Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: aimee.marsland@gmail.com I am a secondary education English teacher in North Providence, Rhode Island where I focus my energy on teaching students in the ninth grade about reading, writing, and thinking. Additionally, I am a co-director of the Rhode Island Writing Project, and a teacher-consultant with the National […]
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Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: mcgovernmatthew13@gmail.com After graduating from South Kingstown High School, I took a gap year to work and travel throughout Europe before I attend Tufts University in Boston next year. I studied at the Summer Nonviolence Institute last year and was encouraged to continue my education and application of nonviolence […]
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Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: Dmcdade@nlcphs.org I am a graduate of North Lawndale College Prep (NLCP) in Chicago and served as the Assistant Director of Civic Engagement and the Executive Director of the NLCP Peace Warrior Organization and Youth Employment Services. I established student leadership teams while seeking ways to improve […]
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Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: jel58@aol.com I had just moved back to Connecticut when Newtown occurred, and I knew I could not sit idly by. I was deeply involved in community conversations about urban and suburban solutions to nonviolence, and discovered Kingian Nonviolence in the process. My husband, Matt Winter and I […]
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Location: Haiti Level of Training: (Level II – 2018) Scholarship(s): The 2018 Bruce Tancrell Memorial Scholarship About: Acenel specializes in Agroeconomy and graduate of Tourism & Cultural Heritage. He co-founded Passion Tours et Evenements (Passion Tours and Events) an operator tours who make tourism inside of Haiti and in the Caribbean. In 2015, Acenel co-created […]
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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, […]
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Location: HaitiLevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: germain@hncforhaiti.org I was born at Miragoane, a village of Haiti. I studied agronomy at Episcopal University. I have a Master Degree in Human Sciences – Geography System Information in Environment Management and Territorial at the University of Jean-Monnet of France. I coordinate the agriculture program at Creative Exchange and […]
Continue reading "Arol Ilerand"Location: USALevel of Training: (Level II – 2018)Contact Information: mclhowe@gmail.com Madeleine recently went through Level I nonviolence training during an internship at the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation. She claims that the experience of learning and growing with a group of people all invested in expanding their knowledge of the same ideas about […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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