Support Our Work
Help us build a more peaceful future.
The mission of the Nonviolence Institute is to create, by word and example, a community that uses the principles and practices of nonviolence to prevent, interrupt, and heal violence and to uplift community. Your gift will help our team prevent, educate on, and support victims of violence within Rhode Island and beyond.
Invest In Peace 2025
The Nonviolence Institute is pleased to announce our 16th annual Invest in Peace fundraiser on September 18th at Farm Fresh Rhode Island. This year’s event will celebrate our Sister Ann Keefe Award winner Larson Gunness and Community Impact Award winner, Shameem Awan. We will also honor our partner Navigant Credit Union with our Emerging Leader award. We look forward to welcoming and gathering with those who care deeply about our work and recognize that this is an opportunity to consider the importance, in this moment, of our Beloved Community, reflective of the actions and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Invest in Peace is a celebration of hope. Your generous support will ensure that our Victim Services clients, high-risk Outreach clients, and young adults enrolled in our SEED (Skills Enrichment and Employment Development) program receive a high-quality and healing continuum of care. It also ensures that we can provide nonviolence training to hundreds of Rhode Island law enforcement, community group members, teachers and students. The work we do is vital and we need your help.
We hope you will join us to honor those people and organizations that make a difference in our communities. Depending on the sponsorship level you choose, you will receive a variety of exciting benefits outlined in the enclosed list of sponsorship opportunities. We are grateful for your consideration of supporting NVI. Please submit the enclosed sponsorship form at your earliest convenience. For more information about Invest in Peace 2025, please contact Hillary Joyce at 401.239-7802 or via email at hillary@nonviolenceinstitute.org.
The Sister Ann Keefe Society
A fierce advocate for social justice and assisting the least among us, Sister Ann was a legendary community activist and co-founder of the Nonviolence Institute, as well as more then two dozen service organizations in the Providence area.
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The Sister Ann Keefe Society for Peace recognizes supporters who make gifts of $1,000 or more to the Institute with a number of special events and opportunities.
Legacy Giving
Regardless of how you choose to fund your legacy donation, your gift will help ensure that vital support and services for in-risk youth and victims of violence will be ongoing.
Your gift will support thousands struggling through the aftermath of violence as well as spread education across the state on the practice and history of nonviolence.
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