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Pietro Ameglio (born 1957) is an Uruguayan-born naturalized Mexican citizen〔(ZNet - Atenco and Mexico ) at www.zmag.org〕 and Gandhian civil rights and peace activist best known for his role in promoting nonviolence and creating a movement for peace and anti-militarism in Mexico. In May 2011, Ameglio helped to organize demonstrations in support of survivor and victim rights related to ongoing violence in Mexico following the death of Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega, the son of Javier Sicilia, bringing hundreds of thousands of people together across Mexico and in 17 countries around the world. A practitioner of Gandhian methodology, Ameglio's philosophy is to tap the positive values and moral sensibilities of Mexican culture which can be marshaled to oppose war and to change the model of "Armed Peace" to a model of "Peace with Justice." This combination of practical and formal peace work has led Pietro Ameglio to be described as "one of the most important teachers and practitioners of active nonviolence in Latin America today." Pietro Ameglio has been selected as the 2014 winner of the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize, the eighth annual Laureate to be selected. ==Civil Resistance and Nonviolent Activism== Over the last 25 years, Ameglio has facilitated peace education and promoted nonviolent direct action strategies in Mexico and Latin America. In 1987, Ameglio co-founded the Mexican chapter of the Peace and Justice Service (Servicio Paz y Justicia, or SERPAJ), a Latin American peace network spanning 12 countries and established by Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Ameglio has worked with poor communities throughout Mexico to promote nonviolent culture, human rights, and peace education. Some of his work includes organizing a number of vehicles for peace in Mexico; including ''Thinking Out Loud'' (''Pensar en Voz Alta'', 1995), a Gandhian-inspired nonviolent action collective; and the ''Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity'' (MPJD, 2011), founded by the poet Javier Sicilia and the families of dead and missing persons.〔"Mexico Nonviolence Movement." Integrities. Apr. 11, 2014. http://www.integrities.org/pietro-ameglios-letter-august-2012.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pietro Ameglio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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