East Point Peace Academy

"nonviolence dojo" is our community-based training program, which includes all the community-based workshops we offer. Due to the covid pandemic and organizational matters, most of our meetings in 2022 were held virtually. These offerings spanned topics such as direct action, mediation, trauma healing, and gratitude. Attendance ranged from approx 10 to 100 participants, with an average of approximately 45. We estimate that this program drew on 20% of our allotted program time and resources. "Peace from within" is our prison-based nonviolence training program. Due to the covid pandemic we had no access to the prisons in 2022, so this program was on hold.

The fierce vulnerability network (fvn) is a national network of direct actions teams positioned at the intersection of racial healing and climate justice. East Point was the primary organization that worked on the launch of the network. In 2022 we coordinated bay area fvn teams operating on the network's core principles and practices, provided trainings and workshops to participants. In addition, we completed the publication of the network's handbook, serving as the primary contact and editorial collaborator with nomadic press on behalf of fvn. We estimate that we have given 50% of our program time and resources to this program.

In 2022 our capacity building program included a variety of virtual speaking and teaching events requested by outside organizations, coaching and consultation services offered to outside organizational clients, and East Point's own organizational restructuring process carried forward by our core team. In each case, our capacity building work fosters alignment between groups' operational systems and organizational culture with foundational principles of nonviolence and restorative justice. In total we estimate that this program drew on 30% of our allotted program time and resources (5% for speaking and teaching engagements, 5% for coaching/consultation work, and 20% for our internal restructuring process).