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The pamphlet held on the right by one of our participants is our "Futbol For Peace" educational infolets. This leaflet explains how they can initiate a non-violence education program and other activities in your foot ball/futbal or soccer club or within your team.
By the Chief Operating Officer of NVP, Julio Avael
NVP is now a National Health Care Provider. NVP also submitted the completed Medicaid application to the State of Florida with the assistance of Whiddon and Associates, Elsa De Lima, and Julio Avael. NVP is scheduled for precertification in December. We must receive an 85% validation during peer review to guarantee the agency an expedited Medicaid approval. Once NVP earns approval, NVP will be negotiating contract provisions with the State of Florida's largest Health Insurance Payers. This process marks the beginning of NVP's vision to be a statewide intervention and prevention provider by 2016.
Diane Landsberg, CEO and Julio Avael, COO; met with Alevo, Harrier Media Lab, Skadi Venture, JS Brands, and Non-Violence Project Foundation last week. These national and multinational organizations will be assisting NVP and NVP Foundation spearhead a five-year national service and awareness expansion, e commerce, and social media strategy. NVP is extremely excited about this opportunity. Diane Landsberg was selected for Business Leaders 2011 Women Extraordinaire Awards. Ms. Landsbergs' professional and advocacy accomplishments will be included in the Business Leader magazines' December issue. Ms. Landsberg will also be honored at an award ceremony in December.
Julio Avael, COO severed as the Principal of the Day at the Young Mens Preparatory Academy this week. NVP-FIT coaches, Jason Goachez and Marcos Augiar, joined Mr. Avael. FIT coaches had the opportunity to present the FIT program for school administrators, faculty, and students. NVP FIT will roll out at YMPA in December, due to the overwhelming interest in the program, Julio Avael was also appointed Chair of Rotary International Foundation for the South Miami Club. Rotary International is chartered to support education and job training, provide clean water, combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, and eradicate polio around the word.
Josil Cerda of the Performance and Accountability Department successfully negotiated the Affiliating Agreements with Facilities and Operations for Northwestern Senior and Edison Senior High School this week. Mr. Cerda will be finalizing Young Mens Preparatory Academy Affiliating Agreements the first week back from Thanksgiving holiday recess. Mr. Cerda also is working particularly closely with Julio Avael on NVPs Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/NVP123). Mr. Avael released NVPs revised communication strategy early this month.
Bianca Martinez of the Performance and Accountability Department successfully redesigned the company's marketing catalog and fact sheet this month. Also, Ms. Martinez redesigned NVP's company seal, which was incorporated into the companys new uniforms. The company's new corporate image provides a stronger market advantage due to these branding achievements for NVP. Ms. Martinez will also be assisting Julio Avael with NVPs newest investment into ProsePoint and Constant Contact. These two powerful tools provide email marketing, online surveys and event marketing tools allowing NVP to sustain a constant dialogue with one's customers.
Elsa De Lima completed the Mind and Body online business platform training. This online business platform will allow NVP to manage appointment scheduling, staff and customer management, marketing tools and e commerce solutions for NVP FIT. These products will help cut administrative overhead and turn NVP's website into a profit center.
