We are a community of individuals and organizations that envision a world where people are resolving their differences nonviolently -- without the use of violence, force or coercion. Where peace, mutual respect and compassionate relationships are the norm. Where people find creative and interactive ways to transform their conflicts -- and their enemy images of one another -- through a process of communication that connects us across differences.

Compassionate Communication, sometimes known as Nonviolent Communication (NVC), facilitates the exchange of information necessary to experience the universality of human needs and aspirations, regardless of gender, race, age or any other aspect of who we are as human beings.