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Testimonials

“It is generally thought to be the best training program that staff has participated in. The labor unions are strong supporters of it and employee grievances have dropped to an all-time low. Thank you for helping us change the culture at MCI. It is the best investment of resources that we have ever made.”
– Chris Money, Warden, Merion Correctional Institution, Ohio

Our Prison Work

AVP in Prisons

Projects for a Civil Society continues to run Alternatives to Violence Project monthly workshops in both the Washington State Reformatory and the Twin Rivers Unit in Monroe and is looking to expand programming to more Washington Prisons.

Our Veterans Work

Veterans

PCS runs a program for veterans in the Pierce County Jail. We work with incarcerated veterans and are looking to expand our programming to offer workshops for veterans and their families in the community.

Our Youth and Schools Work

AVP with Youth

PCS offers schools and youth programs powerful tools to build community, deal with bullying and violence, and create positive culture and community.

If one believes that “it takes a village to raise a child,” it follows that without attending to their internal village, schools will have difficulty raising children. - John Knight

Our Communities Work

AVP in Communities

PCS offers workshops for any group wishing them and several times a year offers workshops for anyone.

Our International and Traveling Work

AVP International

AVP has done violence prevention and recovery work in over 60 countries around the world. PCS has had guests from over 30 countries.

Our Trauma Recovery and Trauma Infomred Care Work

AVP and Trauma

PCS offers Trauma Resiliency Workshops and offers introductory training on Trauma Informed Care.

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Our Mission

Projects for a Civil Society seeks to empower people to transform conflicts in their lives and in their communities, through experiential learning, violence reduction, trauma recovery, and reparative and restorative justice. While we see this as necessary throughout society, we are especially focused on helping populations in special need including:
  • • youth
  • • gang intervention
  • • transition and reentry from detention/incarceration
  • • veterans
  • • immigrants from war torn areas
  • • people in armed conflict zones

Workshops

Projects for a Civil Society periodically offers workshops to train people in the community in alternatives to confrontational communication that will help them resolve conflicts in more peaceful ways. Please click here to view dates and information about our current workshops.

Alternatives to Violence Project

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a training program enabling participants to deal with potentially violent situations in new and creative ways. Workshops are run by our trained facilitators and are experiential (not based on lectures).
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