The Visions to Peace Project develops resources that help organizations work toward safety and peace using creative, community-based strategies for personal and social transformation.
Local Training and Resources
We aim to build the capacity of D.C. area organizations in the following areas:
- Developing a holistic understanding of violence against youth
- Centering youth leadership within violence prevention efforts
- Planning creative, collective and transformative strategies for peacebuilding
We lead workshops and trainings for youth and people who work with youth, and partner with organizations to provide workshops, programs and other events for the community-at-large.
Past:
A Holistic Anti-Violence Agenda for the Youth Justice Movement
Facilitated for Building Leadership, Organizing Communities (BLOC – D.C.)
Thursday, January 31, 2008 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Justice 4 D.C. Youth Coalition, 1012 14th Street N.W. Washington, D.C.
National Training and Resources
We also lead workshops and trainings at national conferences and facilitate exchanges of information and resources among local and national organizations.
Past:
Vision Is Our Power: Creating Safety In Our Communities Without the Police
Facilitated at the 2008 Allied Media Conference
June 20 – 22, 2008 @ Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan
Selected Presentations and Workshops:
A Holistic Anti-Violence Agenda for the Youth Justice Movement (A multi-media presentation and workshop)
Working to end violence against women of color now means challenging issues as diverse as sexual assault, incarceration and poverty. This session explores how a wider definition and understanding of violence can serve D.C. organizations working for youth justice and safety. (Includes poetry, music and visual arts!)
- What forms of violence impact young people of color in D.C. and how are they connected?
- How does a wider understanding of violence impact our vision and strategies for safety?
- How can we work together to develop an agenda focused on ending all forms of violence against youth?
Vision Is Our Power: Creating Safety In Our Communities Without the Police (A film screening and workshop)
Vision Is Our Power is a film produced by the Visions to Peace Project. In this daring and thoughtful documentary, youth and youth justice workers reveal the many faces of violence against youth. They share personal stories, art, and honest dialog with hope of speaking new visions for safety that do not depend on policing and prisons. Following the screening, we facilitate a discussion and series of exercises in which participants work together to create visions and strategies for ending multiple forms of violence against youth.
Please send an email to visionstopeace (at) yahoo (dot) com if you are interested in bringing one of our workshops to your organization.
