About ACN

We promote alternatives to violence and initiate and support efforts to create a more just, inclusive and caring community. We work to achieve those goals by:

• Building the next generation of peacemakers. We engage Ashland University students with the message of nonviolence, training them through the Peace Scholar program to develop leadership experience.
• Providing thoughtful, critical analyses of local, national and international issues. In an effort to prevent and de-escalate violence, we bring to light violence in all its forms and the factors that contribute to it.
• Reaching out to a broad range of people about issues of social concern. In a politically polarized society, we know it is vital to speak to and be relevant to a diverse range of people on the topics and social issues that are most important to them. We also work to inspire and empower citizens from different cultural, political and religious backgrounds to participate in making changes in nonviolent ways.
• Disseminating information about upcoming events and opportunities for furthering peace and justice. We inform people about events they may want to take part in and how to do so effectively, yet peacefully.

We seek a world in which human conflict at all levels can be resolved without resorting to violence and in which social justice can be realized.