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BayNVC - Bay Area Nonviolent Communication
Our Mission
Vision: to create a world where everyone's needs matter and people have the
skills to make peace
Total 2007 Participants: 7000
BayNVC Staff: 12 (F/T and P/T), and dozens of volunteers
2008 Budget: $924,000
Annual Retreats: 12
2007 Regions Served: US, Canada, Estonia, Japan, S Africa, Germany, Sri Lanka
People turned away for lack of funds: 0
Areas of Focus:
Leadership
Nurturing the skills and consciousness needed for social transformation.
Diversity
Supporting people from diverse backgrounds in learning NVC and bringing
it to their communities.
Families
Offering parents, youth and whole families new ways of relating and
making peace.
Safer Communities
Sharing NVC with domestic violence groups, local jails and prisons,
including San Quentin.
Public Outreach
Offering people support and education through private sessions, classes,
workshops, and retreats.
Summary of BayNVC Activities
Regionally:
- Events for the public: workshops, series,intensive retreats (for
individuals, couples and whole families), and practice groups.
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Leadership development: ongoing intensive 9 or 12 month programs
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Trainings for organizations: We offer dozens of trainings, more than half
of them on a pro bono basis, to organizations such as churches,
businesses, schools, and healthcare institutions.
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Support for individuals: We provide NVC-based counseling for individuals,
couples and families.
Nationally:
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N American Leadership Program, a 12 month, community-based
opportunity to learn to teach NVC that attracts participants from
throughout the US and Canada.
- Events for the public: workshops and retreats in N America.
2008 retreats outside
the Bay area will be held in
Florida,
Salt Springs, BC
and
New York
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Building NVC Communities to support new and
existing NVC groups throughout the US and Canada
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Department of Peace: since June 2005 BayNVC has supported activists
working to pass legislation to form a US Department of Peace. Support
includes free monthly calls for activists and trainings at regional and
national conferences.
Internationally:
- graduates of the Leadership Program teach in diverse locales such as
Estonia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. In 2008 participants in ongoing programs
include people from Japan, S Africa, and Germany.
- BayNVC staff support the international Center's works through service on
various committees and through sponsorship of
Peaceful Families, Peaceful
World Parenting Project.
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In 2007 we began support for Brazilian-based trainer Dominic Barter, who
has blended Restorative Justice practices with Nonviolent Communication in
the juvenile justice system, with remarkable results. With the help of
our donor community, BayNVC is supporting Dominic to create a handbook for
this work to disseminate this groundbreaking model as widely as possible.
To learn more, contact Kit Miller kit@baynvc.org or 510-433-0700.
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