Julio Avael and Elsa De Lima are at the end road of completing the Mental Health expansion business plan. NVP will be coordinating investor presentations in the forthcoming months to raise the capital needed to expand company service capacity. NVP FIT trainers and Project Partners will be sitting for their Behavioral Health Technician Certification in early January. This accomplishment will permit these individuals the credentials necessary to provide clinical support services to adults and children who are receiving substance abuse or mental health services in residential programs, inpatient settings, or community based programs. NVP FIT personnel will be preparing to rollout services at Edison Senior and Young Mens Preparatory Academy the week after Thanksgiving. NVP is anticipating a large enrollment of participants. Also, FIT personnel are preparing for the FIT Winter Clinics. The Clinics will provide FIT participants with the opportunity to enjoy advanced FIT trainings and student field trips. NVP is also enjoying its third consecutive year at Richmond Heights Middle School. Project Partner, Ronald Celiz is now an integral member of the Student Services Division at the school. Mr. Celiz will be coordinating multiple programs this year at Richmond Heights. Six Volunteers donated approximately $1k in cost-free labor this month. NVP continues to work extremely close with the Service Leaning Department at Miami-Dade College. The first grading period of the 2011-2012 school year has ended. NVP will be collecting and reviewing participant evaluation metrics during the month of December and releasing results in January
Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, Chief Charles J. Hurley, was recognized for his written article
"Our students and staff are gearing up for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, and I feel it is important to reflect on the strides we have made in coming together as a District. From a personal standpoint, I can assure you all that the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department (M-DSPD) has committed numerous resources to raise the achievement bar. In addition to the hard work of school staff, I am certain that the contribution of the School Police has also played a key role in the educational success of our students. This has been no small undertaking considering the lack of State funding, and we have all been forced to do more with less. Throughout this school year, I have personally visited numerous classrooms, and I couldn't be more pleased with the efforts of our students, determined to learn, and our often over-burdened, yet dedicated teachers. Through these visits, I have grown more confident that we as a District, our students, and our entire staff, are more than up to any challenge. As we prepare for the 2011-12 school year, we will continue to move forward and build on our successes. With that in mind, I wish everyone the best of luck during this stressful times. I am certainly looking forward to seeing the fruits of all the hard work".
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The Non-Violence Project's line represents who we are and what we do. Each line has a unique message that hopefully penetrates throughout the world. Wearing this gear, you symbolize a world of peace, non-violence, and social change. If you would like to purchase one of our items, you may go to zazzle.com/nonviolence . The great thing about this website is you may customize into differents styles, colors, gender and type! All proceeds go to our programs that serve with our kids. Please use the controller below the pictures to help scroll through all or our gear.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin had a brother, Alfred, and a sister, Christine. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before he went to school.
Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped grades in both elementary school and high school . He enjoyed reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old.
Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to something to make the world a better and fairer place.
After graduating from college and getting married, Dr. King became a minister and moved to Alabama.
During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January, the month in which he was born. August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech, is called "Dream Day."
Eddy Balina
A Message from our partner in Africa
"“Non-violence is the constant awareness of the dignity and the humanity of oneself and others; it seeks truth and justice; it renounces violence both in method and in attitude; it is a courageous acceptance of active love and goodwill as the... instrument with which to overcome evil and transform both oneself and to others. It is the willingness to undergo suffering rather than inflict it. It excludes retaliation and flight.”"
The Non-Violence Project (NVP) is a non-government Youth and Family Development, Counseling, and Case Management organization. We are active in five continents and have offices in the UK, US, Mexico, Brazil, Uganda, Switzerland, South Africa and Scandinavia.
The objective is to become the worlds foremost organization for violence prevention education--creating a meeting place for the next generation of leaders. The mission is to inspire, motivate and engage young people in positive action.
We have, during 17 years of operation, educated and trained 5 million teachers, students and sport coaches on five continents. We have been awarded the Presidential Daily Light Award by President Clinton, the Weed & Seed Award by the US Justice Department and some other 70 prestigious awards around the world for best practice.
This unique Non-Violence symbol is featured on more than thirty strategic public locations around the world, including the UN Headquarters in New York, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne and the Peace Park in Beijing.
The knotted gun was originally created as a memorial tribute to John Lennon when he was shot and killed outside his home in New York City on the 8th of December, 1980. The idea with the knotted gun was to tribute John Lennon for his vision and activism for a world with less violence. In many of his songs, both as part of the famous pop group the Beatles, as a solo artist and together with his wife Yoko Ono, the lyrics were centered around the message of peace and non-violence.
