Training for Peacebuilding
Our trainings are evidence-based and research and practice supported. Peacebuilding’s program evaluations consistently reveal that 97% of our graduates rate the trainings as “very good” to “excellent.” Ninety-eight percent say they will recommend Peacebuilding’s trainings to others because of the innovative concepts, models, and experiential educational methodologies that directly address critical human emotional and social needs. Pre/post training surveys yield powerful results showing that Peacebuilding graduates have significantly increased confidence and skills to intervene and assist traumatized individuals and groups in their personal and professional spheres of influence. Longitudinal data strongly suggests that graduates have integrated what they learn into their daily lives for effective and efficient positive nonviolent social change within their spheres of influence.
Since 2010, Peacebuilding has had over 1,600 graduates. Eighty percent of our graduates are women, 33% are persons of color, the LGBTQ community is well represented, and 51% of our trainees require tuition assistance. We are committed to ensuring that anyone with the time and interest can attend Peacebuilding’s trainings for the nonviolent empowerment of their communities.
Below our graduates share the long-term sustained impact of Peacebuilding’s trainings:
Since 2010, Peacebuilding has had over 1,600 graduates. Eighty percent of our graduates are women, 33% are persons of color, the LGBTQ community is well represented, and 51% of our trainees require tuition assistance. We are committed to ensuring that anyone with the time and interest can attend Peacebuilding’s trainings for the nonviolent empowerment of their communities.
Below our graduates share the long-term sustained impact of Peacebuilding’s trainings:
"America seems awash in physical and verbal violence. STAR taught me that there are almost always alternatives to any kind of violence and that these alternatives may lead not only to healing of past injuries but avoidance of future violence."
Dave Drucker, LADC, Minneapolis
"The STAR Training was thought-provoking, sensitive and informative. After the shooting at the Sikh Temple, this training provided a wealth of resources both on personal and community levels."
Judith Price, BSN, MHCA, Community Public Health Officer, Oak Creek Health Department, Oak Creek, WI
"STAR created the space for reflection on trauma created from poverty, racism, being an immigrant, and a veteran. STAR increased my compassion for survivors of trauma. I want to create unity and a sense of community. I am very grateful to have attended this training."
Marco Murrieta, MSW, Home-Based Therapist, St. Paul
“The STAR training materials, videos, tools, exercises, and conversations were not only educational, they also carved out the time and created a community necessary for trainees to experience, understand, and grow from the work of trauma healing.”
Nancy Burkhardt, MSW, LICSW, Minneapolis
“STAR provided me with tools and language around issues facing the women I work with who have been through trauma related to homelessness, poverty, abuse, and torture. The comprehension I gained is very useful in my day-to-day work with these individuals as well as in directing the staff of a small non-profit organization.”
Cheryl Steeves, Director of Sarah’s …an Oasis for Women, Saint Paul
"STAR provides a framework for how trauma produces hidden wounds that hinder growth and resiliency. I learned models, strategies, and coping resources that are useful in my personal life and professional work."
Kim Vu Friesen, MA, Minneapolis Public School Counselor
Dave Drucker, LADC, Minneapolis
"The STAR Training was thought-provoking, sensitive and informative. After the shooting at the Sikh Temple, this training provided a wealth of resources both on personal and community levels."
Judith Price, BSN, MHCA, Community Public Health Officer, Oak Creek Health Department, Oak Creek, WI
"STAR created the space for reflection on trauma created from poverty, racism, being an immigrant, and a veteran. STAR increased my compassion for survivors of trauma. I want to create unity and a sense of community. I am very grateful to have attended this training."
Marco Murrieta, MSW, Home-Based Therapist, St. Paul
“The STAR training materials, videos, tools, exercises, and conversations were not only educational, they also carved out the time and created a community necessary for trainees to experience, understand, and grow from the work of trauma healing.”
Nancy Burkhardt, MSW, LICSW, Minneapolis
“STAR provided me with tools and language around issues facing the women I work with who have been through trauma related to homelessness, poverty, abuse, and torture. The comprehension I gained is very useful in my day-to-day work with these individuals as well as in directing the staff of a small non-profit organization.”
Cheryl Steeves, Director of Sarah’s …an Oasis for Women, Saint Paul
"STAR provides a framework for how trauma produces hidden wounds that hinder growth and resiliency. I learned models, strategies, and coping resources that are useful in my personal life and professional work."
Kim Vu Friesen, MA, Minneapolis Public School Counselor
Peacebuilding's Trainings:
The STAR TrainingSTAR is 5 day evidence-based trauma awareness and resilience training with a 16-year national and international reputation of 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, STAR encompassed a multicultural perspective that has been well-received globally and locally.
Resilience and Self Care TrainingWhen terrible things happen and our peace is stolen from us, most people want to build peace back into their lives. Join us to learn, explore, and apply strategies to build peace into our personal and community lives with self-care practices for resilience. Everyone is welcome.
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STAR-Lite TrainingNot 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 for those who wish to learn the basics of becoming trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and restorative-focused within a shorter-time frame than the full STAR Training.
Customized TrainingsPeacebuilding’s expert training facilitators are available to design specialized trainings to meet your organization's staff development needs. We also provide individualized consultation about how to integrate trauma-informed and resilience-oriented strategies into your organization's structure.
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Restorative Justice 101RJ 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.
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