Non-violence Courses at Common Ground Scotland
An Overview

Instructors: Pam Zappardino & Charlie Collyer

During the week at Common Ground Scotland there will be a structured course on Non Violence running over a series of sessions. This course, 'Everyday Nonviolence', will be led by Drs. Pam Zappardino and Charlie Collyer. The course will need a reasonable time commitment and promises to be a wonderful opportunity for people to go into this subject in some depth. It will run in the mornings alongside a whole variety of music and art classes.

In the afternoons we are planning some self contained workshops aimed at people who may be interested in the subject, but perhaps are less ready to jump in at the deep end. The three workshops are not linked, you can come to any or all of them, but if you can commit to all three, it should give you a broad insight into non-violence.

Week long class (mornings only) - Everyday Nonviolence
Monday - Friday 4th - 8th August 9.00 - 12.00

Instructor Team: Dr. Pam Zappardino & Dr. Charles Collyer (Co-directors of The Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education, a program of Common Ground on the Hill.)

There is more to "nonviolence" than many people think, especially if one looks at what is going on in nonviolence education today. Nonviolence is being viewed as successful problem solving and as successful human development, at all levels from the individual to the international.

The famous leaders of nonviolent social change movements, such as Gandhi and King, are sometimes remembered only for a specialized set of tactics, whose success is dismissed as having been due to unusual circumstances. But a closer look at the philosophy and practices of nonviolence reveals much that is applicable to everyday life.

In this brief course, we will look at this broader view of nonviolence and consider its connection with the idea of finding common ground. People from many walks of life and cultures, and with commitments to a wide range of different philosophical views, have found this approach to nonviolence exciting and even transforming.

Finally, seeing nonviolence as inseparable from the traditional arts and from musical expression helps to emphasize that its roots can be found in the real cultures of real people from many parts of the world.

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAIL
Charlie Collyer & Pam Zappardino

Drs. Pamela H. Zappardino and Charles E. Collyer are nonviolence educators and trainers with a long history of activism. They studied and continue to work with Dr. Bernard LaFayette, who was a member of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s executive staff, and is today's principal spokesperson for Kingian nonviolence.

Charlie teaches at the University of Rhode Island, where he co-founded the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. Pam is the president of PlanWorks Consulting, teaches nonviolence at Western Maryland College and is on the board of directors of Common Ground. Charlie and Pam co-founded and serve as directors of the Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education at Common Ground on the Hill.

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