Guiding Rage into Power (GRIP) + Metta Event
Join us for a screening of The Third Harmony film followed by a presentation by the GRIP Training Institute working with people who are incarcerated in California.
Saturday, August 29th | 4-6PM Pacific Time
Registration Link Here.
GRIP’s Marcos Morales and Allen Johnson will share about the GRIP program’s practices of mindfulness, healing, and accountability in California prisons, sharing wisdom about nonviolence and transformation inspired by working with incarcerated people.
The Metta Center for Nonviolence
The Metta Center is helping people around the world practice nonviolence more safely and effectively.
The film invites us into a powerful rethinking of human nature and the role nonviolence has played—and can continue to play—in shaping our shared future. Together, we will explore: What is Nonviolence? How Does Nonviolence Work? And What Can We Do?
GRIP Training Institute is a 501(c)(3) serving incarcerated people in the state of CA. Our mission is to create the personal and systemic change to turn violence and suffering into opportunities for learning and healing.
The GRIP Program is a yearlong healing and accountability program rooted in restorative justice principles. It is an evidence-based methodology developed over 25 years of work with thousands of incarcerated people and many victims/survivors of violence. The program’s trauma-informed model integrates cutting-edge neuroscience research. Students engage in an in-depth journey to comprehend the origins of their violence and develop skills to track and manage strong impulses rather than acting out in harmful ways. They transform destructive beliefs and behaviors into emotional intelligence that prevents re-victimization. Graduates of the program become leaders in nonviolence and accountability in their communities inside and outside of prison.