Hello educators
We believe that every child deserves to experience the joy of learning in a Nonviolent school environment. We must take steps towards reducing violence by bringing Nonviolence education into classrooms. School staff that is dedicated to practicing Nonviolence can transform the climate (social-emotional) and culture (procedures and policies) of their school, so that it continues to be a place where everyone feels respected, safe, and loved.
There are many ways for you to be involved in our organization. Please join Nonviolent Schools RI as it brings its mission forward to create the Beloved Community in our schools. Spread the word in your school district and wider community!
We believe that every child deserves to experience the joy of learning in a Nonviolent school environment. We must take steps towards reducing violence by bringing Nonviolence education into classrooms. School staff that is dedicated to practicing Nonviolence can transform the climate (social-emotional) and culture (procedures and policies) of their school, so that it continues to be a place where everyone feels respected, safe, and loved.
There are many ways for you to be involved in our organization. Please join Nonviolent Schools RI as it brings its mission forward to create the Beloved Community in our schools. Spread the word in your school district and wider community!
We believe that every child deserves to experience the joy of learning in a Nonviolent school environment. We must take steps towards reducing violence by bringing Nonviolence education into classrooms. School staff that is dedicated to practicing Nonviolence can transform the climate (social-emotional) and culture (procedures and policies) of their school, so that it continues to be a place where everyone feels respected, safe, and loved.
There are many ways for you to be involved in our organization. Please join Nonviolent Schools RI as it brings its mission forward to create the Beloved Community in our schools. Spread the word in your school district and wider community!
Have you been searching for ways to transform your classroom to a more inclusive, productive learning environment? If so, then the Nonviolent Schools Summer Institute (coming in 2025) is what you have been looking for! This is a unique opportunity for public, private, and charter school educators, school staff, and administrators , as well as those who work with youth in other capacities, to learn how to improve the climate and culture in their classrooms and schools, through the use of conflict reconciliation skills, Nonviolence principles, community building strategies, and more! Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and educational justice are what our Institute is all about!
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" - Dr. King
Listen to new songs by Linda Williams
https://betterworld.bandcamp.com/track/spanish-nadie-es-don-nadie-no-one-is-a-nobody
"Nadie es Don Nadie"--No One is a Nobody
I’m dealing with my feelings music video by Isabel Rubalcaba
Nonviolent schools RI
OUR VISION and MISSION
VISION: All students and school personnel are educated in Kingian Nonviolence, based on the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as they practice the skills to reconcile conflicts at school, at home, and in the outer community, thereby leading humanity toward a more peaceful and harmonious existence.
MISSION: Our commitment is to ensure that all educators, primarily in Rhode Island, have the knowledge and skills to practice, model, and teach Nonviolence conflict reconciliation, to improve the climate and culture of our schools and communities. Nonviolent Schools RI and trained educators will teach and empower students to practice the principles and steps of conflict reconciliation in their daily lives.
Nonviolent Schools RI's Kingian Training
Designed for school staff, administrators, and anyone who works with or for young people
At the training you will learn:
- to strengthen the community within your classroom or learning space
- proactive strategies to use BEFORE conflicts arise
- a method to encourage a search for truth in an opponent’s position
- how to pursue respectful dialogue when in a conflict
- methods to de-escalate when in a conflict
- to use the Nonviolent Steps to resolve conflicts and restore relationships
- how to increase teaching time due to a decrease in disruptions
- and so much more!
TEACHER TESTIMONIAL
"The Kingian Nonviolence training has not only changed my way of teaching but has truly changed my way of life! I used to be a conflict avoider, but now I have tools to help me feel confident in reconciling conflict big and small. Having a core set of principles, concrete steps to solving conflicts, and a whole community working together makes for a school where everyone is valued, listened to, and all have the same goal...a PEACEFUL community. In our current society, it gives me hope knowing that I am teaching myself, my students, and my own children at home skills that can be carried through life."
Email nonviolentschools@gmail.com for more information
Announciing: The Kingian Nonviolence Coalition
We are pleased to announce that Nonviolent Schools RI has formed a coalition with the two other Kingian Nonviolence organizations in Rhode Island: The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island and the Nonviolence Institute in Providence. The Kingian Coalition of RI has been meeting monthly to share ideas and to support each other's work. Presently we are working on creating a data collection form that we can all use, and on the creation of an internship program, using students from URI.
Dr., Bernard LaFayette, Jr. is responsible for training the founders of the 3 organizations in the Coalition.
Bernard LaFayette, Jr. pointing to a photo of himself as a college student, marching in Nashville.
Community Building Songs to support Kingian nonviolence
Linda Williams has produced an album of songs that support the Kingian philosophy!
Click this link to listen to the songs:
Here is the link that brings you to the lyrics AND "Think and Share" discussion questions:
WE ACCEPT PAYPAL and VENMO DONATIONS
Your generous donation will fund our mission to improve conditions in schools so that all children are safe and free from violence of the mind, body, and spirit. We believe that all children deserve to experience the joy of learning in this type of environment.
VENMO @NonviolentRI
No PayPal account? No Problem! You can mail donation checks made out to NSRI at P.O. Box 496, West Kingston, RI 02892
(NSRI is a 501c3 nonprofit organization) or send via Venmo: @NonviolentRI
Partner with Nonviolent Schools RI
Nonviolent Schools RI offers training, mentoring, and other programming to transform a school's climate and culture towards an equitable, nonviolent one that centers the school as a Beloved Community.
Contact us for more information nonviolentschools@gmail.com