Our goal is to empower prisoners and "returnees" (to the community) with the freedom of inner peace through trainings in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and mindfulness practice.  This internal freedom enables us to live in harmony and integrity with ourselves and each other, and to realize the unique contribution we each make to the community.  Nonviolent Communication, founded by Marshall B. Rosenberg, transforms the divisiveness caused by habitual thought and speech patterns into compassionate connections -- internally with ourselves and externally with others.  Mindfulness trains us to be fully present to our own lives.  With awareness of our intentions, thoughts, speech and actions, we are able to live lives of conscious choice and to co-create a world embodying our deepest values and our highest dreams.