ThinKING YOUTH NONVIOLENCE LEADERSHIP
For students from fifth grade through high school.
Our ThinKING Youth Nonviolence Leadership program uses a comprehensive nonviolence curriculum developed by Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., civil rights activist, scholar, and former strategist for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The CT Center for Nonviolence, certified facilitators, will conduct the ThinKING Youth Nonviolence Leadership sessions utilizing an arts-infused curriculum that includes modules in classifying four different types and levels of conflict, analysis of the Six Principles of Nonviolence, a historical perspective of several American Civil Rights Campaigns, role-play, lectures, films, and music.
Sessions include:
- Role-playing as a means to learn conflict reconciliation
- Classifying four different types and levels of conflict
- Analysis of the Six Principles of Nonviolence
- A historical perspective of several American Civil Rights Campaigns
- Lectures, films, and music
Youth Leadership in Action
Evaluations
CREC (Capital Region Education Council) Academy of Areospace and Engineering Spring ChangeMakers – Nonviolence sessions
High School students from CREC AAE Academy enrolled in the ChangeMaker -ThinKING Youth Nonviolence Leadership Course shared their feedback about their experience.
New Haven Police Recruits Participate in a Two-Day Core Training
In our ongoing partnership with the New Haven Police Department, Police Recruits engage in a dynamic training with senior CTCN Trainers and guest presenters. “What
4-Day Core Kingian Nonviolence Training for CREC Faculty and Staff
CTCN enjoyed the opportunity to offer training to a wonderful group of teachers, staff and administrators of multiple CREC schools during a robust summer training
Connecticut State Police Training – During Covid in 2020 and in 2022
Over 75 Connecticut State Police Recruits participated in a Kingian Training led by Pastor John Lewis and CTCN Senior trainers Former Captain Richard Tarlaian, Pastor James Lane and Victoria Christgau