ࡱ> EGD` 5jbjb +(|c|c52222222JJJJ V$,RB2B22Wj22F$j222222z 6}Jm02d d  K-STATE'S CAMPAIGN FOR NONVIOLENCE WORKS TO CHANGE ATTITUDES AS WAY TOPREVENT VIOLENCEMANHATTAN -- A campaign developed at Kansas State University to preventviolence is drawing attention at national conferences this summer."K-State's Campaign for Nonviolence seeks to modernize the way we dealwith campus conflict and violence," said Susan Allen, director of theK-State Women's Center and co-founder of the campaign."Attending to victims of violence only after the fact will never changethe system that generated the violence in the first place," Allen said."In effect, this means we need to learn to see conflict within the contextof systems and attend to precursors rather than wait for the violence."The global nonviolence axiom, 'If you want peace, work for justice,'translates locally: 'If we want a safe community, we need to work for fairrelationships at all levels,'" Allen said.K-State's Campaign for Nonviolence, founded in 2000, was the focus of apresentation at the "Violence Goes to College" national conference inBoulder, Colo., in May. The presentation, "Nonviolence Goes to College,"was made by K-State's Dorinda Lambert, associate director of theuniversity's counseling services and co-founder of the Campaign forNonviolence; Heather Reed, assistant dean of student life; Mary Todd,assistant director of the Women's Center; and Kelly Maze, senior in lifesciences, Hiawatha.Lambert, along with K-State's Torry Dickinson, associate professor ofwomen's studies, and Valerie Carroll, instructor of women's studies, alsodiscussed the Campaign for Nonviolence as part of a presentation they madeat the Conference of National Women's Studies Association, June 15-18, inOakland, Calif.Changing student attitudes about violence and nonviolence at a biguniversity may seem like an impossible task, but that's the ultimate goalof the Campaign for Nonviolence, said Todd, who also is the campus sexualassault advocate."Our aim is to create the social expectation for a peaceful, respectfuland just community," she said. "We think that this will result in a safercommunity."The Campaign for Nonviolence is working for more balanced systems at alllevels, according to Allen. "The campaign seeks to get ahead of theviolence by intervening in a dysfunctional system before it fails," shesaid.In 2001, the Campaign for Nonviolence and university leaders endorsedK-State's Principles of Community, which outline the expected behavior ofall members of the university community. The principles, composed by acommittee led by Cia Verschelden, director of assessment at K-State and aCampaign for Nonviolence member, have been displayed in each classroom oncampus.Each fall, K-State's Campaign for Nonviolence leads a Rally forNonviolence to promote a healthy and safe campus environment. The rallyincludes speakers and information booths from advocacy and social changegroups at K-State and the Manhattan area.In the spring semester, the campaign coordinates the 64-day Season forNonviolence, Jan. 30-April 4. Inspired by the memorial anniversaries ofMahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., the Season of Nonviolenceencourages not just a vision for a nonviolent world, it give us a time toshare some of the pragmatic ways and means to achieve it, Allen said.Activities include communication workshops, feature films, benefitconcerts and a food drive.The Campaign for Nonviolence also organizes academic classes and communityprograms, including Noontime Yoga, the Empty Bowls project and SafeZone."SafeZone is a project which has trained more than 400 peer allies to dateamong students, faculty and administrators, who then assist individualsaffected by homophobia, hate crimes or hateful acts, or sexual violence,"Allen said.SafeZone will extend to Manhattan High School this fall, she said."These opportunities are just some of the ways we want to inspire theK-State community to embrace and model a nonviolent way of thinking aboutchange and conflict," Allen said."The Campaign for Nonviolence encompasses a whole campus mindset,involving how people relate to each other, Reed said. 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