The following individuals received certification through the intensive International Nonviolence Summer Institute, preparing them as trainers and co-trainers who are qualified to conduct and facilitate a Two-Day Introductory Kingian Nonviolence training and education workshop.
The 45 countries where our nonviolence trainers live are listed alphabetically for an easy search for trainers around the world.
Pam Smith
Location: Illinois, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2010) & (Level II – 2011)
December 13, 2022
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum Location: IL US Level of Training: Intro Email: pjc@moran-center.org
February 22, 2024
Pamela McDonald
Pamela McDonald Location: CT USA Level of Training: Level II Graduate Email: pmcd@westminsterschool.org
April 10, 2024
Pamela Santos
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: pamsantos1962@gmail.com I am a social worker, a watercolor artist, a mom, and a peace maker currently mentoring for Nonviolent Schools RI. I completed my Level 1 Training in 2015. The relationships and understanding I gained from that training have remained as a powerful influence in my life. […]
July 6, 2023
Pamela Santos
Location: USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: pamsantos@room35.com
January 25, 2024
Patric Razafimahafaly
Patric Razafimahafaly Location: CA US Level of Training: Intro Email: prrazafimahafaly@usfca.edu
February 22, 2024
Patricia Connolly
Patricia Connolly Location: IL US Level of Training: Level 1 Email: pconnolly@joinhandsesl.org
Paul Bueno de Mesquita
Paul Bueno de Mesquita Location: RI USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: pauldem@uri.edu
April 10, 2024
Peggy Dorvil
Level of Training: (Level I – 2009) Contact Information: pdorvil@bcs.usf.edu
July 5, 2023
Pema Yangchen
Location: India Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: pemkoalas@gmail.com
January 25, 2024
Peter Dickson
Location: GA, USA Level of Training: (Level 2 – 2015) Email: pdickso@emory.edu
January 25, 2024
Pragya Paneru
Pragya Paneru Location: NSW US Level of Training: Level 1 Email: pragya.miracle@gmail.com
February 22, 2024
Ptorey Crutchfield
Location: Memphis, Tennessee Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Ptorey is a former elementary school teacher and currently serves as a project manager at a faith-based nonprofit whose mission is to build well-being and economic prosperity among children and families in Memphis communities. Contact Information: ptorey.crutchfield@agapemeanslove.org
July 17, 2023
Qutaiba Albluw
Location: USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: qutaiba.albluwi@gmail.com
January 25, 2024
Rahmier Williams
Location: Michigan, USA Level of Training: (Level II – 2023) Contact Information: williamsrahmier11@gmail.com
July 19, 2023
Raju Sarkar
Location: Nepal Level of Training: (Level II – 2018) & (Level III) About: Raju Sarkar, Level III Non-violence & Peace Trainer of URI Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies Center, winner of International Nonviolence Trainer Award 2022 November. I have been engaging with different local, national & international organization in the capacity of professional and […]
July 6, 2023
Rebecca Lister
Rebecca Lister Location: RI US Level of Training: Level 1 Email: rebeccalister@uri.edu
February 22, 2024
Rev. Avery Blakeney
Rev. Avery Blakeney Location: DC USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: aviaryb@aol.com
April 10, 2024
Rich Tarlaian
Rich Tarlaian Location: RI USA Level of Training: Trainer Email: rdt13@cox.net
Rich Tarlian
Location: Rhode Island, USA Level of Training: (Level III – 2020) About: Rich is a retired captain of the Providence, RI police force. He has trained hundreds of people in Kingian Nonviolence in Rhode Island and abroad for two decades.
February 8, 2023
Rob Musick
Rob Musick Location: KY US Level of Training: Intro Email: robertmusick@upike.edu
February 22, 2024
Robbie L. Walker
Robbie L. Walker Location: Level of Training: Youth Leadership Email:
April 10, 2024
Robert Iwersen
Location: USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2018) Contact Information: robert,iwersen@gmail.com At the time of his training, Bobby was a rising Junior at Providence College, and a political science major. He has taken a number of social work courses and believes that this training will complement his interest in advocacy and human rights.
