HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY AVP!

In 1975, at the request of the Think Tank, a group of African American men incarcerated  in New York's Green Haven prison, civil rights leader Dr Bernard Lafayette brought this peace movement seeds to their quest to teach nonviolence to at risk youth and younger offenders entering prison.

 

Together the Think Tank and Lafayette built on the belief that there exists in each of us an inborn power for peacemaking.  They sowed the beginnings of Alternatives to Violence Project and the Transforming Power curriculum.

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Invited into the process, the Quakers of New York helped cultivate the curriculum created by the Think Tank. Through the Quakers' inspiration, dedication, commitment and national and international networks, AVP has spread worldwide. 

Working in prisons and in the community, Omaha AVP empowers people to lead nonviolent lives through affirmation, respect, cooperation, trust, and conflict resolution skills. AVP builds on every person’s innate power to positively transform themselves and the world.

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Since 1975, AVP has conducted over 15,000 AVP workshops across the United States introducing Transforming Power to and impacting over 250,000 lives and the communities where they live.  AVP International is active on six continents.

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