Jim Manske has made a lifelong exploration of the types of practices that make peace not only possible, but inevitable. In 2000, he attended his first workshop with internationally recognized peacemaker Marshall Rosenberg. "Within fifteen minutes, I knew my life would never be the same." Jim has now been learning and sharing Nonviolent Communication for more than twenty years. He is a certified trainer and assessor for the Center for Nonviolent Communication and co-creator of the learning tool Pathways to Liberation Self-Assessment Matrix, which has been translated into fifteen languages and is used globally by NVC practitioners working toward trainer certification. He and his partner, Jori, also a CNVC certified trainer, live and work together in Maui. Their goal is to build a global network of friends devoted to practicing peace by fully integrating NVC into their lives and communities.