PARENTING FOR NON VIOLENCE
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Mission Statement
The mission of Parenting for Non-Violence (P4NV) is to educate parents about how to raise their children in emotionally healthy ways, and support them as they learn so that their children can thrive personally, socially, and academically. Our vision is to strengthen families and communities by improving parent-child relationships. As those relationships deepen, youth will feel increasingly free to discuss problems with their parents, commit to working on their own education, and be better able to engage in healthy relationships with peers. Families who implement the techniques we share with them are those best equipped to lead others to work for peaceful communities. The goal is to have violence-free communities.
About This Cause
Parenting for Non-Violence The Launch The concept of Parenting for Non-Violence was born in 2010. Black Catholic Deacons of the Archdiocese of Chicago gathered concerned Catholics to determine ways to prevent violence in the city of Chicago. As a result of this discussion, Rev. Chuck Dahm, O. P., Rosemary White and Teresa Pennix Gill realized that parenting education with families in Chicago neighborhoods with the most poverty and violence would contribute to achieving the goal. Parenting for Non-Violence was launched with a grant from the Archdiocese’s Catholic Campaign for Human Development and continues to receive support from the Archdiocese, but is now an independent organization. Research validates the impact of parenting/family education. Most recently, The Center for Disease Control stated that violence in the United States has become a major health Problem and describes the effects on children. “Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them.” The CDC has developed six strategies to help communities take advantage of the best available evidence for prevention. Among the approaches or steps to address these strategies are strengthening economic support for families (P4NV’s financial literacy) and teaching parenting skills and family relationships. A publisher of a variety of programs and who provided reasonable-cost training for facilitators was chosen. A Board of Directors was assembled, an organizational structure developed and P4NV was incorporated in Illinois as a charitable organization in 2012. P4NV held the first workshop that year at St. Agatha Catholic Church, N. Lawndale. The 501(c)3 status from the IRS was approved in September of 2016. Delivery Model was developed The P4NV model is results and cost effective. Our workshop content and expertise comes from Active Parenting Publishers and The National Fatherhood Initiative. They developed the workshops and manuals, and provide the training for the facilitators that P4NV has recruited from the communities we serve. Other programs, Family Money Skills and CHANGE have been adapted from evidence-based programs created by national organizations and training is provided to facilitators by P4NV. Currently, P4NV contracts with 10 active facilitators. The organization funds the training, pays their stipends, and purchases the presentation materials and parent guidebooks. Meetings are held at participating churches, child development sites, social service agencies, public schools and even the Cook County Department of Corrections for men in transition. These sites provide the space and insurance, recruit and register parents and may share cost of refreshments. Our facilitators are traveling to the sites. This approach has been unique to P4NV and accounts for increased requests. Training of potential community leaders in our pilot program, Community Leadership Development Initiative, concludes this FY, will focus on building community in given neighborhoods and will expand our program reach in their neighborhoods. A sample of the neighborhoods where parents have been served are N. Lawndale, Englewood, Roseland, Back of the Yards, Pilsen, and Chicago Lawn. The Menu of Programs As of December 2020, facilitators had been trained to conduct several programs that run from four to 15 weeks. Active Parenting Publisher’s programs and the Fatherhood curricula are available in English and Spanish; Financial Literacy has been well received and has recently been translated into Spanish. • “Active Parent Now” for parents of school age children • Active Parenting’s “First Five Years” • Active Parenting’s “Parenting of Teens” • The National Fatherhood Initiative/ 24/7 serves African American men • Financial Literacy • CHANGE: Phoenix/New Freedom Curriculum – Gang Prevention and Intervention • In Process: Our pilot program, Community Leadership Development Initiative has recruited, and trained seven individuals to bring our programs to their local neighborhoods. This initiative will help develop a new generation of community leaders who will advocate for solving problems in their community while expanding the reach of our workshops. • Additionally, reunions of parent graduates are held to review program content and given further support through P4NV provided resource lists. Parent Participants As of April 1 2024, 3, 864 parents/caregivers had participated in one of our programs during ten plus years of workshops. Recognition In November, 2017 Parenting for Non-Violence was recognized with the Interreligious Leadership Award by the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago. The Lead Listening Society seedpod of Saint Ignatius College Prep presents the Guanacaste Award - For exemplary leadership in advancing the transformative power of effective listening to effectuate positive social change. Presented to Parenting for Non-Violence - October 10, 2022.