[cs_content][cs_section parallax="false" style="margin: 0px;padding: 40px 0px 45px;"][cs_row inner_container="false" marginless_columns="false" bg_color="hsl(196, 25%, 81%)" style="margin: 40px auto 0px;padding: 0px;border-style: solid;border-width: 2px;"][cs_column fade="true" fade_animation="in-from-bottom" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/1" style="padding: 0px;"][cs_text][/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container="false" marginless_columns="false" style="margin: 40px auto;padding: 0px;"][cs_column fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/4" style="padding: 0px;"][x_feature_box title="AVP in Prisons" title_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98)" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.99)" graphic="image" graphic_size="250px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="#ffffff" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="center" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="/what-we-do/avp-in-prisons/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_image="https://ml2yzfph14ea.i.optimole.com/cb:AD9b.3f62b/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://avpusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/imgA2-e1472235419376.jpg" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.99);"]AVP does much of it’s work with the incarcerated who deal with violence both in the “inside” and “outside” worlds.
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][cs_column fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/4" style="padding: 0px;"][x_feature_box title="In Communities" title_color="hsl(0, 0%, 0%)" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.97)" graphic="image" graphic_size="250px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="#ffffff" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="center" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="https://avpusa.org/what-we-do/community-workshops/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_image="https://ml2yzfph14ea.i.optimole.com/cb:AD9b.3f62b/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://avpusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img99-e1472235355294.jpg" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.97);"]Communities are not immune to the effects of violence. Here much of the violence we encounter is NOT physical.
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][cs_column fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/4" style="padding: 0px;"][x_feature_box title="AVP with Youth" title_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.99)" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 1)" graphic="image" graphic_size="250px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="#ffffff" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="center" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="/what-we-do/avp-for-youth/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_image="https://ml2yzfph14ea.i.optimole.com/cb:AD9b.3f62b/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://avpusa.org/staging/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2014/04/phil4-e1400776326196.jpg" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 1);"]How better to imagine a world without violence than to inspire mutual respect and cooperation from a young age!
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][cs_column fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/4" style="padding: 0px;"][x_feature_box title="AVP and Trauma" title_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.99)" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.99)" graphic="image" graphic_size="250px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="#ffffff" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="center" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="/what-we-do/avp-and-trauma/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_image="https://ml2yzfph14ea.i.optimole.com/cb:AD9b.3f62b/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://avpusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/high-school-stabbings-e1472234669218.jpg" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.99);"]A newly developing focus for AVP: How can we become resilient to the trauma we experience in our lives?
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container="false" marginless_columns="false" style="margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;"][cs_column bg_color="rgb(154, 255, 220)" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/3" style="padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px;"][x_feature_box title="Who We Are <font color="red">===============</font>" title_color="" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98)" graphic="icon" graphic_size="0px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="rgb(154, 255, 220)" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="left" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="/about-us-2/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_icon="ship" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98);"]A grassroots, worldwide 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.
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][cs_column bg_color="rgb(237, 203, 143)" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/3" style="padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px;"][x_feature_box title="What We Do <font color="red">===============</font>" title_color="" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98)" graphic="icon" graphic_size="0px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="hsl(123, 62%, 63%)" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="left" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="/what-we-do/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_icon="ship" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98);"]Our workshops use the shared experience of both participants and facilitators to examine how injustice, prejudice, frustration and anger can lead to aggressive behavior and violence. We explore our innate power to respond in new and creative ways.
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][cs_column bg_color="rgb(204, 204, 204)" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/3" style="padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px;"][x_feature_box title="How AVP Helps <font color="red">===============</font>" title_color="" text_color="hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98)" graphic="icon" graphic_size="0px" graphic_shape="square" graphic_color="hsl(123, 62%, 63%)" graphic_bg_color="#2ecc71" align_h="left" align_v="top" side_graphic_spacing="20px" max_width="none" link_text="Read More >" href="/about-us-2/how-avp-helps/" href_title="" href_target="" link_color="" graphic_icon="ship" style="color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.98);"]An AVP Workshop facilitator’s view:“AVP is about people from all different backgrounds coming together to be in community. When I see participants making themselves vulnerable by sharing and being open to change, I am inspired to manage my own conflict better. We are all transformed, and that transformation ripples outward throughout our communities.”
[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax="false" style="margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;"][cs_row inner_container="false" marginless_columns="false" style="margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;"][cs_column fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="3/4" style="padding: 0px;"][x_custom_headline level="h2" looks_like="h3" accent="true" class="cs-ta-left"]What's AVP Doing?[/x_custom_headline][x_recent_posts type="post" count="3" offset="" category="news, videos" orientation="horizontal" no_sticky="true" no_image="false" fade="false"][x_recent_posts type="post" count="3" offset="3" category="news, videos" orientation="horizontal" no_sticky="true" no_image="false" fade="false"][x_recent_posts type="post" count="3" offset="6" category="news, videos" orientation="horizontal" no_sticky="true" no_image="false" fade="false"][/cs_column][cs_column fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/4" style="padding: 0px;"][x_custom_headline level="h2" looks_like="h3" accent="true"]What Workshop Participants Say[/x_custom_headline][cs_text][testimonial_rotator id=161868][/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]