What People Say...
The AVP experience and transforming power lives on long after a workshop. It moves people, changes their lives in many ways and plants seed of nonviolence that are spread to others..
We hope these testimonials touch something in you, too
One thing that I learned from AVP was respect and how to talk with people and how to communicate better in life. There's a lot of tools I learned, you know. speak up and speak your mind... Everybody shares and we lean a lot from one another, we support each other.
When you hear the word violence, what comes to mind?
Listen to answers from incarcerated participants during and AVP workshop
In this video, OJ SImpson tells the Parole Board that AVP was the most important program he participated in during his incarceration and how he believes it will make him a better dad.
Watch as one of the original AVP founders, confidante of Martin Luther King, and activist for nonviolence describe the starting AVP in 1975
"There's no better time than in a struggle to find in you and develop peace."
In this mindfully created in-depth video you'll go inside AVP workshops and hear from the participants.
Also, you'll receive statistics and explanations for what's behind disruptive behaviors and trauma that may lead to incarceration.
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Benevolent Benji
AVP gave me the chance to get to know people I otherwise would not have met. I made new friends and had a lot of fun while leaning, too.
Affectionate Anne and members of South Central Pennsylvania AVP counsel share the history of AVP, how transforming power principles are applied, giving a more in depth understanding of AVP.
In the US, ten percent of AVP programs are offered in the community and in schools.
Watch as Courageous Kendall describes the impact AVP had on summer youth programs in Elkhart Indiana.
AVP believes there is something good and precious in all of us. AVP workshops led by inside and community facilitators help participants get in touch with the best in them.
Shakur Abdullah
AVP is one of the few programs I took while incarcerated that offered real life alternatives to conflict via dialogue. The secret sauce of the AVP program are the positive and insightful skills, knowledge and experiences shared by its outside volunteers and incarcerated peer facilitators. AVP is a program that potentially helps to make the community safer by offering alternatives to conflict to conflict prone individuals.
Courageous
Christina
My experience with AVP has helped me grow both as an individual and within my community. I have met passionate people with shared and different lived experiences whose vulnerability and dedication to nonviolence and vulnerable communication is inspiring, particularly in today's divisive society.
