“World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mission
The Nonviolence Project is a comprehensive repository that educates and informs viewers on the impact of nonviolent protests all over the world. From environmental issues to racial equality, the project showcases how nonviolence has been used to address many different issues by prominent world leaders and activists. Nonviolence is also an integral part of activism today and we want to show how movements like Black Lives Matter have taken inspiration from centuries of marches, sit-ins, and protests. From familiar figures and events like Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement to the lesser-known Philippines’ People Power movement, we aim to educate and inform readers about how nonviolence has been prevalent around the world and throughout history. We aim to answer how and why nonviolence has been an effective socio-political tactic across different cultural, geographical, and political landscapes.
Looking for credible and informative sources in the digital world is often difficult when trying to discern what is true and false. This project hopes to bring together information from both primary and secondary sources to make the broad topic of nonviolent protest more accessible and concise. We gathered our information from books, newspapers, research articles, and even movies and interviews to present relevant nonviolent events and figures in an easily digestible manner. We are grateful for our university’s vast resources, including the Libraries and the UW Archives, in aiding our research efforts.
News at the Nonviolence Project
Research Presentation Opportunities
Looking to publish or present your research? Check out these opportunities!
The Nonviolence Project is Hiring!
The Nonviolence Project is hiring student researchers! Apply here!
Nonviolence Project researcher Axell Boomer awarded 2024 Beinecke Scholarship
Axell Boomer, a senior Nonviolence Project student researcher, has been awarded a 2024 Beinecke Scholarship!
Dr. Mou Banerjee wins Undergraduate Mentoring Award for work with NVP
We have some pretty exciting news to share! On April 25th, our director and supervisor Dr. Mou Banerjee was recognized for her outstanding mentorship of students at the Nonviolence Project and in the classroom! She and the other award recipients were celebrated at a ceremony in Union South, where her achievements were read out...
The Power and Promise of Nonviolent Action with Dr. Maria J. Stephan
On November 15, 2023, The Nonviolence Project, in conjunction with the Center for Interfaith Dialogue and the Interfaith Peace Working Group, hosted Dr. Maria J. Stephan for a talk titled The Power and Promise of Nonviolence Action. Hosted by our own supervisor, Dr. Mou Banerjee, Stephan discussed how and why nonviolent action works. See below for a recording of the discussion, along with two reflections written by our student researchers who attended the talk.
The Enduring Power of Nonviolent Protest
The Nonviolence Project was recently featured by the UW College of Letters and Science in this article.
Doing Nonviolence
A talk given by our supervisor, Professor Mou Banerjee, about the importance of the Nonviolence Project.
This is an interactive map that features the subjects of Nonviolence Project articles which will be updated at the end of each month. The blue icons represent articles that relate to protests and the orange icons represent articles that relate to biographies. This map was made by Allison Bakalars.
