OJ Simpson lauds AVP
O.J. Simpson was just granted parole from Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada where AVP offers workshops. Â We recognise that OJ carries a lot of negative baggage around how lots of folks perceive him. Â However, that’s precisely the point: Â We feel that there is something of good in each one of us, no matter what our […]
Bylaws Changes IN PLACE!
AVP-USA BYLAWS  CHANGES What’s going on with the Bylaws?? The Bylaws were amended at the Annual National Gathering in Boston, utilizing the feedback you’ve provided and lengthly (5 hour) discussion at the business meeting. Explanation of  Changes:  Explore Changes Permanent Bylaws/Policies Repository:  Bylaws & Policy POLICY Compensation: At the Business Meeting, there also […]
AVP in Bakersfield
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Feds: AVP is a Model Program
Since 2015, Steve Bradley, AVP Outside Coordinator at FCI Ray Brook, Carolyn Polikarpus, Heather Rich, Laurie Scott and Josiah McTier (Inside Facilitator) have worked hard to build an AVP program at the Federal Correctional Institution at Ray Brook, NY. In March, 2016, they graduated 21 apprentice facilitators (see photo above). On February 2, 2017, thirteen […]
Veterans in Pierce County Jail
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″][cs_element_row _id=”2″][cs_element_column _id=”3″][cs_text _order=”0″] Pierce County Jail workshop teaches alternatives to violence, has veteran dropping beats BY ALEXIS KRELL The News Tribune Tacoma, WA February 18, 2017 akrell@thenewstribune.com The Army veteran beatboxes and the gang member raps. A few weeks ago, Carl Hogan and Edward De Anda wouldn’t have been dropping beats together. But […]
Denver Keynote Talk on Re-entry
Denver Annual Gathering (2016) Re-Entry Keynote Talk Featured speaker, Lisa Calderon, the director of the Community Re-Entry Project, an initiative of the City of Denver’s Crime Prevention and Control Commission, will speak to the theme of the conference, ” Envisioning Alternatives to Violence – From Retribution to Restoration.” Lisa holds a Master’s degree, law degree, […]
New NC Federal Prison Program
What an amazing weekend! Thanks to the introduction from Tom Martin (AVP Facilitator in Texas) to an Associate Warden who had transferred to North Carolina, John Shuford and I, along with 3 new AVP Facilitators, were at the Butner Federal Correction Institution (for men) this past weekend. We held the first ever in a North […]
2016 Denver Gathering Pics
Short compilation of scenes from Denver 2016, courtesy of Monica Curca.
We’ve Lost a Great One
—and one of our founding mothers
What’s Human to Human Like?
