One Region. One People.
Experiential Workshop: Alternative to Violence Project
Cascade Plaza | Akron | 10 am
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There are many alternatives to violence that have been snuffed out by our the profitability and centrality of violence in our culture. This is an experiential workshop on one of those alternatives: conflict transformation. Best suited for 18+.
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Facilitated by Rev. Joyce Penfield, Founder, Peacebuilders Academy​
Intersections of Nonviolence - Advocating for Life from Womb to Tomb
Akron-Summit County Main Library | Meeting Room 2 | 11 am
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This workshop will equip and inspire people of faith to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly through the ways of the nonviolent historical figure of Jesus so that EVERYONE can flourish.
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Facilitated by Shane Claiborne.
Grief Recovery
Akron-Summit County Main Library | Meeting Room 2 | 2 pm
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Is your heart broken? Are you feeling hopeless? Do you feel devastated? Grief Recovery Method is an action-based program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses, including health, career, and faith. ​
Facilitated by Lori Porter, Love Akron.
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Love Akron is a Christian-based organization serving as an intersectional hub, dedicated to unifying the colors, cultures, and congregations to see Greater Akron thrive. Guided by our faith, we actively seek to influence positive change by Connecting, Convening, and Collaborating with Change-Makers to make a Collective Impact.
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Community Organizing
Akron-Summit County Main Library | Meeting Room 2 | 3 pm
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Who's community? Our community!
Power: How do we build power for everyday people through community organizing? This workshop is for folk who are already organizing and for those who want to learn more about it. Let's build relationships, power, and peace!
Facilitated by The Freedom Bloc.
The Freedom Bloc is a 501C3/C4 Black Led Organization working to build Black Political Power with directly impacted people.
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Nonviolence 4 Youth
Akron-Summit County Main Library | Meeting Room 2 | 4 pm
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Youth, are you tired of being talked at and about? Bet. This workshop is for you. Your voice matters. Your power matters. This workshop will affirm and amplify your voice and provide you with tools that will help you join the work of building a better world.
Facilitated by Youth Success Summit.
Healing Circle Conversation
Love Akron Offices | 17 S Main St Suite 101B, Akron
4 pm - 6 pm
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The Circle is a structured dialogue process that nurtures connections and empathy, while honoring the uniqueness of each participant. The Circle can hold pain, joy, despair, hope, healing, anger, love, fear, and paradox. The Circle welcomes difficult emotions and difficult realities, while maintaining a sense of positive possibilities.
Amid the trauma our community continues to face, one way we can heal ourselves is through emotional connectedness or collective community conversation. In our time together, you will find liberation in this space as we "breathe at our own pace," and find rest to be made whole.
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Facilitated by Project Ujima.
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About Project Ujima: "Ujima" - Ujima (oo-JEE-mah") a Swahili word meaning Collective Work & Responsibility: To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together.
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Community Vision Statement: We envision a community that values diversity and maintain high standards in a safe and nurturing environment that builds independence and economic self-sufficiency while educating our community in the knowledge of self and promoting healthy quality of life for all throughout the life cycle. (Created by the community at the Project Ujima Kick-off on October 13, 2011).
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