Transforming Psychological Trauma Into Nonviolent Power

Until risks associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have abated, all of our trainings and events will be virtual. Please register at the following links and a Zoom video conference link will be emailed to you before the training or event begins.  If you have any questions, please direct them to info@mnpeace.org.  

For details and registration links for all our upcoming trainings and events, please visit our Events page. ​​
Virtual LUNAFEST: Minneapolis

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us at our second virtual LUNAFEST women's film festival fundraiser! We'll screen seven inspiring, thought-provoking, and funny short films by and about women for your viewing pleasure. Proceeds support Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute's (i.e. "Peacebuilding") community education racial healing and equity programs and our racial and economic equity trainee scholarship fund. 

Upcoming Trainings

STAR Training

 Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience - STAR Training is an evidence-based trauma awareness, resilience, and restorative justice training with a national and international reputation of success. STAR was developed with a $2,000,000 grant in the months following the tragic events of September 11, 2001 to transform trauma survivors into resilient community members. From its inception, STAR has encompassed a multicultural, multiracial perspective that has been
well-received
globally and locally.

STAR-Lite Training

Not enough time for the full STAR Training? No worries.  The STAR-Lite Training is a single-day evidence-based training integrating neuropsychology, trauma healing and resilience, restorative justice, nonviolent conflict transformation, and broadly defined spirituality for those who wish to learn the basics of becoming trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and restorative justice-focused within a shorter-time frame than the full STAR Training.

Introduction to Restorative Justice

Ruptured relationships create psychological trauma, conflict, and violence. Restorative Justice allows for truth-telling, reconciliation, and repairing harm for healed just relationships. Creating healed just relationships is violence prevention. Restorative justice prevents violence and builds peace into our lives and communities.

Introduction to Resilience and Self-Care 

When bad things happen and our peace is stolen from us, we want to build peace back into our lives to satisfy our basic human need for justice.
​Join us to learn, explore, and apply strategies to build peace into our personal and community life with self-care practices for resilience.
Everyone is welcome.



Information for...

Licensed Professionals

Peacebuilding’s trainings are designed to meet the continuing education requirement for social workers, psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed drug and alcohol counselors, nurses, educators, and attorneys. 

Leaders & Decision Makers

Peacebuilding’s trainings provide best practices for trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and restorative justice-focused strategies for individuals, organizations, corporations, and community groups.  All of our community-based trainings are available via contract arrangement for organizations, corporations, and community groups. 

Direct Care Staff & Community Members

Peacebuilding’s trainings integrate trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and restorative justice-focused concepts and practical strategies via accessible teaching and experiential educational methods for those from all educational backgrounds.  Whether you are a high school or college graduate, licensed professional, or a graduate from the school of hard knocks, we welcome you to Peacebuilding's trainings.