{"id":52150,"date":"2022-09-19T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/cnv\/?p=52150"},"modified":"2022-09-19T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:42:54","slug":"campaign-nonviolence-action-days-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/cnv\/2022\/09\/campaign-nonviolence-action-days-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a future we long to inhabit: Campaign Nonviolence Action Days 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Done with violence? So are we. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in a culture of violence, one that churns out constant destruction, harm, oppression, injustice and trauma. We know these forms of violence all too well: poverty, racism, evictions, militarism, war, climate crisis, pollution, evictions, mass shootings and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if all our problems are connected, our solutions are connected, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year in September, tens of thousands of people take action during the Campaign Nonviolence Action Days<\/a> (Sept. 21-Oct. 2). At first glance, the issues seem disparate, ranging from gun violence to killer drones to river clean-ups to affordable housing. But a common thread runs through them: they are working for nonviolent solutions to each facet of our crises. Each of these movements is proposing a change that halts violence and replaces it with a form of nonviolence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The yearning for a nonviolent world is powerful. Imagine a world where everyone has enough, where racial diversity is affirmed and celebrated, where our schools are healing and liberating, where we build peace with other nations, where the environment is clean and healthy. In a culture of nonviolence, the systems, structures and institutions churn out situations that are affirming, nurturing and restoring \u2014 a far cry from our world today. It\u2019s a world that Campaign Nonviolence and its allies are working toward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the Campaign Nonviolence Action Days run from Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, to Oct. 2, the International Day of Nonviolence. Over 4,047 actions and events are planned, and more people are joining in every day. People are encouraged to join daily calls-to-action organized with partner groups and ongoing social change campaigns. Or, they can create their own actions that make the most sense in their local context. The actions are creative and visionary, including peace and justice art contests, film festivals, multifaith picnics, a migrant justice art installation, and even a rolling poster protest on the sides of a mobile tiny home. Here are more examples of what\u2019s happening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n