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Program Description

The Policy and Outreach Program of the Albert Einstein Institution endeavors to provide the best resources to date on strategic nonviolent action to groups fighting for democracy and freedom.

Through courses, workshops, consultations, and the dissemination of written (often translated) materials, the Policy and Outreach Program seeks to help increase the skill, competency, and effectiveness of democratic nonviolent movements to achieve liberation from dictatorships and civil, political, or economic oppression.

Further, the Program aims to assist governments and societies to develop strong "civilian-based defense" policies—under which governments and social groups would plan and train for organized nonviolent noncooperation and defiance—to defend and protect their democratic gains against both foreign aggression and internal attack.

The activities of this Program are based on the premise that the greater the knowledge among participants and leaders about the nature, dynamics, and strategic principles of nonviolent struggle, the greater the chances those nonviolent movements will be able to act skillfully and effectively.