This will focus on being more inclusive towards the LGBTQ+ community within AVP.

[Adventurous Alisha is a queer facilitator from AVP NY]

Bullying is always an issue when working with school age children. In this session we will share strategies we have used to address the violence of bullying as well as stories and exercises we have found useful on this topic. Please bring any agendas, materials, or exercises you have developed on this topic.

[Diligent Dawn is from AVP Florida, and Friendly Fred is from AVP NY]

Practicing, exploring, and role playing skillful speech in small groups (non-harming, timely, effective)

[Anny is part of AVP Maryland.]

After offering a brief description of Adaptations, we will co-create our agenda on the fly, fueled in the moment by individual passion or aspects of pre-existing Adaptations...

[Now Noelle is from AVP California and Resourceful Rita is from AVP NY]

We will look at how these elements are addressed in the New Basic Manual and how we might explore them deeper in the creation of the AVP Advanced Manual. We will share how experiences about justice issues have come up in our workshops and then share strategies that facilitators have used to respond. Nonviolence and standing up for justice - how to in a workshop and how to in the basic

[Bountiful Betty from Georgia, and Novel Nadine, AVP-NY]

Participants will be offered an experience with reflection exercises that can be incorporated into workshops. This session is in memoriam of AVP facilitator Nancy Shippen and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh who both passed on January 22, 2022, and who both promoted and taught meditation.

[Marvelous Mark, Radiant Rabia and Persuasive Peggy are all from different parts of AVP California]

Sharing concepts of how to embed self-care into the systems and processes of facilitating workshops.

[Super Sarah is an AVP Facilitator in Texas]

In most Transforming Power talks we tell Transforming Power stories and talk ABOUT Transforming Power. In this breakout session the participants will EXPERIENCE transforming themselves. This exercise is about spiritual growth and experiencing personal transformation.

[Friendly Fred is a longtime member of AVP-NY]

"Trees of Life" a 2 ½ hour trauma-sensitive mini-workshop (spanning two break-out sessions?) that helps adult and youth participants identify and honor their inner strengths, interpersonal relationships, and commitment to community. (Part 2 is on Monday, 9:30 am.)

[Lively Lucy, and Incredible Ilaria are from AVP MD]

This session will take everyone on a tour of the section in the new AVP Basic Manual that guides the agenda crafting process. We will practice using the new manual and the red and blue libraries to create future agendas.

[Bountiful Betty was from AVP California but now lives in GA. Calm Katherine lives in Sidney, Australia]

In this session we will share strategies we have used to recruit and work with young people. Please bring any fliers, agendas, organizing materials, or any exercises you have developed or adapted for youth, to share with the group.

[Dynamic Dustin is from AVP Florida, and Bright Beth is from AVP-DC.]

To look at benefits and challenges of both types of workshops.

[Daring Diana is part of AVP-Antelope Valley (CA). Serene Sabrina is part of AVP-Maryland and works with AVP-Antelope Valley (CA).]

"Trees of Life" a 2 ½ hour trauma-sensitive mini-workshop (spanning two break-out sessions?) that helps adult and youth participants identify and honor their inner strengths, interpersonal relationships, and commitment to community.

[Lively Lucy, and Incredible Ilaria are from AVP MD]

the Affinity Healing Space is for people of color who face oppression, discrimination, and racism to be uplifted, affirmed, and empowered to keep going towards building tranformative power in their communities through AVP. This session will provide dialogue and affirmations to BIPOC affinity groups navigating racism to increase transformative resilience.

[Super Sarah is an AVP facilitator in Texas. They are all part of the Peace and Conciliation Project in Dallas.]

Developing personal TP stories, making your TP presentation more experiential. Use the New Basic Manual to build your next TP session and explore new ways to present TP that are interactive.

[Katherine Smith]

Diversity and reaching new populations, Motivation / Mentorship, African traditional rites of passage (boys to men)

[Shena Lamb, Thabang Queench, Gerhard Lueck, Roger Kluck, Siyanda Qoto, Mark Thomas, Lesley Thomas]

Adaptations are innovative programs based on AVP workshops created by AVP-trained facilitators on a variety of topics and offered to audiences outside of AVP. Examples include: mental health and addiction recovery, family circles, cultures of peace, veterans, and anti-racism efforts. If you have a passion project, it may be (or could become) an Adaptation of AVP. Join us to learn more.

There's always something exciting happening at AVP International and with AVP around the world. Using a Q&A format, we look forward to answering your questions and hearing your ideas and suggestions for AVP International.

The new Basic Manual is ready to be reviewed in final text form. How will the new manual be structured? What has been changed to build an even better workshop experience? This table will walk you through the new chapter format and explore some of the ways the new manual will be different from the old one.

Come join Adventurous Alisha and the Peace Fellows to hear about the Peace Fellows Program for the 2022-2023. AVP-USA Peace Fellowship is an opportunity for 4-6 AVP Facilitators interested in working to gain new experiences with AVP-USA. and and an opportunity to participate with AVP-USA on the national level. The fellows will work towards a project together to further the AVP Mission and values.

This is a major concept to be highlighted in the new Basic Manual. It is important to understand the flow and progression of activities within each session and how they build self-efficacy and community. The Road Map shows this progression and helps us to identify when each step along the way is achieved. If not, we are instructed about how to stop, and go back to affirmation or building and restoring community before moving forward with the workshop.

Yes! But not for a while. This table will gather feedback about what you would like to have included in the advanced manual. We are considering areas of: stereotyping and oppression, developing a mindset in consensus decision making. What do you think should be included? What do you understand as the purpose of an AVP Advanced workshop? What would make a better lay-out for you?

CLARG supports existing and emerging local groups, and is responsible for empowering and nurturing existing and emerging local AVP groups. We know local groups are in different stages in adapting to the pandemic, many have had to switch up their approach or have been out of their normal element for some time. AVP-USA has grants for your local group! We want to be YOUR partner in continuing to transform through the pandemic.

Come join us at the world cafe to learn what CLARG does and how we can best support you! Contact us at CLARG@avpusa.com | https://avpusa.org/committees/

Moving from a competitive environment to a more cooperative environment. In the new manual we are trying to move exercises such as Broken Squares and Crocodiles and Frogs from a place where we compete to be best or fastest, to a model that brings everyone to a better outcome. At this table we will share experiences with competition vs cooperation, and we will discuss ways to bring our activities to a more inclusive and community building outcome. On the other hand, we want your feedback about what this could mean regarding your favorite Light and Lively, for example. Which one/s would you NOT want to eliminate despite its “competitive” interactions?