sectors of societies, as well as the great potential that remains to eliminate killing. The Campaign is intended to raise the possibility, and the expectations, that killing can be curtailed, based on real data and stories, not just as an ideal.

    U.S. Leadership Summit on Nonkilling

    The U.S. Leadership Summit is intended to counter the perspective that nothing significant can be done to reduce killing in the United States, or elsewhere, and that the only people who think the contrary are idealists, “peaceniks” or others on the fringes of society. There is much evidence to counter these presumptions. The U.S. Leadership Summit will bring together researchers, leaders and experts from throughout the U.S. working to reduce killing from various causes, modeled after the 2007 Global Nonkilling Leadership Forum. This involves exploring the cultural, spiritual and economic forces that affect both killing and nonkilling. The U.S. Summit is intended as a model for use in other nations and regions around the world.