Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) for Justice and Peace workshop series comes to North America!
Friends Peace Teams looks forward to sharing practices that people around the world have found essential in working for just, peaceful homes, communities, and societies. This workshop starts with the AVP Basic workshop, so newcomers are welcome. We build on that legacy integrating trauma healing, liberation from oppression, and seeking a consensus of love and conscience, so experienced facilitators may deepen their practice as well.
Join us!
- Janesville, MN on October 7-12, 2026, an hour south of Minneapolis-St Paul
https://friendspeaceteams.org/upcoming-justice-peace-workshops/
- Cebu, Philippines on October 13-22, 2026, at Mayâ Learning Space on Bantayan Island
https://friendspeaceteams.org/event-2026-regional-justice-peace/
- Latin America, upcoming workshop in Dec 2026
- Armenia and Ukraine, upcoming workshops in 2027
Limited space, so register early. Sign up for e-news or follow us on Facebook.
Come and get to know other engaged Friends and connect to a global network of Quaker justice and peace work. People curious about or new to Friends Peace Teams, as volunteers or Yearly Meeting Representatives, will find this a great orientation to how we work with one another in community.
Support a younger person – teens through adults. Many find this a formative, transformative experience. Consider attending in teams of two or more to better bring the insights, practices, or workshops back to your community.
AVP facilitators see a sample agenda on the AVP for Justice and Peace website page: https://friendspeaceteams.org/avp-justice-peace/. Each session links to a video playlist demonstrating instructions for each exercise, and we are currently adding written instructions for each exercise as well.
The founders of AVP believed that people learned nonviolence best by experiencing it in community. At this workshop, we cook, eat, clean, learn, reflect, work, and play together, practicing the skills we need in a just, peaceful society. For some this is ordinary; for others it is rare or totally new. A recent book, Unforgiving Places, identifies the roots of gun violence deaths in the United States as primarily occurring where people lack methods or examples of how to address and resolve conflict. Nonviolence is a practice. We have great nonviolent tools and skills for resisting and interrupting violence and oppression and creating just, peaceful communities; but we all need to practice!
Want to learn more about Friends’ witness to justice and peace in the world? Join us!!