The School of Nonviolence is a volunteer community service project for fostering nonviolence and nondiscrimination in our personal lives, homes, schools and communities.

We believe that human beings are nonviolent when they are happy and free.

We also believe that every human being has a Vital Project, a special role in our collective human Destiny, and that happiness and freedom come only through the fulfillment of this unique Vital Project.

We are not, of course, talking about the "happiness" of simply being entertained, or the "freedom" of being able to choose among entertainments or consumer products. Our work is based on true happiness and freedom -

• on the zest for discovery and creation
• the thrill of overcoming our limitations
• the recognition of the greatness of all human beings
• the opening of the heart in true giving.

Every individual will recognize these qualities in their Vital Project.