Together with her husband Jean, Hildegard Goss-Mayr provided significant nonviolent training and organizational expertise to the Philippines People Power movement and nonviolent campaigns throughout Latin America. She is a member and former president of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and a Gandhian, principled nonviolent activist/trainer. She has written important books about nonviolence and her own experiences, and is seen by many as an important leader in the creation of a growing nonviolent culture.