Your browser either does not support JavaScript, or it has JavaScript support disabled. If you want to correctly view this page, please upgrade your browser or enable JavaScript support. Young people are facing more violence than previous generations, and with the proliferation of guns, more of the violence is deadly. Before they reach the age of 21, many young people have lost friends, neighbors, classmates, and family members to violence. They face violence at the hands of parents and family members, boyfriends and girlfriends, friends and rivals, and strangers.
Many young people continue the cycle of violence and are both the victims and the perpetrators.
For many young people, violence is the only apparent option with which to confront problems. Through a series of experiential exercises, the basic HIP workshop shows participants that conflict does not have to be destructive, but can be resolved in a positive way, resulting in growth and change. It seeks build a peace culture based upon honesty, trust, respect and caring. HIP is a dynamic approach to conflict started by the American Friends Service Committee in response to youth violence in Syracuse, New York. HIP has modified the AVP workshops to better reach youth.