NVP has been deployed to multiple countries throughout the world and is credited for eradicating or reducing gang violence. At the request of community leaders, such as Alex Penelas, former Mayor of Miami Dade County; Christina Kennedy, Social Journalist; Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary; and former President Bill Clinton; NVP has been tasked with implementing intervention and prevention strategies that address student and gang violence. Examples of localities and program achievements include the following:
UK: Tower Hamlets maintains the largest population of teenage street gangs in London. NVP coordinated school-based mentoring, in three schools, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Research concluded a 30% reduction in youth gang violence resulting from USA program models (Guildhall University, 1994). Moreover, services have expanded into Portsmouth, England; a collaboration sponsored by the Portsmouth Football Club.
USA: In Miami, FL, between 2004 and 2007 Miami Killian Senior High School experienced an average of 269 incidents of youth violence during the academic year. Also, approximately 35% of the student population received in-school suspension, while 9% received out-of-school suspension (Florida Department of Education School Indictors Report). According to PerforMetrics of Florida (a research and evaluation firm), the POWER Model reduced the incidents of violence by 25% and suspension rates by 50%.
South Africa: In response to South Africas continued youth gang violence, NVP renewed its programming commitment with Cape Town, South Africa's Mayor, Helen Zille. NVP implemented programs in the Western Cape and Gauteng provinces, Johannesburg, Western Cape Education Board, Gauteng Department for Arts, Sport and Culture and trained 250 Safety Resources Officers, reaching out to over 1200 schools and some 1.2 million students. The program will impact 1,000 schools and 500,000 students by FY 2012.
Sweden: In Malmoe, Sweden, NVP has worked with 5 different schools implementing its newly designed Schools for Peace program, which involves the interpretation of the Symbol. These symbols will later be part of the world wide exhibition tour that has started during the fall of 2011.
Mexico: We have launched a multi city program reaching out to schools and sport clubs in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterey, Chapas and Ciuadad Juarez.
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Project Vote
Project Vote is a program we offer as part of our services. As a third party voter registration organization, the goal is to register as many unregistered voters as possible, especially the young population. The project consists of advocating all un-registered citizens to register to vote. This generation of young voters is the largest this country has ever seen, but the majority of them are not registered. Research shows they are optimistic about the future and believe that they have the power to change the world, so project vote is helping them get started by educating them and registering them to vote. Project Vote is available on all of the local sites allowing us to run this program in many areas. This includes local high schools, malls, colleges, and universities. We allow volunteers to join the effort, giving them the opportunity to be active in their neighborhoods and have hands-on experience with our young population. We offer opportunities for the volunteers to become a Team Leader in order to empower them to spear-head community initiatives. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NVP Club
The NVP Club is a student-organized community leadership program. The program is adapted from the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention-model and has been rated by the Florida Department of Children and Families as the Best Practice substance abuse program. The Club's mission is to engage students in community service and make their communities safe and viable. Program Goals Measure community service, youth leadership skills, peer and family relationships, anti-bullying, character building, conflict resolution, goal-setting, drug and alcohol education, college preparation, dating and domestic violence, public speaking, peer mediation, STD prevention, and diversity. Meetings occur weekly; each less than 90 minutes in duration. Participants are responsible for electing peer representatives who will serve in the capacity of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Sergeant of Arms. Students completing the program have demonstrated statistical improvements in the following areas: academic performance, school attendance, behavior, attitudes, reduced delinquency arrest rates, and increased levels of volunteerism.
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I.M.P.A.C.T
Implementing Male Positive Actions by Collaborating Together
The IMPACT (gender-specific) program is adapted from The Council Curriculum Set, a middle and high school age appropriate service modality. The State Department of Psychology in Portland State University has identified this program as a Promising Model. The program is a strength-based group approach to promote male adolescents safe, strong, and healthy passage into adulthood. The program is a school/community based program consisting of three distinct curriculums: Growing Healthy, Going Strong; a 10 week model targeting student ages 9 - 14, Standing Together, A Journey Into Respect; a 10 week model targeting student ages 9 - 14, and Living A Legacy: A Rite of Passage; a 10 week model targeting student ages 14-18. Group participation is limited to 12 students per cohort and each session is 45-60 minutes in duration. Program activities examine relationship building, conflict resolution, education, leadership, community service, diversity, mass media messages, personal values, and future goal planning. Program goals measure: improved healthy relationships with peers and adults, participation in school and community, and resolution skills. Students completing the program have demonstrated statistical improvements in the following areas: self-efficacy, social support, and increased school attachment.
