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Garrison Institute, Garrison-on-the-Hudson, NY
The Garrison Institute has hired MettaKnowledge for Peace to further develop the curriculum and write the manual for the Women’s Wellness Project of the Transforming Trauma Initiative. The Women’s Wellness Project teaches professionals working in the field of domestic and sexual violence services how to identify and minimize symptoms of Vicarious Trauma, also knows as Secondary Traumatic Stress, using contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation and yoga.
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Safe Harbor Shelter
MettaKnowledge for Peace was enlisted to do on-site training on compassion fatigue for Safe Harbor Shelter which provides education, advocacy, counseling and shelter to break the cycle of domestic violence. Participants were taught loving kindness meditation and various practices that facilitate mindfulness. -
City of Charlottesville Social Services
The City of Charlottesville Social Services division elected to have MettaKnowledge for Peace provide training on Secondary Traumatic Stress (also known as compassion fatigue) for their employees working in a variety of contexts, from Child Protective Services to their Welfare-to-Work programs, among others. -
The Art of Surviving
The Art of Surviving is a powerful exhibit of art, poetry and narratives by survivors of sexual violence whose purpose is to promote community healing and knowledge of the causes and effects of sexual violence. The exhibit is available to communities as a Digital Exhibition on the web. MettaKnowledge for Peace is a co-sponsor of the project with the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, the Center on Violence and Community of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and the University of Virginia Women’s Center and the UVA Digital Resource Center. It is funded by two generous grants from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the University of Virginia Library, and private donor, Alice Twining. -
Seminar on Shamanism and Violence: Academic and Practice Perspectives
The Seminar on Shamanism and Violence took place in March, 2006 and brought together practitioners and scholars interested in exploring how shamanic worldviews can inform our understandings and responses to violence in the world around us. The Final Report report can be found on the web site of the Center on Violence and Community of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
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