In 2002 Carry the Vision Community Nonviolence Conference was inspired by Ellen Grace O’Brian and Santa Clara County Board Supervisor Dave Cortese and began as a local event in San Jose, CA to highlight the Season for Nonviolence, an international grassroots educational campaign launched by the United Nations on January 30th, 1998.

CTV became a 501(c)(3)  in 2010. The vision of our founders was to bring diverse sectors of the community together for the purpose of nonviolent education, inspiration, and action to meet the pressing needs of our time.

For over a decade, CTV hosted 10 community-wide gatherings bringing together thousands of people who shared a common goal: to carry on the vision of Mahatma Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez. Past keynote speakers include Yolanda King, Dolores Huerta, Arun Gandhi, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Father Greg Boyle, and Ela Gandhi.

Visit the photo gallery page to view our past events. In 2014 our Restore Leadership & Life Skills Program blossomed from our community grassroots events as a way to work directly with individuals and groups in schools, reentry programs, the service sector, and businesses.

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