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Girls' Voice
The Girls' Voice (gender-specific) program is adapted from the Girls' Circle Unity Set curriculum, a middle and high school age-appropriate service modality. This program is identified as a Model program by OJJDP and appropriate for at-risk youth. Program activities examine thoughts, beliefs, and actions about friendships, trust, authority figures, mother/daughter relationships, sexuality, dating violence, HIV, drug abuse, stress and goal-setting. Program activities examine relationship building, conflict resolution, education, leadership, community service, diversity, mass media messages, personal values, and future goal planning. Program goals measure: improved healthy relationships with peers and adults, participation in school and community, and resolution skills. The program is a school/community based program consisting of three distinct curriculums: Growing Healthy, Going Strong; a 10 week model targeting student ages 9 - 14, Standing Together: A Journey Into Respect; a 10 week model targeting student ages 9 - 14, and Living A Legacy: A Rite of Passage; a 10 week model targeting student ages 14-18. Group participation is limited to 12 students per cohort and each session is 45-60 minutes in duration. Students completing the program have demonstrated statistical improvements in the following areas: self-efficacy, social support, and increased school attachment.
P.O.W.E.R
Positive Outcomes with Effective Results
The POWER program is a one-on-one mentoring model adapted from Big Brothers Big Sisters Evidenced School-Based Mentoring program. POWER has been rated by the Florida Department of Children and Families as the Best Practice substance abuse program. The program utilizes 40-Developmental Assets to promote, support, and improve positive youth development. All participants are guided by an Individual Service Plan (ISP) that must be completed prior to program completion. The ISP is a goal plan measuring academic achievement, social bonding, school attachment, dropping out of school, and truancy. POWER is a 43-week program consisting of three, one-year cycles. Students enter the program as a cohort completing: Weekly individual mentoring, 60 minutes per week, gender specific group services, 60 Minutes per week and NVPs community service club; 90 minutes per week. Students completing the program have demonstrated statistical improvements in the following areas: academic performance, school attendance, behavior, and delinquency arrest rates.
Family Team Conferencing
The family/child relationship is the foundation for creating opportunities for children to socially, academically, and civically succeed. As a result, the FTC exists to ensure families are receiving access to lives requisite resources to establish a child's success. The program is consumer-driven, self-directed, and participant-centered permitting solutions to a family's unique needs. Program goals measure: preventing abuse and neglect, preventing removal and placement disruptions, strengthening engagement with families and older youth, improving the quality of assessment of strengths and needs, increasing the likelihood of matching the appropriate service to needs, identifying kinship placement opportunities, increasing the variety of options for solutions, increasing the capacity to overcome barriers and creating a support system that will sustain. Families completing the program have demonstrated statistical improvements in the following areas: Self-navigation from child welfare system and Long-Term Sustainably of FTC plan.
NVP FIT
NVP FIT is a multi-disciplinary mentor-fitness program chartered to combat child obesity. The programs' design is adapted from West Point Military Academy Boxing program promoting cardiovascular, anaerobic, plyometric and endurance training to foster youth physical fitness. FIT complies with the Miami-Dade County Interscholastic Athletic policies and conforms to the Center for Disease Controls National Physical Activity Plan. Also, FIT provides the opportunity for youth to train side-by-side with professional athletes and Certified Boxing trainers. The trainers curriculum is a physical development program used by West Point Military Academy. Just as the POWER one-on-one mentoring component, all participants are guided by an Individual Service Plan (ISP) that must be completed prior to program completion. The ISP is a goal plan measuring student fitness, social bonding, and school attachment. NVP FIT is a program that spans over a four year period in which students have the ability to rise through the four level tiers that depend on their academic and physical ability. Clients can enroll in NVP FIT after High School through employment opportunities. The required amount of contact is two three-hour scheduled trainings per week that take place after school. Students completing the program have demonstrated statistical improvements in the following areas: weight loss, improved Body Mass Index scores, academic performance, school attendance, behavior, and delinquency arrest rates. .
