Transforming Psychological Trauma Into Nonviolent Power

Due to concerns about the Coronavirus (COVID-19), all face-to-face trainings and events will be postponed to a later date after the health risks have abated. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at info@mnpeace.org.
Introduction to Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR)
- 2 hour online training
Pay-what-you-can-up-to $30
When terrible things happen, like COVID-19, our peace is stolen from us. Most people want to build peace back into their lives.
This 2 hour online introductory training teaches the basic concepts, models, and strategies from the 5-day Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience - STAR Training. STAR is a research and practice-supported peacebuilding training integrating neuropsychology, trauma healing and resilience, restorative justice, nonviolent conflict transformation, and broadly defined spirituality. All are welcome to join us online. Space is limited to 30. Optional 2 hours of continuing education is available for Minnesota social workers, teachers, and nurses for an additional $15. This training is in high demand, so please register early. If these trainings are sold out, please add your contact information to the Waitlist and we will notify you first, before the general public, as soon as the next online training registrations are open.STAR is a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA https://emu.edu/cjp/star/.

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.

Restorative Justice 101 Training

R J 101: Training for Practice in Everyday Life teaches the principles, philosophies, and practices of Restorative justice via lecture and experiential education methodologies for empowering individuals and communities for application in daily life. Restorative justice practices empower those who have been harmed, the community surrounding those harmed, and positively impacts the behavior of those who ​cause harm.

Resilience and
​Self Care Training

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.