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Would your organization like to receive training in Kingian Nonviolence this new year?
Call us at 312-719-3740 or email addiewyattcenter.org to discuss how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach to nonviolent conflict reconciliation can strengthen your organization’s culture and contribute to a more peaceful community.
Upcoming Events
Mark Your Calendar!
***Level I Kingian Nonviolence Workshop*** (includes the 2-Day Core Workshop)
Check back for details or email addiewyattcenter@gmail.com
Other Scheduled Trainings
2-hour Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence Workshops (partnership between the Addie Wyatt Center & On Earth Peace)
Portland, OR
Saturday, March 23, Albina Library, 3-5p, 216 NE Knott St. (tentative location)
Saturday, April 5, Midland Library, 3-5p, 805 SE 122nd Ave.
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2-Day Core Workshop, Fridays, May 2 & 9
10-5p (location TBD)
Email addiewyattcenter.nv@gmail.com for more information
Recent Events
Here’s what we’ve been up to! as of February 2025
Sherri Bevel
§ Conducted Kingian Nonviolence trainings for the Church of Brethren Mission and Ministry Board with Matt Guynn and National Staff (w Samuel Sarpiya), January 2024
§ Invited to join Growers Guild, a new in-person and online gathering of about 18 people, a 'think tank' formed to strategize in light of rising authoritarianism (elections activists, peace-builders, mediators, NV trainers, Direct Action trainers) Two week-long convenings - April 2023 and December 2023; assorted online convenings. Group includes Maria Stephan, who has researched and written with Erica Chenowith. And Nadine Bloch who is a direct-action dynamo! And a big part of organizing Jewish Voice for Peace protests in DC.
§ Conducted online intro to KNV for Growers Guild in Oct. 2023 with Matt Guynn
§ Created and delivered an 8-hour KNV and Communications workshop for LSSA (see below) to help them deal with internal morale and communication issues
§ A few two-hour intros for On Earth Peace's regular monthly offering of said
§ Team taught LVL I KNV
§ Team taught LVL II KNV - Fall 2022
§ Chaired a mandatory meeting of 200 delegates of LSSA, a legal services union, to discuss and vote on a resolution on Gaza. Dec. 2023
§ Online intro to KNV for Growers Guild in Oct. 2023
§ Participated in at least 1/2 dozen street protests and caravans against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Mary Lou Finley
§ 2-Day Core training for 15 high school students in collaboration with the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), Sherri Bevel and Marie Rhoades at On Earth Peace.
§ Also worked with FOR to interview student applicants for the above mentioned 6-month program and to mentor some of them as they worked on their projects.
§ Co-trained for several 2-hour introductory Kingian Nonviolence trainings in collaboration with others.
§ Ongoing active participation in Kingian Nonviolence biweekly/monthly meetings.
§ Administrative support for Addie Wyatt’s financial reporting needs.
Gail Schechter
§ Held 3 Kingian sessions at H.O.M.E.'s intergenerational Nathalie Salmon House in 2023: King Day (I was the sole presenter), Black History Month 2023 (with Kevin) and in June 2023 with Sherri Bevel.
§ Sherri and I participated in the March on Washington at the Woodlawn Botanic Garden and talked about Kingian Nonviolence.
§ Running for At-Large Trustee in Skokie, IL, employing Kingian Nonviolence principles throughout my work.
Pam Smith
§ Conducted Kingian Nonviolence intro session at the Hollywood branch of the public library in Portland, OR with Matt Guynn for King Day, 2025
§ Producing a documentary called CURRENT: A Descendant’s Journey for Truth to address the pushback on the teaching of honest history in our schools. AWC is the fiscal sponsor of this educational tool. Kingian Nonviolence themes are echoed throughout the film, 2023-ongoing.
§ Co-trainer for the Church of the Brethren administrators, Manassas, VA, 2024.
§ Co-trainer for the MLK CommUNITY of Greater Kennet Area, Philadelphia, 2024.
§ Co-trained for OEP’s monthly online introduction to Kingian Nonviolence several times in 2022-2024
§ Co-trained for OEP’s online 2-Day Core on consecutive Thursdays in September, 2024
§ Helped train participants in OEP’s online Level I, 2023
§ Conducted Kingian Nonviolence training for the Richmond Hill community in Richmond, Virginia connected to rehabilitation project of a Dwelling of Enslaved Africans located on the property, 2022.
§ Trained a dozen high school students from the Armstrong Leadership Program at Richmond Hill in Kingian Nonviolence in connection with the Dwelling of Enslaved Africans, 2021-2022
Past Events
Thursday, April 4th
Community Mini Training in Kingian Nonviolence
Open to the public
MLK Fair Housing Center, North Lawndale
(please watch for details coming soon)
Saturday, April 6th
Kingian Nonviolence Mini Training
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
930 E. 50th Street, Chicago
1-2:30 pm
(closed workshop for high school students visiting HBCUs in the spring)
Saturday, April 13th (postponed, please check back for new date!)
Mini training in Kingian Nonviolence
Holy Family Ministries
3415 W. Arthington, Chicago
11 am - 12:30 pm
$15.00 per person
Please bring a brown bag lunch
To register, please email contact information, organization name and a short description of the reason for your interest to addiewyattcenterchicago@gmail.com.
A limited number of scholarships are available. To request a scholarship, please email a short description of your situation.
Thank you!
June 18-July 26, 2019
Kingian Nonviolence Summer Institute
A pilot project between the Addie Wyatt Center and the City of Evanston for ETHS students. Our intention is to expand this program to other sites throughout Chicagoland in the future. Please call 312-719-3740 for more information or to volunteer.
Dr. King in East Garfield Park, 1966
Past Events
2018 Trainings (partial list)
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Community Agencies
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City of Evanston / Six-week Summer Youth Program
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Safer Foundation / Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
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Northeastern Illinois University Gear Up / High School Teachers
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Rainbow PUSH Coalition / HBCU Students
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Evanston Township High School
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Glenbrook South
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Oakton Community College
"A Tribute to Nonviolence" Evanston Art Center, October 26, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr.’s six principles of nonviolence performed as a song