The Addie Wyatt Center for Nonviolence Training of Chicago (AWC) offers programs on Kingian Nonviolence theory and practice to Chicago area schools and school communities.
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"Student Voices on School Safety" (14 minutes)
Nonviolence trainings in Chicago area high schools are expanding
We thank the Allstate Foundation and Woods Fund of Chicago
“Change can come but you cannot do it alone.” – Rev. Addie Wyatt
Addie Wyatt was a labor and religious leader, and a tireless fighter for civil rights and women’s rights. In 1954, she became the first African American female president of a United Packinghouse Workers of America local. President Kennedy appointed her to his Commission on the Status of Women in 1962. She was also a founding member of the National Organization of Women (1963), the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (1972), and the Coalition of Labor Union Women in (1974).