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The Non-Violence Project is a place where advocates, peacemakers, and pragmatic thinkers unite. We are a staff that embodies the courageous, seeking to make the world safe. Through the efforts, we have transformed the lives of over five million people in 11 countries. Whether we are working in the trenches of violence-ridden Uganda or the inner city of Miami, we endeavor the challenges plaguing the communities and bond together as one movement to make our global society safe. The team from around the world make our world a better place to live one country at a time.
You may ask, what are we looking for in a Student Intern? While there is no definitive mold for those we would ideally like to intern here at NVP as we value diversity, the interns are passionate, professional, adaptable, motivated and independent leaders. Each of the student Interns are put in a position of leadership and are expected to grow as a leader throughout the duration of their internship experience. Secondly, the student Interns have some degree of cultural sensitivity, strong verbal and writing skills, and are resourceful in how to use computer software efficiently. We also like to recruit Student Interns who are interested in learning more about nonprofit business operations. These qualities define the student interns here at NVP.
At the agency, our volunteers practice four vital characteristics. The first being volunteerism which is the practice of volunteering one's time or talents for charitable, educational, or other worthwhile activities, especially in ones's community. The second being awareness which is being able to recognize people's needs and able to look for ways to meet those needs as a result of training and your own life experiences. The third being self-confidence which is the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team where necessary. The fourth characteristic is commitment which is demonstrating your passion for a cause, and compassion - having an empathy with the plight of a particular person or situation.
Julio Avael,
Chief Operating/ Financial Officer
Julio Avael is the Chief Operating and Financial officer of the Non-Violence Project USA, Inc. (NVP). He brings more than 13 years of executive and financial management experience to NVP, strategizing agency directives and implementing innovative public service priorities. During Avaels tenure, he has transformed the agency by adopting best practice service standards and operational models to promote public trust and a customer-first environment. Avael is responsible for the program and organizational development, policy evaluation and supervision of thirty-plus simultaneous projects serving an average 2,000 clients annually. Mr. Avael is also responsible for coordinating and managing the organizations strategic plan, performance quality improvement plan, and accreditation process. As a Certified Treasury Professional, his financial management responsibilities include the supervision of all financial functions and supervision of federal, state, local, and private foundation contracts. Mr. Avael was recruiting to NVP from the National Housing Group, where Avael managed the finances for the HOPE VI $35 million revitalization grant for the Scott Carver public housing development initiative. When joining NVP, Avael designed and implemented a multi-community social service plan garnering support from the AmeriCorps state and Corporation for National Community Service VISTA offices. The initiative implemented 52,500 hours of youth mentorship and 100,000 hours of community volunteerism.
Avael has received numerous awards and nominations for his contribution to public service and youth advocacy:
2011: Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award- President Barack Obama
2008: Nominee Champion of Children, Childrens Trust
2007: Prevention Specialist of the Year, Floridas Governors Award
2006: Best in Business Practice, National Corporation of Community Services
1998: Volunteer Commendation, Key West City Commission and Key West Police Captain
A graduate of Barry University, Andreas School of Business, Mr. Avael maintain a Master in Science Management, as well as a Bachelors of Public Administration from Florida International University. Mr. Avael has completed additional Executive Education courses at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government and Florida International Universitys, College of Business Administration and Metropolitan Center. In 2008, Avael co-founded Avael & Associates (AA). Avael & Associates is a management-consulting firm dedicated to assisting private and public sector organizations with management methodologies and strategies.
