Nonviolence Institute

Everyone is Dominican at the Dominican Festival!
We had a great time joining the festivities. 🇩🇴♥️

Our Summer SEED Ambassadors and Intervention Team had a great time at Dave & Busters this week!
They are all looking forward to the next outing.

Ariana Ba of the RI Attorney General’s office will be presenting and leading a discussion recognizing and reporting hate crimes at next weeks Community Conversation! This will also be an opportunity to welcome and meet Lisa Pina-Warren as the Nonviolence Institute’s new Executive Director! Light refreshments served. Come join us! Open to all.
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The saying "with endings come new beginnings" cannot be any more true! Keith, we thank you for your kind heart, stepping up to the plate for us as Interim Executive Director and helping lead us into this next and exciting new phase. We wish you all of the best and hope you know the big impact you made on us in such a short time. Good luck!

- Your NVI family 💙🕊️

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Please join us in celebrating Mr. Cedric’s 66th birthday on “Mr. Ced Day”. Let’s celebrate a life that has impacted so many others. See you there! 💙🕊️

Honoring Indigenous heritage and community! Silvermoon Mars LaRose of the Narragansett Tribe and Assistant Director of the Tomaquag Museum, will be performing a land acknowledgment over the land that FarmFreshRI is on. With over 20 years of dedication to health, education, and the arts, she continues to empower through cultural knowledge sharing. Join us on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at for our annual Invest In Peace celebration. TICKETS ON SALE NOW IN BIO 🌿💙🕊️

So happy to have the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence at the NVI Resource Fair and for our long standing partnership 💙🧡

A few of the many pictures from today's amazing turnout at the Nonviolence Institute Resource Fair! Thank you to all of the resources that participated, our staff for their hand and excitement, and the community for showing out! We hope you all had an a great time! This is what the is all about 🫶🏽💙🕊️
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Today a couple of our Outreach Specialists and Youth Focused Case Manager spent some time bowling with our 1st Summer SEED Ambassadors.

Join us tomorrow, Friday, for our annual Celebrate Southside Summer Block Party. Featuring live music, DJ, dance performances from Rhode Island Kung Fu Club and Columbian-American Cultural Society, food, ice cream, face painting, Kid Zone, and 40+ partner agencies. Come by and party with us from 10am to 2pm. Southside Community Land Trust, Project Weber/RENEWCrossroads Rhode Island, Girls on the Run International, Youth Pride Inc., Parent Support Network of Rhode Island, Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic, AIDS-Care, Young Voices, Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England Providence Service Unit, United Way of Rhode Island, Sojourner House, Refugee Dream Center, Providence Streets Coalition, Nonviolence Institute, and so many more!

The Nonviolence Institute appoints Lisa Pina-Warren as new Executive Director ✨
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Lisa is honored to step into the role as ED and together, continue to champion and make a meaningful impact in our community. Congratulations Lisa, we are excited to be on this journey with you! 🕊️💙

READ MORE: https://www.nonviolenceinstitute.org/post/the-nonviolence-institute-appoints-new-executive-director

The Nonviolence Institute is proud to be awarding Marta Martinez, who inspired the play "La Broa'" earlier this year, with the Power of Place Award at this year's Invest In Peace community celebration. From El Paso to Providence, Marta Martinez is weaving the stories of Rhode Island's Latino Community and she is passionate about preserving her heritage in all she does. -- LINK IN BIO FOR TICKETS TO INVEST IN PEACE | Thursday, September 19, 2024 ✨🕊️💙
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Our Training Team has been hard at work this summer so far! Pictured here is Flip, Shane and our newest member, April Samuels. April is our Senior Nonviolence Coordinator with over 30 years of experience in youth work and community advocacy. April is steadfast in her commitment to community. She will be a great addition to our efforts to teach and exemplify nonviolence as a way of life in our community!
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The details of Mr. Cedric's arrangement are as follows:

We are about two months away from one of our biggest events of the year. Be sure to be the first 10 to snag a ticket and receive a Nonviolence Institute baseball cap. Link is in our bio! Thank you for Investing In Peace ✌🏽🕊️💙

The details of Mr. Cedric's arrangement are as follows:

Rhode Island remembers former Nonviolence Institute ED and community advocate, Cedric Huntley | ABC6 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The city of Providence and the State of Rhode Island are mourning the loss of Cedric Huntley, the former Executive Director of the Nonviolence Institute in Providence. ABC 6 had a chance to speak with people who knew him and remember him today. “He meant everything to m...

A statement from Keith Morton, NVI Interim Executive Director: "Cedric Huntley was with the Nonviolence Institute at its founding in 2001 and served continuously on its board until becoming executive director from 2020-2023. "Mr. Ced" was a pillar in his community, a reassuring presence at the Southside Rec, and a peace maker in his long career with the Met High School. He came out of retirement to lead the Nonviolence Institute and continue his life work of building the beloved community. He seemed to be always present and available, always calm and always focused on setting things right. He mentored and supported hundreds of people and was a fierce advocate for youth. He kept nonviolence simple, inviting us all to soften our hearts and work at being kind to one another.

We share our condolences with Mr. Cedric’s family and loved ones, and with the hundreds of people whose lives he touched."
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