Connecticut Center for Nonviolence

06/10/2026

This is the month we honor and celebrate Juneteenth. Soon these outstanding Teaching Artists and Kingian Certified trainers will present a Juneteenth Celebration TEACH IN at a school in the far, far northwest corner of CT. We honor those who came before and look to a future with truth and reconciliation in place.

05/10/2026

05/01/2026

Standing in solidarity with local business owners. We'd much rather support them, than corporate conglomerations that rob the people and make the profits. As long as we have a voice we must use it. Our buying power is massive. Stand Strong. Shop locally when ever humanly possible.

04/28/2026

Our ED, Victoria Christgau, was on a remarkable assignment with other Kingian Nonviolence Trainer colleagues in Montgomery, Alabama last week. Home of the Equal Justice Institute (EJI) and their multiple Legacy Sites depicting civil rights history and the horrific truth about slavery and lynching in the USA. It was an honor to be working with this crew. We dream about bringing many people there. The EJI's, Elevation Convening Center and Hotel was pure genius and the Legacy museum sites, rival the Smithsonian. Black History is American History and we are all a part of it. Thank you Freedom Together Foundation, and Alicia Garza for hosting the training. Thank you astonishing, Bryan Stevenson for your vision and profound leadership. And thank you, Charles Alphin for inviting me to work with your team.

04/08/2026

Our friends at On Earth Peace are producing this outstanding program. The facilitators are exceptional and have years of work directly with Martin Luther King, Bernard LaFayette, Jr. and Jesse Jackson. It happens on 4/8 - sign up, it's free, come if you can!

Working Together for Justice & Peace

03/10/2026

Full Press release here, funeral details included. LONG LIVE! https://ctnonviolence.org/press-release-bernard.../

03/06/2026

This is a very sad day for us. Because Dr. Bernard LaFayette was our dear friend and remarkable mentor. Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette trained many of CTCN trainers and he means so much to us, we need some grieving time on this day of his passing and we plan to post some true stories soon. Long Live ! A great soul has gone home. 🙏🏾God Bless his family may they be comforted.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/us/bernard-lafayette-selma-voting-rights?fbclid=IwY2xjawQXNxtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe_cK7-N-PkOF-sZwBd0npnWJiny0bvMGZBB90tMup0-EqsyjxmZm21NSfBAg_aem_rPkIqhZObJ1gUKC2spsBdQ

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

02/18/2026

A powerful voice for our times, our friend and colleague, a Rev. Jesse Jackson Legacy: Rainbow Push Journalism Award Recipient, Dr. Bankole Thompson writes profoundly about his close friend Rev. Jesse Jackson. Tonight we are deeply saddened by the loss of this giant.

Bankole Thompson, the eminent journalist, cultural critic and a standard-bearer for economic justice issues, who was presented with the 2018 Let Freedom Ring...

02/05/2026

Serious grateful that Rev. Dr. Shelley D. Best wrote this article about our Founder/ Executive Director and the work that the Center does. We must invest in peace for a future to be possible. Let us know what you think of the article.

By Rev. Dr. Shelley Best for The TubmanWalker Narrative Project

02/03/2026

We are asked to remain nonviolent when violence is king in this country and around the world. How do we remain nonviolent and assert ourselves? How do we keep showing up despite the overall pallor of grief that has infected our communities? Join us on Saturday. Let's grow together, stand strong. And RESIST.