Who We Are KURVE Wustrow Centre for Training and Networking in Nonviolent Action has existed since 1980, based in Wus- trow. We have more than 30 people working at our head office and seminar house, supporting nonviolent social movements in Germany, the Middle East, Asia, Ukraine and the Western Balkans. PHOTO CONTEST Nonviolence “Nonviolence is ...“ Works KURVE Wustrow stands for nonviolent action for fourty years. A statement that has almost become a habit? 40 Years of KURVE Wustrow We would like to know: What do you understand by ”nonviolence“? We are celebrating our anniversary and invite everyone to join us. With events every month throughout the year, this is a great opportunity to find out more about KURVE Wustrow We invite you to complete the sentence ”Nonviolence is …“ and to take part in our discussions and celebrations. Check from your very own point of view and to send us a suitable out the programme inside. picture. Find out what’s on: www.kurvewustrow.org You are welcome to add a little story, a punch line or a state- ment on the picture. We are extending into two neighbouring buildings and are very exited that we will soon be opening our new seminar What We Do Let us visualise the sentence ”Nonviolence is …“! house! Our anniversary events will include guided tours and even a summer party at the construction site. Be there Empower – Every year, more than 500 peace and human We will exhibit all motifs at the annual conference of KURVE when we create more space for peace! rights activists from all over the world come to Wustrow to Wustrow from 10th to 12 th July 2020 in Medingen: The best five attend our trainings in nonviolent conflict transformation. photos will be printed as postcards. We are very much look- ing forward to receiving your ideas! Exchange – We prepare young people for a volunteer ser- vice in India, Northern Macedonia, Tanzania and Ghana. We also host young volunteers from India through our North- Please send your contribution by 31st May 2020 to: South Programme. KURVE Wustrow e.V., Kirchstraße 14, D-29462 Wustrow www.kurvewustrow.org Support – Via the Civil Peace Service (CPS), we support Or by email to: [email protected] peace, reconciliation and development through our coop- eration with partner organisations in conflict regions. Cur- Nonviolence is … rently our peace workers are active in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Kosovo, Ukraine, Pales- tine, Israel, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal. is … Nonviolence Engage – In Wendland, we work with refugees and against the far right. We also campaign for the climate and against nuclear power – after all, KURVE Wustrow started out by opposing the Gorleben nuclear site. Nonviolence is … Events in 2020 How to Reach Us Anniversary When? What? Where? Take the train to Salzwedel, Uelzen or Dannenberg. From Conference there, buses run to Wustrow / Markt. Mon 06 January Birthday Cake! KURVE Wustrow Mon 08 June „Nonviolence Works – KURVE Wustrow 40 Years of KURVE Wustrow 10:00 To celebrate the founding of KURVE Wus- 19:00 Gewaltfreiheit wirkt“ “Nonviolence Works!” trow exactly 40 years ago, we launch our Stella Tamang from Nepal offers insights anniversary year with a birthday cake! into 25 years as a nonviolence trainer. Friday, 10 July 2020 16:00 hrs Arrival Sun 12 January “What do they do all day anyway?” KURVE Wustrow Sun 14 June Prayers at Gorleben Gorleben Crosses 18:00 hrs Dinner 15:00 and Doris Hertle and Jochen Neumann give 14:00 Buddhist Stella Tamang talks about non- 19:00 hrs Welcome, introduction to programme 16:30 an introduction to KURVE Wustrow and violence and international solidarity. and icebreaking take you round our offices and the new 19:45 hrs “Nonviolence Works! Really? How?” seminar house at 16.30. Fri 10–Sun 12 July Anniversary Conference Medingen Keynote from social sciences “Nonviolence Works” 21:00 hrs Get-together in the Cellar Bar Thu 23 January Exhibition Opening: Kreishaus Lüchow See programme on the right hand side 11:00 Spreading nonviolence Königsberger Saturday, 