Programs

  • Conflict Management Skill Building

    THROUGH YOUTH AND ADULT SKILL BUILDING CLASSES AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS, INDIVIDUALS ARE EMPOWERED TO SEE AND USE CONFLICT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, LEARN, AND CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES. OUR SKILL BUILDING CLASSES, ADDRESSING CONFLICT AND ANGER EFFECTIVELY (ADULTS) AND RETHINKING CONFLICT (YOUTH), PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME EQUIPPED WITH NEW SKILLS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. OUR MIX OF UNDERSTANDING ANGER AND EMOTIONS WITH CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS HELPS PARTICIPANTS WORK THROUGH DEFENSIVENESS AND BUILD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING WITH OTHERS, ULTIMATELY FINDING MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS TO SOURCES OF CONFLICT. ALL OUR CLASSES ARE OFFERED BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, TO MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS. WE OFFER A VARIETY OF VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS RELATED TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, ESCALATION AND TEAM BUILDING AS WELL, TRAINING OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS AT OVER 20 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS DENVER, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $119.9K

  • Restorative Practices in Schools

    THROUGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH SCHOOLS TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION, WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE TO BE THEMSELVES AND NURTURED TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUNITIVE DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IS A PHILOSOPHY, NOT A CURRICULUM, THAT FOCUSES ON BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR WHILE REMAINING CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES ARE ROOTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, DIRECTLY DISRUPTING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON-PIPELINE. THROUGH RESTORATIVE PRACTICES WE UTILIZE TOOLS TO HOLD STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS WHILE KEEPING THEM IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL-TO- PRISON-PIPELINE BY IMPLEMENTING PRACTICES THAT REDUCE THE DISPROPORTIONALITY HIGH DISCIPLINARY REFERRALS, SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS OF CHILDREN OF COLOR AND; THEREFORE REDUCING THE ODDS THAT STUDENTS WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BECOME INVOLVED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. RESTORATIVE DENVER TAKES THESE PRINCIPLES AND APPLIES THEM TO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, 92 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED RESTORATIVE DENVER AND WERE PROVIDED AN "OFF RAMP" FROM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $119.9K

  • Whole-School Culture Programs

    OUR PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON WHOLE-SCHOOL CULTURE ALSO INCLUDE SOCIAL NORMING, HOT SPOT MAPPING AND READING FOR PEACE. SOCIAL NORMING IS BUILT ON THE CONCEPT THAT MOST STUDENTS ENGAGE IN AND WANT TO ENGAGE IN POSITIVE, HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, BUT THEY BELIEVE THEIR PEERS ENGAGE IN NEGATIVE, UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS. AS A RESULT, MANY STUDENTS DO THINGS THEY PERSONALLY BELIEVE ARE WRONG IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE BY THEIR PEERS. SOCIAL NORMING WORKS BY USING "POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE" TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT POSITIVE, HEALTHY BEHAVIORS ARE TRULY ACCEPTABLE BY THEIR PEERS. THESE BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS ABOUT PERCEIVED NORMS OF BEHAVIOR AMONG PEERS ARE DETERMINED THROUGH A SCHOOL-WIDE SURVEY.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $119.9K