Coming to the Table

*Until risks associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have abated, Coming to the Table will be moved online. For more information, please email Peacebuilding at info@mnpeace.org. 

At Coming to the Table (CTTT), descendants of those who were enslaved and descendants of slave owners and all those interested in engaging safe constructive dialogue come together to envision the United States as a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal the racial wounds from the historical trauma of slavery, and the racism it continues to spawn. 

CTTT provides relationship engagement, leadership, resources, and a supportive environment to dismantle racism that is rooted in the United States’ history of slavery. 

​Join Associate Peacebuilding Trainer Crixell Shell every third Saturday of the month at Sumner Library in North Minneapolis or every fourth Monday of the month at the Wedge Table in South Minneapolis.

MN Peacebuilding Film Series
Inspiring and Instigating Timely Nonviolent Action

​*Until risks associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have abated, monthly Peacebuilding films will be moved online. For more information, please email Peacebuilding at info@mnpeace.org. ​

Our free monthly inspiring, thought-provoking films are open to the public twice a month in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
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Space is limited, so we ask that you please reserve your seat!

This Month's Film: "Dawnland"

They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identities. Can reconciliation help heal the scars from childhoods lost? Dawnland is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people.
The Wabanaki are the people who are there to greet the light, "the people of the dawn," in the upper Northeast. For decades, Maine’s child welfare system placed Wabanaki children in foster or adoptive homes under the presumption that assimilating into white society would improve their quality of life and give them a better future. Many children in the system suffered untold physical and psychological abuse. Their story brings to light how getting to the heart of the truth can offer a flicker of hope.

​STAR Training 

​STAR is 5 day evidence-based trauma awareness and resilience training with a 16-year reputation of national and international success. STAR was developed in the months following the tragic events of September 11, 2001 to transform trauma survivors into resilient thrivers. From its inception, it has encompassed a multicultural perspective that has been well received globally and locally.

Restorative Justice 101 Training

RJ 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 practices empower those who have been harmed, the community surrounding the harmed, and positively impacts the behavior of those who cause harm.

STAR-Lite Training

These STAR-Lite Trainings have been made possible by generous funding from the Engelsma Family Foundation, the Saint Paul Foundation, and the F.R. Bigelow Foundation.

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 & resilience, restorative justice, nonviolent conflict transformation, and broadly defined spirituality. It is designed for those who wish to learn the basics of becoming trauma-informed and resilience-oriented within a shorter-time frame than the full STAR Training. 

​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.

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.​​

Custom Trainings

Peacebuilding’s expert training facilitators are available to design specialized trainings to meet your organization staff development needs.   We also provide individualized consultation to integrate trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and restorative-focused strategies into your organization's structure.