July 5, 2023
Robert J. Kelley III
Level of Training: (Level I – 2009) Contact Information: pastorrkelley@gmail.com
Roberta Ralph-Opara
Nigeria/ Rhode Island/ URI, USA
(Level I - 2014)
(Level II - 2017)
(Level III - 2022)
June 25, 2014
Rodney Lee
Rodney Lee Location: NY US Level of Training: Intro Email: rodneyl@childrensaidnyc.org
February 22, 2024
Rolisa Tutwyler
Location: North Carolina, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Rolisa H. Tutwyler is the Founder and CEO of CCMNT Speakers, a boutique speaker management agency at the intersections of activism and academia. Rolisa is also the mother of four amazing adult children and an ordained minister. Contact: tutwyler@ccmntspeakers.com
July 11, 2023
Rozelia Kennedy
Rozelia Kennedy Location: FL USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: rozeliamariakennedy@verizon.net
April 10, 2024
Rozelia Kennedy
Location: Florida, USA Training Level Completed: (Level II – 2009) & (Level III – 2020) About: Rozelia completed a Ph.D. in 2018 in Adult, Career & Higher Education at the University of South Florida. Her dissertation, “A Biographical Study of Bernard LaFayette, Jr. as an Adult Educator Including the Teaching of Nonviolence Conflict, ” focused on […]
February 8, 2023
Ruth Henry
Colombia/Massachusetts, USA
(Level I - 2010)
(Level II - 2011)
(Level III - 2018)
March 20, 2013
Ruth Saah
Location: RI, USA Level of Training: (Level 2 – 2015) Email: ruth_saah@my.uri.edu
January 25, 2024
Sagar Ghimire
Location: Nepal Level of Training: (Level 2 – 2015) Email: activist_ocean@yahoo.com
January 25, 2024
Samuel Alix
Location: Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2017) Seabrook, Texas, USA (Level 2) alix.investments@gmail.com I am the co-founder, along with my wife Kayla, of CHAMP, a mental health support organization impacting veterans, their families, and communities recovering from trauma. I am attending Level II after completing Level I last summer. Over the past year, I […]
January 25, 2024
Samuel Alix
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level I – 2018) & (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: alix.investments@gmail.com
July 6, 2023
Samuel Kovalyov
Location: USA, New York Level of Training: (Level II – 2018) About: Sam Kovalyov’s journey began in New Jersey, where his dissatisfaction with traditional schooling led him to homeschool himself and gain early college acceptance. His pursuit of sustainability moved him to New York, where he eventually founded the non-profit Haven for Humanity in 2015, […]
Sangita Biswakarma
Location: Nepal Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: infodwo@dwo.org.np
January 25, 2024
Santos Saiweah
Location: Liberia Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: ssaiweah@yahoo.com
Serap Hidir
Location: Turkey Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: seraphidir@gmail.com
January 25, 2024
Shakira Haidari
Location: USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: cwistehuff@ieaw.org
January 25, 2024
Shane Lee
Location: Rhode Island, USA Training Level Completed: (Level I – 2007) & (Level II – 2008) & (Level III – 2023) Shane Lee is the Nonviolence Facilitator at the Nonviolence Institute in Providence, Rhode Island. In June 2023, Shane was awarded the Level 3 Nonviolence Trainer’s Certification for Institutionalizing and Internalizing Nonviolence during the 24th […]
January 9, 2023
Shane Lee
Shane Lee Location: RI USA Level of Training: Level II Graduate Email: shane@nonviolenceinstitute.org
April 10, 2024
Shane Lee
Shane Lee Location: RI US Level of Training: Intro Email: shanelee401@gmail.com
February 22, 2024
Shangrila Thapa
Location: Nepal Level of Training: (Level II – 2018) Scholarship(s): The 2015 Bruce Tancrell Memorial Scholarship About: I earned my B.S. in Environmental Science from Tri Chandra College, affiliated with Tribuvan University in Kathmandu. I am completing my Masters Degree in Conflict Peace & Development Studies. Due to the internal armed conflict in Nepal many women and […]
July 6, 2023
Shangrila Thapa
Location: Nepal Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: shangrilathapa.1@gmail.com
January 25, 2024
Sheila Burton
Sheila Burton Location: MO US Level of Training: Level 1 Email: sburton@joinhandsesl.org
February 22, 2024
Sonam Wangdue
Sonam Wangdue Location: NY USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: wsonam@yahoo.com
April 10, 2024
Steffany A. Perry
Steffany A. Perry Location: Level of Training: Youth Leadership Email:
April 10, 2024
Stephen Hicks Acheampong
Stephen Hicks Acheampong Location: GH Level of Training: Intro Email: emailhicks@gmail.com
February 22, 2024
Stephen Yang
Stephen Yang Location: RI USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: syang613@gmail.com
April 10, 2024
Sue Coleman
Sue Coleman Location: VA US Level of Training: Intro Email: clarasue4054@gmail.com
February 22, 2024
Tacora Roach
Location: Illinois, USA Level of Training: (Level II – 2023) Contact Information: roachtac@msu.edu
July 19, 2023
Tammy Kuehne
Tammy Kuehne Location: ON CA Level of Training: Intro Email: tkuehne@onecityptbo.ca
February 22, 2024
Tara Ochs
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level I – 2018)Contact Information: taraochs@gmail.com In 2014, when the Black Lives Matter movement was shifting into overdrive. Tara was cast in the movie Selma as civil rights martyr Viola Liuzzo. She says, “I had never heard of her, or Selma, or thought for more than two seconds about my responsibility […]
July 6, 2023
Tashawnna Johnson
