2019 Conflict Resolution Workshop Facilitators - Purchase

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a global non-profit organization that helps people resolve their conflicts without resorting to physical or psychological violence. The AVP program offers conflict resolution workshops for youth, community groups and prison inmates.

AVP is seeking conflict resolution workshop facilitators. Becoming an AVP facilitator requires no special qualifications. A PhD or a MSW is not necessary (but certainly welcome). The only requirement is your desire to reduce violence in our community and your willingness to commit to completing the training.

The AVP facilitator training involves attending three, three-day workshops: a Basic Workshop, an Advanced Workshop and a Training for Facilitators Workshop.

The next Basic workshop will be held on the weekend of March 8 to 10 at Purchase Quaker Meetinghouse at 4455 Purchase Street in Purchase , NY 10577
The workshop hours are:
Friday 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM ro 8:30 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM to 8:30 PM

AVP uses a team leadership model, so beginning facilitators always have the support of experienced team members.

Starting with one conflict resolution workshop in Dutchess County, NY in 1975, the Alternatives to Violence Project has become a global program operating in 30 states and more than 50 countries. The Westchester AVP goup conducted 54 workshops in 2018 including workshops in Westchester, the Bronx and Brooklyn as well as workshops in Sing Sing, Bedfrod Hills, Otisville and Garner Prisons.