Summer Nonviolence Institute
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Amanda wroteon June 17, 2009 at 4:06pm
Tucson Youth to attend Summer Nonviolence Institute at the University of Rhode Island.
Contact: Ann Yellott, Ph.D.
Nonviolence Legacy Project / Culture of Peace Alliance
255 E. Jacinto St.; Tucson, AZ 85705
520-991-6781 (cell); azyellott@aol.com
Support Tucson Youth in Living the Dream of Nonviolence:
The Nonviolence Legacy Project (NVLP) is a collaborative effort of several local organizations, initiated by the Culture of Peace Alliance (COPA) to create a youth-led nonviolence training and direct action team for Tucson. COPA , as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (ID # 86-0707194), is seeking sponsors to help send three youth and two accompanying adults from Tucson to the University of Rhode Island this summer for advanced nonviolence training with civil rights pioneer Bernard LaFayette, Jr.. Dr. LaFayette was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bernard LaFayette was with Dr. King on the morning of his assassination when Dr. King noted that the next movement was to institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence.
Our youth leadership team will join with other youth and adults from around the world who are becoming certified nonviolence trainers. Tucson's youth leadership team will return and provide nonviolence trainings in our community.
You can help these young people achieve their goal of becoming nonviolence trainers:
1) Become a sponsor. We welcome any level of sponsorship. Each tax exempt donation made to COPA provides crucial support to young Tucsonans attending this internationally recognized Summer Nonviolence Institute at the University of Rhode Island.
2) Use your Frequent Flyer Miles to book a round-trip plane reservation (Tucson-Providence) for one of the youth leadership team going to Rhode Island.
3) Bring your car to one of the car washes that the youth are holding on Saturday, June 20 & June 27 – at AutoZone, 2180 E. Broadway (Plumer & Broadway).
4) Forward this request for sponsorship to a community organization or business that would be proud to support this project.
COPA seeks to raise $5200 to cover the total costs for the five-person team of youth and adults to attend the Summer Nonviolence Institute (this includes airfare, training fees, lodging at the University of Rhode Island, and meals). Tax exempt donations may be addressed to COPA, and mailed to the address noted below. Or call/email us and we can arrange to pick up your donation.
All sponsors will be acknowledged at all events and on promotional materials when appropriate. There will be a community celebration when the youth return to share their success with donors. This celebration will be part of a Family Peace Festival being planned by the youth team for August.
Help see that the legacy of nonviolence gets passed to these young leaders! They are eager to live Dr. King’s dream of peace and nonviolence for themselves, their friends, their family and all of Tucson.
"At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Background
The Nonviolence Legacy Project (NVLP) is a collaborative effort of several local organizations, initiated by the Culture of Peace Alliance to create a youth-led nonviolence training and direct action team for Tucson. At a time when youth violence has reached epidemic proportions in our country, it inspires hope to know that increasing numbers of young people are wanting to learn about nonviolence as practiced by civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and César Chávez.
During Phase One of the project, 180 middle school, high school, and college age youth were introduced to nonviolence as a courageous way of life by civil rights pioneer Bernard LaFayette, Jr. and his associate, Jonathan Lewis, National Nonviolence Trainer with the Gathering for Justice. Dr. LaFayette was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bernard LaFayette was with Dr. King on the morning of his assassination when Dr. King noted that the next movement was to institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence. Bernard LaFayette has spent his life carrying out those instructions from Dr. King by conducting nonviolence trainings across the US and around the world. The NVLP brought Dr. LaFayette to Tucson in February 2009 to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP and to launch Phase One of this youth nonviolence leadership project.
During Phase Two of the project, 26 youth and young adults participated in a two-day Core Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence training in April and another 16 youth and adults completed this core training in June. Graduates of the two-day training are now eligible to attend advanced nonviolence training with Dr. LaFayette and colleagues at the University of Rhode Island in July.
Contact: Ann Yellott, Ph.D.
Nonviolence Legacy Project / Culture of Peace Alliance
255 E. Jacinto St.; Tucson, AZ 85705
520-991-6781 (cell); azyellott@aol.com
Support Tucson Youth in Living the Dream of Nonviolence:
The Nonviolence Legacy Project (NVLP) is a collaborative effort of several local organizations, initiated by the Culture of Peace Alliance (COPA) to create a youth-led nonviolence training and direct action team for Tucson. COPA , as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (ID # 86-0707194), is seeking sponsors to help send three youth and two accompanying adults from Tucson to the University of Rhode Island this summer for advanced nonviolence training with civil rights pioneer Bernard LaFayette, Jr.. Dr. LaFayette was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bernard LaFayette was with Dr. King on the morning of his assassination when Dr. King noted that the next movement was to institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence.
Our youth leadership team will join with other youth and adults from around the world who are becoming certified nonviolence trainers. Tucson's youth leadership team will return and provide nonviolence trainings in our community.
You can help these young people achieve their goal of becoming nonviolence trainers:
1) Become a sponsor. We welcome any level of sponsorship. Each tax exempt donation made to COPA provides crucial support to young Tucsonans attending this internationally recognized Summer Nonviolence Institute at the University of Rhode Island.
2) Use your Frequent Flyer Miles to book a round-trip plane reservation (Tucson-Providence) for one of the youth leadership team going to Rhode Island.
3) Bring your car to one of the car washes that the youth are holding on Saturday, June 20 & June 27 – at AutoZone, 2180 E. Broadway (Plumer & Broadway).
4) Forward this request for sponsorship to a community organization or business that would be proud to support this project.
COPA seeks to raise $5200 to cover the total costs for the five-person team of youth and adults to attend the Summer Nonviolence Institute (this includes airfare, training fees, lodging at the University of Rhode Island, and meals). Tax exempt donations may be addressed to COPA, and mailed to the address noted below. Or call/email us and we can arrange to pick up your donation.
All sponsors will be acknowledged at all events and on promotional materials when appropriate. There will be a community celebration when the youth return to share their success with donors. This celebration will be part of a Family Peace Festival being planned by the youth team for August.
Help see that the legacy of nonviolence gets passed to these young leaders! They are eager to live Dr. King’s dream of peace and nonviolence for themselves, their friends, their family and all of Tucson.
"At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Background
The Nonviolence Legacy Project (NVLP) is a collaborative effort of several local organizations, initiated by the Culture of Peace Alliance to create a youth-led nonviolence training and direct action team for Tucson. At a time when youth violence has reached epidemic proportions in our country, it inspires hope to know that increasing numbers of young people are wanting to learn about nonviolence as practiced by civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and César Chávez.
During Phase One of the project, 180 middle school, high school, and college age youth were introduced to nonviolence as a courageous way of life by civil rights pioneer Bernard LaFayette, Jr. and his associate, Jonathan Lewis, National Nonviolence Trainer with the Gathering for Justice. Dr. LaFayette was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bernard LaFayette was with Dr. King on the morning of his assassination when Dr. King noted that the next movement was to institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence. Bernard LaFayette has spent his life carrying out those instructions from Dr. King by conducting nonviolence trainings across the US and around the world. The NVLP brought Dr. LaFayette to Tucson in February 2009 to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP and to launch Phase One of this youth nonviolence leadership project.
During Phase Two of the project, 26 youth and young adults participated in a two-day Core Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence training in April and another 16 youth and adults completed this core training in June. Graduates of the two-day training are now eligible to attend advanced nonviolence training with Dr. LaFayette and colleagues at the University of Rhode Island in July.