Training of Trainers for Local Peace Teams
This in person, two-day training of trainers is designed to strengthen local capacity for peace teams, develop a shared and in-depth curriculum for trainings, and create space to work through questions that arise in this work. It also helps build a network of trainers who are aligned in approach, language, and purpose.
The Metta Center for Nonviolence is hosting Mobile Peace Teams trainers Mary Hanna and Marquise Williams in Petaluma on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31 for a Training of Trainers focused on unarmed peace teams. Originally envisioned to support the development of our local peace team in Petaluma, we have now opened the training to anyone currently involved in a peace team — or interested in forming one in their own community.
Participants will gain a strong foundation in the de-escalation skills and practices essential to peace team work, along with opportunities to explore the practical and logistical questions that arise when building and sustaining a team. Drawing on MPT’s extensive experience training and deploying teams in communities across the United States and internationally, the workshop will combine hands-on practice, discussion, and collaborative learning.
This is an in-person event. There is no cost to attend, thanks to the generosity of a community member who believes that this work is valuable and necessary. Metta is not able to provide lodging, though there are several hotels and motels nearby in the Petaluma area.
If you are interested in attending, please fill out this form.
or reach out to me/Stephanie directly by emailing me at info@mettacenter.org
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Warmly,
Stephanie Van Hook
Metta Center for Nonviolence