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Useful links
These are links to other AVP-related sites and sites
of interest. Many of them are local, and will give you a flavour of
what is happening with AVP "on the ground". Many have
further links to other AVP sites, as well to sites related to
community justice, peace and conflict resolution amongst others. If
you know of a link that should be included here, please send an
e-mail to avp@ndirect.co.uk.
http://avpusa.org
- The AVP-USA site. See what AVP is doing to help us make a
change....a change in the way we respond to violence, and in the way
we initiate violence ourselves.
http://www.pag.de
- The German-language site for AVP-Germany.
http://www.golden.net/~respection/AVP/MAIN.htm
- AVP-Canada's website.
http://adrr.com/adr0/links.htm
- A list of Conflict Resolution Related Links.
http://www.indigenet.unisa.edu.au/bullying/
- A page by a person with a lot of experience and a good reputation
on bullying.
http://www.nobully.org.nz/
- Another page on bullying.
http://uq.net.au/~zzdkeena/NvT/
- Nonviolence Today, a magazine.
http://www.nonviolence.org
- The Nonviolence Web is home to many of the US's most dynamic peace
groups. "Nonviolence Web Upfront," the homepage news and
opinion magazine of the NVWeb, is updated every Friday. You can get
involved by reading the Issuepages and finding groups you like. Or
read and post to the Discussion Board and start a issue of your own!
http://www.mm.com/fnvw
- Friends for a non-violent world. Through education, through
example, and through experiences in non-violent living, Friends for a
Non-Violent World works to build a world where all people can speak
truth to power, practice alternatives to violence, gain strength from
community, and act in a spirit of cooperation to work for peace and justice.
http://www.afsc.org
- The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker
organization which includes people of various faiths who are
committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its
work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and
faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
http://www.igc.apc.org/nonviolence
- Nonviolence Resources at the Institute for Global Communication.
Nonviolence International (NI) assists individuals, organizations,
and governments striving to utilize nonviolent methods to bring about
changes reflecting the values of justice and human development on
personal, social, economic, and political levels.
http://www.pavnet.org/
- PAVnet: Partners against Violence. PAVNET Online is a "virtual
library" of information about violence and youth-at-risk,
representing data from seven different Federal agencies. It is a
"one-stop," searchable, information resource to help reduce
redundancy in information management and provide clear and
comprehensive access to information for States and local communities.
http://www.wcc-coe.org/pov/
- Programme to Overcome Violence. In response to the rising tide of
violence, the World Council of Churches launched a Programme to
Overcome Violence (POV) in 1994. The POV seeks to engage with
churches, religious and secular communities and others in a
"journey of transformation," inspiring them to do more to
build a culture of peace with justice. Through the programme, the WCC
hopes to stimulate renewed vision, deeper analysis and more creative
methods for building peace.
http://www.jnf.org.uk/
- The James Nayler Foundation. The James Nayler Foundation is a
charity set up to advance the understanding, treatment and
elimination of violence, and to promote the treatment of personality
disorders through emotional education and human rights. The
foundation will work to demonstrate that human rights are therapeutic
and that Truth, Trust and Consent are the three pillars which, when
fully deployed, create not only peace of mind but a stable and
violence-free society, both domestically and globally. To this end it
will implement emotional education for adults and children in any
context and age group. The foundation was set up by Bob and Sue
Johnson in response to the overwhelming support he has received for
his pioneering work as a forensic psychiatrist treating prisoners
with severe personality disorders.
http://www.thefriend.org/
The Friend is a weekly Quaker magazine edited by Harry
Albright
Website
questions and comments should be mailed to avp@ndirect.co.uk
Requests for
general information about AVP International should be mailed to Bill
McMechan
or the national
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