Non-Violence Day started as a conversation among the faith groups. We wanted an opportunity to come together and share our faith’s traditions and ideas relating to violence.

This conversation grew out of the events that happened to an SFU Chaplain. In November of 2008, Chaplain Gary was moving homes and found a package left on his doorstep. Believing it to be a going away present he picked it up. The package was in fact a bomb and detonated. Due to this event, the conversation grew into a plan to hold a Non-Violence Day as a way to come together and express that we are not for violence. It became a way to bring awareness to injustice and violence that occurs, and to stand against it.

Non Violence Day was created to bring together the faith groups of the centre to share their perspective on current and various social issues related to forms non-violence in hopes to encourage dialogue and hope to create a better, more aware, and understanding future.