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Your tax-deductible donation fuels Nonviolent Communication training that breaks the cycle of crime and incarceration. Our approach increases empathy and pro-social behavior while reducing aggression and recidivism. The results speak for themselves: the Oregon Parole Board now refers denied candidates to our program because graduates are significantly more likely to receive parole. Even those serving life sentences have found new paths forward through our training.

We are entirely volunteer-run, so your donation goes straight into classrooms. Right now 75 adults in custody are on the waiting list for our class at Oregon State Penitentiary.

What your gift does

• $60 covers a participant's course materials for a full year
• $150 pays for a month of a weekly two-hour class
• $650 supplies an entire class with materials for the year
• $1,800 trains a new cohort of volunteer teachers
• $9,000 funds one complete 48-week class inside an Oregon prison

Our goal: increase our impact. Before the pandemic we taught in five Oregon prisons. We are back in two today, and our goal is to be back in four of the five by the end of 2027. Your donation supports implementing these goals with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.