Welcome To Our Website
We offer you lots of information - "sort of like drinking from a fire hose." Some of that information may seem unrelated to peace activism but the wars of today are not your grandpa's wars. Today, science and technology have been co-opted to support wars of greater lethality, speed, and less humanity. But bullets still pierce flesh, bombs still destroy and the destruction and long-term consequences of these actions are still felt long after the last bomb drops. We see in front of us a commitment to confront war and its enablers, co-create a future aligned with our values of peace, nonviolence, justice and ethics. Our approach is to inform and form community, with you and like-minded organizations and to succeed at reaching a global and sustainable peace.
4 Global Nonviolence Vision
DOING GOOD & STOPPING BAD
"The focus on doing good rather than stopping bad means that many peace programs never address the systems (or individuals) that promote or perpetuate war. As a result, they miss the mark of what is needed to change things sufficiently to ensure that peace is achieved and is sustainable. " At 4 global nonviolence we seek to support both positive peace and confront war.
Lessons Not Learned - Yet
John F. Kennedy US President (1961 - 1963)
“While we proceed to safeguard our national interests, let us also safeguard human interests. And the elimination of war and arms is clearly in the interest of both and ...The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war...we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just...Confident and unafraid, we labor on...toward a strategy of peace.”, JFK Listen to JFK's speech.
Dwight D. Eisenhower US President (1953 - 1961)
"Throughout America’s adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations... We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. " Dwight D. Eisenhower, Read more.
What You Can Do
WARS, CLIMATE CHANGE...HAVE JOINED FORCES TO DESTABILIZE EARTH & THREATEN OUR EXISTENCE -- LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO
SEE BELOW
STAY INFORMED
This is a moment of extraordinary opportunity. Our key threats are wars and climate change. Learn more about what you can do.
- LEARN WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
- UNDERSTAND EMERGING THREATS
- LEARN HOW THREATS DESTABILIZE
TAKE ACTION
Not all of us are ready to face off against a bunch of masked fully armed dudes. Find out something you are willing to do and do it.
- ENGAGE: ARMCHAIR ACTIVISM+
- CREATE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
- JOIN PEACE/CLIMATE NETWORKS
ENABLE PEACE
Both positive peace and confronting war are part of the same equation leading to sustainable peace. We know war, but what's peace? It's hard to work towards peace if we can't visualize it. What's your vision of sustainable peace?
- VISUALIZE PEACE
- BEST PRACTICES
- ROLE OF SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
CONFRONT WAR
There are thousands of peace organizations and yet wars and their intensity are increasing, as is our climate crisis. Models predict that by 2100 these cumulative impacts will devastate the planet. What can reverse this dynamic?
- HOW WARS HAPPEN
- SUPPORT ALTERNATIVES TO WAR
- HOLD OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE
About 4 Global Nonviolence
ROTARY'S INFLUENCE
At 4 Global Nonviolence, our Board members are either Rotarians, Rotary Peace Fellow Alumni or both. We are guided by the 4-Way Test. Our commitment is to enable actions resulting in positive and measurable impacts.
HOW WE STARTED
During the 2025 Rotary International Convention in Calgary, Alberta Canada, we presented our Fellowship to Rotarians. Our Vision was well-accepted and we pushed forward to develop a Fellowship to serve as a place of learning and doing.
MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Rotary District 5100 Past District Governor
Reem Ghunaim, Co-Founder
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Rotary Peace Fellow, Fields of Peace Executive Director
Jec Borlado, Treasurer
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Kathi Futornick, Secretary
Past President, Rotary Club of Jaro-Centraline Rotary District 3850
Kathi Futornick, Secretary
Mike Caruso, Co-Founder, Board Chair
Kathi Futornick, Secretary
Peace Builder, Rotarian, Environmental Scientist
Phil Gittins, PhD, Member
Phil Gittins, PhD, Member
Phill Gittins, PhD, Education Director for World BEYOND War
Seth Kinzie, Member
Phil Gittins, PhD, Member
Rotary Peace Fellow/Makerere University, Uganda, Director of the African Peacemaking Database.
Andrew Stone, Member
Andrew Stone, Member
Rotary Peace Fellow alumnus, research and work related to environmental issues in Southeast Asia