Steven Monahan and Ahimsa Accord. Steven Monahan is the founder and executive director of Ahimsa Accord and GPA Charities. He is also the licensee of TEDx Dupree Park.
“In love, the lion will lay with the Lamb and there will be peace on earth”
Steven Monahan is a former fortune 100 executive. After surviving a terminal illness and taking a decade inward journey Steve is now a philanthropist who loves animals and through his nonprofit GPA Charities, TEDx Dupree Park and the Ahimsa Accord support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect all sentient beings, the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
Steven follows the non-violence philosophy of Ahimsa and the precepts of Mahatma Gandhi. Steven believes that we live in both a spiritual and physical world. Our individual and societal challenge is to live the middle way of Taoism and in the non-violence of Jainism, and Buddhism.
The Ahimsa Accord
Although we are deep within one of Humanities darkest hours there is still incredible hope within the human spirit to find a way in this decade to create a world of nonviolence, peace, and happiness at the highest most enlightened level.
To reach this level humanity Society must change course, and end the continual violence against itself, its animals, and this very planet that sustains us.
Ahimsa Accord has formed around Steven’s 7 manifestations of non-violence. Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. A creative force of love, not hate. A force that humanity has not fully awakened to or has yet grasped the depth of its life-changing force.
THE 7 ACCORDS
FIRST ACCORD – NATIONS LEARN TO COOPERATE VS COMPETE
SECOND ACCORD – SOVEREIGN NATIONS LIVE IN PEACE WITH THEIR PEOPLE
THIRD ACCORD – HUMANS RECOGNIZE THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT ON OUR ACTIONS TO OUR PLANET
FOURTH ACCORD – COMPASSION FOR ALL ANIMALS
FIFTH ACCORD – END OF WORLD HUNGER
SIXTH ACCORD – END THE VIOLENCE OF FACTORY FARMING
SEVENTH ACCORD – HUMANITY RECOGNIZES THAT LOVE IS THE ONLY WAYI
Ahimsa Accord supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
Main Cause Area (NTEE Code)-Agriculture, Nutrition, Food, and Advocacy Alliances. Animal Protection and Welfare, Arts & Culture: Media Communication