Elsa De Lima,
Cheif Administrative Officer
Elsa De Lima received her Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business from Florida International University in April of 2010. While at Florida International University, she learned the importance of global trade and how it is growing at unprecedented speeds and affecting all businesses, even those focused on the domestic market. Ms. De Lima developed an understanding of these critical issues along with knowledge of the strategies used by multinational corporations and how to manage in a cross-cultural environment. Having this knowledge helped her to better understand the way businesses function as a whole, whether globally or domestically. While studying at Florida International University, Ms. De Lima visited Rome and was afforded the opportunity to study businesses in various cultural climates, allowing her to extend her interest in multicultural business operations. Throughout her undergraduate studies, she was able to build relationships with students, professors, and mentors, which in turn taught her the fundamentals of cultural diversity in business management. In June of 2006, Ms. De Lima was employed at Accounting Guide Services as the Accounting Clerk. At this accounting firm, she was trained in general accounting practices, which is said to be the backbone of all businesses, large or small. With this experience, she joined the Non-Violence Project USA, Inc. in October 2009 as the Data Integrity Specialist. In this position, Ms. De Lima is responsible for data entry, tracking, bookkeeping, reporting and financial assistance to the Chief Operating Officer. In May of 2010, Ms. De Lima was promoted to Chief Administrative Officer and tasked with human resource management, media relations, marketing and merchandising, inventory control, agency publications and reports, web development and corporate branding, file management and maintenance of vendors and insurance providers, and direct assistance to upper management. Ms. De Lima has been recognized for her high academic achievement through her receipt of the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship and consistently making the Dean’s List. She has received training in general accounting practices, Data Tracker, Juvenile Justice Information System Web, and Color Code. Ms. De Lima has plans to advance her education in the near future through obtaining a Juris Doctorate in hopes of practicing Law.
Diane Landsberg,
Chief Executive Officer
In 1997, Diane became the first Executive Director of the Non-violence Project. She is the driving force behind The Project, a not-for-profit that has a mission to use knowledge as the weapon against violence and to engage and motivate young people to positive actions. Under her direction, The Project has impacted more than 550,000 young people to choose a happier, healthier and safer lifestyle. She leads a staff of ten that are providing a valuable and needed service to the youngest citizens. The Non-Violence Project has received the Award of Honor from the National Safety Council for five years in a row, the Daily Points of Light Award, the not-for-profit innovative excellence NOVO Award from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Reflections in Excellence Award from the Miami Today business newspaper, the Dade Partner Award from Miami-Dade Public Schools and over twenty local and state proclamations and citations, all in recognition of the positive impact this program has on the youth. In 1994, she, Dr. Ari Kedem and Dr. Randy Green formed Empowered Living, Inc., where she serves as a counselor, specializing in addictions and substances abuse. She is the founder of the Miami-Dade chapter of WFS (Women For Sobriety) and donates her time to women wanting to make a positive change in their lives. As a counselor, she saw a need for a support group just for women and opened her office for weekly meetings. Through her gentle guidance, many women find a safe place to support one another while gaining knowledge and education and the power to achieve sobriety. Diane was selected as one of one hundred women nationwide to receive the Eckerd 100 Women Award, the first inductee in Honor quest Hall of Fame, received the Justice Award from SGI-USA and the Sunshine Award from Volunteer Florida, the Presidents Volunteer Service Awards, a 2001 Resolution awarded by the Honorable James Battin, and most recently bestowed the Sri Sri Ravis Shankar Award for Uplifting Human Values. She is most proud of being inducted into the Dr. Martin Luther King Board of Sponsors of Morehouse College in Atlanta. As a Fourth-Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do she volunteers to teach self defense / self-protection classes to young adolescents, young women entering college and senior citizens. Preventing Domestic Violence is a focus both personally and professionally and she conducts seminars on this topic at community centers, hospitals, and schools.
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