11 July 2020 Guided tour around our new exhibition Str. 10 Fri 28 August Low-Carbon Living KURVE Wustrow 09:00 hrs Review of previous day, introduction to “From anti-nuclear resistance in Wend- 19:00 Eva Kern from Lüneburg leads an inter- today’s programme land to peace engagement in other active workshop on green living, with a 09:30 hrs “Nonviolence works! How we did it …” conflicts and countries” focus on mobility, food and IT. Practical examples in small groups 11:00 hrs Break Tue 18 February Myanmar Talk KURVE Wustrow Dri 04 September “We both thought Nonviolence KURVE Wustrow 11:30 hrs “How can we support nonviolent social 19:00 Our peace worker Anna-Lena Schulz 19:00 was so uncool …” movements in Germany?“ talks about how peace engagement is Talk with Gisela Renneberg and What the movements want from us – possible after military rule, despite ongo- Andrea Sievers, who joined KURVE Wus- KURVE Wustrow’s strategies ing restrictions. trow for a year of volunteering in 1995. Keynote and reflections in small groups KEY 12.30 hrs Lunch break Tue 17 March “Made in Unterlüß – Arms exports KURVE Wustrow Sat 05 Sep tember Construction Site Party – KURVE Wustrow HAMBURG Road / Bus 14.00 hrs “How can we support nonviolent social 19:00 by Rheinmetall” 15:00 Come and Dance! Kirchstr. 14, 16, Rail movements in other countries?“ Talk by Jaqueline Andres from Informa- Open day with guided tours around the 18 The Civil Peace Service in Palestine/ tionsstelle Militarisierung e.V. on old and new buildings. Israel – Strategies and experiences arms production on our doorstep. Presentation and discussion of a study LÜNEBURG 15:30 hrs Break Sun 06 September Annual Membership Meeting KURVE Wustrow DANNENBERG Fri 27 March “Seeing the world through KURVE Wustrow 10:00–16:00 Everyone welcome. 16.00 hrs “Nonviolence – How can we become 19:00 different eyes” BAD BEVENSEN more effective?“ Our weltwärts volunteers from India and Sat 10 October “Stand up against racism” KURVE Wustrow WUSTROW (WENDLAND) Strategic inputs from the conference Germany talk about their experiences of 10:00–17:00 Quick-witted responses to far-right UELZEN 17.00 hrs End of conference, refreshments voluntary service in each other’s countries. comments. 18.00 hrs Party starts Workshop with Joel Campe and Katrin SALZWEDEL 20.00 hrs Buffet and music Sat 11 April Creative Nonviolent Action at Easter Unterlüß Karmann BERLIN in Unterlüß Sunday, 12 July 2020 60 years of Easter marches – 75 years Tue 10 November Balkan Talk KURVE Wustrow 10:00 hrs Excursions after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen – 19:00 What happens when people from differ- HANNOVER Gorleben arms exports by Rheinmetall: How much ent backgrounds start talking again? Our New KURVE Wustrow seminar house – longer? peace worker Nadije Memedi reports visit to construction site from Bosnia and Herzegovina. KURVE Wustrow – Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte für gewaltfreie Aktion e. V. Thu 21 May– “Kulturelle Landpartie 2020” Klein Witzeeze Kirchstr. 14, 29462 Wustrow (Wendland), Germany Mon 01 June Magdalena Freudenschuss and Peter No 6 Fri 04 December “How far have we come …?” KURVE Wustrow Tel +49 (0)5843 9871–0, Fax –11 | [email protected] | www.kurvewustrow.org 11:00–18:00 Steudtner reflect on their time in de- 15:00 End the anniversary year on a high note Kirchstr. 16–18 Donation account: tention in Istanbul in this exhibition and in our new premises – with delicious GLS Bank, IBAN: DE50 4306 0967 2041 6468 00 | BIC GENODEM1GLS Conference venue: spend several days as our guests. food in our Advent café. Everyone wel- Donations are tax-deductible. Gustav Stresemann Institut, Medingen, Klosterweg 4 Also: Workshops on civic engagement, come. Nearest railway station: 29549 Bad Bevensen klimaneutral climate-neutral printing. talkss on Nepal, Myanmar and Palestine. natureOffice.com | DE-275-659420 Photos: KURVE Wustrow Archiv, Barbara Flesch, Registrations: [email protected] or gedruckt Miteinander e. V., Peter Steudtner, Timo Vogt, Tel +49 (0)5843 98 71 0 Gregor Zielke.