Welcome to the AVPNY Web Page.Step One to Edit the Website.The first thing you should do is create a new account, click the "Login or Register" link in the Left-Hand column near the bottom. Create a new account or log in. Check your email to complete the signup process. Then Come back here to the home page for more instructions. What is AVP?Here is a sample introduction for the home page. We should use this space to introduce visitors to AVP.Alternatives to Violence Project Peaceful Resolution of Deadly Conflict A bit about the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). AVP began in 1975. A group of prisoners at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York State (called 'The Think Tank'), were looking at issues involving youth, who were coming to prison at a much younger age. They started to develop a program for youth and asked a group of Quakers from the Quaker Project on Community Conflict, to help them develop a program. Quakers were able to draw on their experience gained from sending people all over the US to train volunteers to go into anti-Vietnam war demonstrations and prevent them from becoming violent. The Think Tank, in developing the program, began to see in themselves and their communities this need to curtail the violence. The Attica rebellion and this development group planted the seed, after which some of the Quakers, got together in Larry Aspey's living room and did the first AVP workshop. It is from these roots that AVP has flourished into a world-wide non-profit organization in over 30 countries. Garry R. writes… "As a former prisoner, I think it important to give much credit to that group of inmates who in trying to better the lives of others, has bettered the lives of thousands for 35 years and in many different places in the world. |
