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6 March, 2006
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The deadline for registration is the 31st March 2006.
Welcome
to the AVP 2006 International Conference
In South Africa
Next Steps: Consolidating AVP International Enabling Sustainable Transformation
27th
August – 1st September, 2006
Good
Shepherds Retreat Centre, South Africa.
The
Alternatives to Violence Project holds an international conference every two years.
This year it will be hosted in South Africa from 27th August - 1st of September
2006.
Please
note that this is an early and very tentative communication which we hope will
begin a discussion around what we all wish to see on the agenda.
The
month of September 2006 will mark 100 years from the date on which Gandhi first
used non-violent civil disobedience on a mass scale. The Transvaal government
wanted to register the entire Indian population and passed what the Indians called
the 'black act'. Gandhi advised at a mass meeting in the Imperial Theatre in Johannesburg,
that people practice nonviolent resistance and refuse to comply with the registration
process.
In celebration of both Gandhi’s contribution to promoting the
non-violent path and the positive steps made by AVP over the past 30 years, this
year’s conference may be an opportunity for us to;
Reflect
on our successes and development so far;
Refocus and Vision the future direction
and development of AVP International;
Explore ways to practically develop
the project to enhance its delivery capacity throughout the world.
Provide
space to reinvigorate debate and promote the sharing of knowledge, skills and
insights.
We
also hope to draw on our broad experience and talents and call upon all interested
AVPers for ideas and suggestions for parallel interest groups, presentations,
workshops etc. If you have either a topic you wish to include or would like to
lead in facilitating a workshop or discussion group, we would like to hear from
you.
If
you are interested in participating and/or supporting the 2006 gathering, please
follow visit our website;
http://www.phaphama.org/index.php?sid=194&l=eng
