2 Hour Intro to Kingian Nonviolence

Posted by on January 27, 2026

Join us for an overview of Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation at 5:30pm ET / 4:30pm CT / 2:30pm PT on February 25th, 2026. Kingian Nonviolence is an approach to conflict and community leadership that offers values and methods useful for anyone who wants to use conflict constructively in your personal life, in group settings, or in community issues and building a reconciled world.

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This 2 Hour webinar covers:

The 4 pillars of Kingian Nonviolence
Initial introduction to the 6 Principles and 6 Steps - the “Will” and the “Skill” of Kingian Nonviolence.
The Social Dynamics of Kingian Nonviolence

This training will be co-facilitated by Sherri Bevel and Stephen Niamke:

Sherrilynn Bevel, PhD, is a Level III Kingian Nonviolence Trainer. She co-founded and is Associate Director of the Addie Wyatt Center for Nonviolence Training. From 2018 through 2020, she was Director of Training and Special Projects for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence in Providence. Sherri chairs the board of directors of The Diversity Think Tank, which seeks equity in academic hiring at state-supported institutions of higher education. In the classroom, she teaches political science, human rights, Nonviolence, and African American studies. In The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North (U. of KY Press, 2016), she documented the contributions of a youth-led campaign to end lead poisoning, which ultimately resulted in federal lead protection legislation; and argued that this aspect of the Chicago Freedom Movement was an important precursor to the modern environmental justice movement.

Stephen Niamke is the youngest son of Mrs. Maggie P. Jones and Mr. Herbert C. Jones, Sr. He has three older brothers including a twin. Stephen is also a father having one child, Stephanie, who is in the midst of pursuing a doctorate in sociology. Stephen is the National Field Organizer for Pax Christi USA. He is also the President and Hub Coordinator of Meta Peace Team. Stephen founded Friends of Evans Spring, a nonviolence, grassroots organizing group based in Roanoke, Virginia. Stephen is a level-two certified trainer in Kingian Nonviolence.

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