Trauma-Informed De-escalation and Crisis Response
We all know how difficult it can be to respond skillfully in moments of crisis and tension. Nonviolent crisis intervention practices can can help keep yourself and others safe in highly charged situations.
Understanding the embodied nature of trauma is essential to navigating crisis situations with confidence and care.
Offering trauma-informed de-escalation training and support for individuals and groups.
Experience and Training
I have been committed to the work of nonviolent social change for more than two decades. After completing a month-long training in nonviolent conflict intervention with Christian Peacemaker Teams, in 2006-2007 I lived and worked in the Palestinian occupied territories as a human rights observer and solidarity activist. I have been engaged in numerous large and small justice and anti-war demonstrations. Locally, I have been involved in organizing and planning a range of actions and demonstrations in resistance to war and nuclear weapons, and in support of environmental justice and Black Lives Matter.
+ Community member Winona Catholic Worker, (2001 – 2010) living in intentional community alongside individuals navigating poverty, systemic racism, substance use and mental illness.
+ Nonviolence Training and Human Rights Work in occupied Palestinian Territories and Aboriginal communities on Turtle Island with Christian/Community Peacemaker Teams (cpt.org)
+ Movement Healer Training with Trauma Response and Crisis Care (TRACC4movements.org)
+ Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI.org)