Location: Illinois, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) Contact Information: rtutwyler@ccmntspeakers.com
July 19, 2023
Taylor VanSant
Location: California, USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2023) About: Taylor (pronouns She/They) is a 2020 graduate of California State University, Monterey Bay. They will be attending the University of San Francisco for Urban and Public Affairs in the fall. They took URI’s level one training in the hopes that they can incorporate the […]
July 10, 2023
Teddy Foday-Musa
Location: Sierra Leone Level of Training: (Level 2 – 2015) Email: teddyfodaymusa@yahoo.com
January 25, 2024
Tenzin Dalha
Location: India Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: tenzindal@gmail.com
January 25, 2024
Tenzin Lhakey
Location: India Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) Contact Information: lhakey40@gmail.com
July 19, 2023
Tenzin Tsezin
Location: IndiaLevel of Training: (Level I – 2018)Contact Information: ttsezin@gmail.com Tenzin is a teacher in the Sambhota Tibetan School in India. He has learned that Martin Luther King was an American activist, famously known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience in the US. His main […]
July 6, 2023
Terrell Parker
Location: Rhode Islande, USA Level of Training: (Level II – 2019) Scholarship(s): The 2019 Art Stein Scholarship Contact Information: Terrelltp3@my.uri.edu
October 28, 2022
Thalia Carroll-Cachimuel
Location: MA, USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: carroll-cachimuel.t@husky.neu.edu
January 25, 2024
Theresa Guy Moran
Location: CA, USA Level of Training: (Level 2 – 2015) Email: theresa@eastpointpeace.org
Theresa Haak
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: tmariehaak@comcast.net Theresa is a Social Studies Junior High teacher in Santa Fe, Texas with a Master of Arts in Humanities. She first attended the institute last summer, and, according to Theresa, it enlightened her beyond her wildest dreams. She says she was also fortunate enough to travel on […]
July 6, 2023
Thinley Yangkyi
Location: IndiaLevel of Training: (Level I – 2018)Contact Information: yangkyithinley@yahoo.com Thinley is a nurse at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in India. She was born in a Tibetan Buddhist family and the very essence of her foundation is nonviolence. Peace and nonviolence has always been central to her life since the day she was born. […]
July 6, 2023
Thupten Tendhar
Thupten Tendhar Location: GA USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: thuptendar@yahoo.com
April 10, 2024
Tierra Marshall
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level I – 2018)Contact Information: tmarshal@providence.edu Tierra is the Director of Education, Training, & Assessment at Providence College. She holds a B.S. in psychology and African American Studies, and an M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Western Michigan University. She is currently pursuing an M.Div. from Western Theological Seminary. Her […]
July 6, 2023
Tiffany Childress
Location: Illinois, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2009) & (Level II – 2010)
December 27, 2022
Tsering Gyaltsen
Location: India Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) Contact Information: gyaltsentsering6@gmail.com
July 19, 2023
Tufara Waller Muhammad
Tufara Waller Muhammad Location: TN USA Level of Training: Level I Graduate Email: tufara@highlandercenter.org
April 10, 2024
Valerie Minerovic
Level of Training: (Level I – 2009) Contact Information: vmltneighbor@gmail.com
July 5, 2023
Vanes Beaubrun
Location: RI, USA Level of Training: (Level 2 – 2015) Email: vanes_beaubrun@uri.edu
January 25, 2024
Verleah Kosloske
Verleah Kosloske Location: VA US Level of Training: Level 1 Email: mt.alverna@gmail.com
February 22, 2024
Wende Ntambwe
Level of Training: (Level I – 2009) Contact Information: globallyyours@yahoo.com
July 5, 2023
Wendy Bowen
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: wewb1555@gmail.com After witnessing the tragedy of the Sandy Hook massacre as a teacher in 2012, I retired in 2014 from 32 years of teaching to take my pain and make propane! My personal mission is to create peaceful school communities using the tools of nonviolence and […]
July 6, 2023
Yeshi Tenzin
Location: India Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: yeshitenzin1981@gmail.com
January 25, 2024
Yocasta Cazadilla
Yocasta Cazadilla Location: Level of Training: Youth Leadership Email:
April 10, 2024
Yonatan Ady
Location: Indonesia Level of Training: (Level I – 2018) Contact Information: yonatanady@my.uri.edu Yonatan is a URI graduate student from Indonesia. He works as part of the Indonesia government in the Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries West Papua Agency. At URI, he is pursuing a Master of Environmental Science and Management, Policy and Management track. […]
July 5, 2023
Youyou Zhang
Location: USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2015) Email: yzhng156@illinois.edu
January 25, 2024
Zachary Angafor
Level of Training: (Level I – 2009) Contact Information: info@acrfonline.org
July 5, 2023
Zebulon Green
Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: zgreen999@yahoo.com Zebulon is a Masters of Divinity student studying interfaith organizing. He also attends many protests and mass actions. According to Zebulon, he believes this training will be very helpful in his studies and work in moving forward in both disruption and love. He is a Quaker by […]
July 6, 2023