Third Global Nonkilling Leadership Academy Completed
From October 2 to 14, CGNK convened its third Nonkilling Global Leadership Academy in Honolulu, Hawai`i. Fifteen young leaders from around the world attended to learn more about nonkilling principles and strategies, and how to incorporate these concepts into their various areas of leadership. Academy Fellows came from Nepal, Rwanda, Canada, Palestine, Liberia, Israel, Kenya, Colombia, Guatemala, Thailand, Iran, the United States and Hawai’i itself, representing academic, advocacy, arts, business, education, media, nonprofit and government institutions.
CGNK considers building and supporting the capacity of young leaders an essential part of affecting change over time and making progress toward eliminated killing. As such, CGNK convenes an international nonkilling leadership academy each year, and is developing other leadership initiatives as well, such as regional leadership workshops. CGNK now has 42 Fellows in over 20 countries. The goal is to have an international network of at least 100 nonkilling leaders, in various spheres of influence and at least 35 countries, by 2015, who support efforts to end killing in its various forms.
In 2009 CGNK conducted its pilot Nonkilling Leadership Academy, with 12 participants – from Liberia, Western Sahara, Italy, Palestine, Germany, Kenya, Thailand, Philippines, India, the United States and Hawai’i itself. In 2010 the Academy received participants from Canada, China, Colombia, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Philippines, Rwanda, Trinidad and the United States.
Each year, participants have been nominated by past Nobel Peace Laureates, as well as drawn from organizations and networks partnering with the Center for Global Nonkilling. In the future, however, CGNK will be expanding the search for candidates to include self- nominations. While the selection process for the limited number of participants will be very competitive, we encourage anyone interested in attending to contact us for more information.
