Location: Nigeria/Rhode Island/URI, USA

Level of Information: 

(Level I – 2014) 

(Level II – 2017)

(Level III – 2022)

About: 

“Nothing new happens under the sun” is an adage that speaks to the uproar and violence during Dr. King’s lifetime and the manifestations of discrimination and hate in our day today. Without a doubt, Dr. King’s stance and leadership stood in apposition to the reaction demanded of the time. As a graduate student here at the URI, it is a privilege to be close to the Center, its great leaders and knowledge resources.  Exposure to litigation, human trafficking and child labor issues as well as transparency and accountability in governance, the conversations and needs spark a burning need for reconciliation and alternative dispute resolution methods. The Kingian Nonviolence Trainer Course is a crucial segway to the ways, big and small, I can help foster love, conversation and reconciliation.

In her legal and academic career as an attorney, administrator, researcher, and instructor, Roberta’s passion for people, instinct for learning, and posture for peace, motivate her engagement and resolve to facilitate effective communication, manage reconciliation efforts and engender respect and empathy in human relations.

As a certified Level II trainer in Kingian Nonviolence, Roberta supports the dynamic teaching and training effort of the URI Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies as co-trainer and teaching assistant in the PSY478 Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation course. In the beloved community of URI, Roberta innately enjoys applying nonviolence techniques to her studies and work in Communications, Labor Relations and Human Resources.

Contact Information: ro-opara@my.uri.edu

Roberta  answers a question about Kingian Nonviolence Principle #1:

http://youtu.be/-TEOdNfQEEg