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Alternatives to Violence Project
of Connecticut

Conflict is inevitable - violence doesn't have to be.

AVP - Who We Are

We are a worldwide grassroots movement dedicated to building peace in ourselves and in our homes, schools, institutions and communities. We seek to release everyone’s innate power to positively transform ourselves, and in so doing, transform the world.

What We Do

The Values We Teach

Transforming conflict takes a lot of work, especially when you never learned the tools to do so. We take a deep, introspective approach to create lasting change for our participants.

What's Your Most Significant Learning?

Participant Feedback

We asked participants what their most significant personal learning was during a workshop. Here’s what they had to say.

    "I have more fun when I open up"

    Cheshire

    "[The exercise called] Who Am I, because that show me that I give myself less credit that I deserve and the things I put first in life shouldn’t be"

    Cheshire

    "The beauty of sharing and learning"

    Cheshire

    "What Magnetic Macho said: “Everything that has started doesn’t need to be finished.” "

    Cheshire

    "Who Am I, because I have to keep all of me to be me"

    Cheshire

    "I learned that I am truly trying and succeeding at becoming a better person"

    Cheshire

    "Now I can help others the same way AVP help me be the best they can"

    Cheshire

    "Finding out who I truly am in my life. When you try your best you become your best"

    Cheshire

    "Brotherhood – you see groups of men coming together to better their selves"

    Cheshire

    "Coming out of my comfort zone wasn’t as bad as I thought it would. Will be doing more in my future"

    Cheshire

What Exercise Was Most Valuable?

Participant Feedback

We asked participants what exercise they felt was the most valuable during a workshop. Here’s what they had to say.

    Buttons exercise

    "because it really made me think about what makes me mad and that's the first step to changing it"

    Tyler

    Cheshire

    4-Part Listening

    "I’m a good listener and I practice finding how people feel when they speak but never thought that other peoples values can be transmitted through a conversation"

    Joesenier

    Cheshire

    Affirmations in 2s and 4s

    "It made me realize how hard it was for me to think about positive things about myself"

    Anonymous

    Cheshire

    Listening and talking exercises

    "because the power of just listening is transforming"

    Kevin

    Cheshire

    Gathering

    "because everyone open up and I heard many jewels"

    Mac D

    Cheshire

    Consensus decision-making

    "being able to come to a decision together without voting or arguing can be put into practice on an everyday basis"

    Big Fella

    Cheshire

    Consensus

    "because it allows us to really have a position about our values and considerate of others. And really know that there can be compromise"

    Carl

    Cheshire

    All

    "because I got to learn more about myself by listening to other people"

    Money Mike

    MCI

    Values exercise

    "Never in the past had I taken the time to think about positive and negative things I really value"

    Anonymous

    MCI

Become an AVP Volunteer

Volunteering

The value you'll bring into other peoples live's is hard to put into words. Get in touch to learn more about how it works.

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