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
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What’s Human to Human Like?
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Philadelphia Schools Big Bet on Nonviolence
In a desperately poor, dangerous part of town, Memphis Street Academy decided to ditch its metal detectors and focus on supporting students. Violence dropped by 90 percent. Jeff Deeney Jul 18 2013, The Atlantic: Last year when American Paradigm Schools took over Philadelphia’s infamous, failing John Paul Jones Middle School, they did something […]