Metta and Young Spirit Foundation to reignite EFNV

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EFNV-Home-Gandhi[1]How many of you know about Educators for Nonviolence? If you didn’t before, well, you do now.

Educators for Nonviolence (EFNV) is a sister project of the Metta Center, first started as a joint project between Metta and the Dalai Lama Foundation. The mission of EFNV is “to make the teaching and living of nonviolence part of mainstream education.” How great would that be??

EFNV has been in a period of incubation over the last year or so, since it’s most recent (3rd Annual) conference in the summer of 2008. In recent months, Metta has teamed with Young Spirit Foundation in an effort to update, fortify, and reignite EFNV as a potent force in nonviolence education.

While that effort is still underway (and planning for a 2010 EFNV conference in its nascent stages), it has been a joy to work with Young Spirit throughout the initial planning stages of this project. We look forward to working with YS further, and want to introduce you to them right now (if you haven’t heard of them already!!).

The first thing you can do to find out more about YS is visit the website. From there, you can read more about their programs and successes, find ways to get involved, check out their beautiful educational resources, and get inspired by all they have to offer.

The second thing you can do is spread the word about a November 21 benefit concert that Young Spirit is hosting as they celebrate plans for a new project-based charter school in Silicon Valley.

Third thing you can do is: stay posted and stay in touch! We’ll be announcing developments with the EFNV re-ignition extravaganza through the Metta site as they happen, so no need to worry. But if you are interested in being on the EFNV mailing list when it comes online, and therefore, being much more connected with the future of that project, let us know. Simply send an email to info@efnv.org and tell us you want to be on that upcoming list!

Thanks to Young Spirit for injecting the EFNV project with an incredible dose of passion and energy. Also thanks to EFNV’s current and previous partners and supporters, and to all of you who have written us numerous times asking, “Hey, when’s that next EFNV conference going to happen, anyway?” Your voices have been heard, and they will be answered.