News and Notes - February 2026

ADMIN NEWS AND NOTES!

FEBRUARY 2026

A monthly communication of the Alternatives to Violence Project California

admin@avpcalifornia.org

RECENT COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA!

Grass Valley - Basic

Sacramento - Basic

Stockton - T4F

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS IN THE COMMUNITY

BASIC WORKSHOP IN LOS ANGELES

March 7th and 8th

use: contact@avpla.org for more information

INTRODUCTORY (BASIC) WORKSHOP IN WATSONVILLE

March 10th - 12th 9am - 3pm

1430 Freedom Blvd., Suite A Atrium, Watsonville, CA 95076

Use this link to register

send information (especially pictures) about your community workshops to admin@avpcalifornia.org

In January the "renewed" Sacramento Council hosted a potluck!

Good eats and great community building.

A big congratulations and welcome to our newest AVP family members

Welcome to Tommie (6.9 oz) and Terry (5.14 oz) born on January 9th to Tommie and Tondria Hall. Momma is doing fine ... "just worn out". She expects to be able to rest in 18 years. Dad is just thrilled to have more men in the family. Previously they were blessed with three girls.

Tremendous Tommie was a big part of the facilitation teams at High Desert State Prison and Tremendous Tondria was on the Steering and Finance Committees for years. She served as our "snail mail" person for a long time.

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HIGHLIGHTED "SISTER" ORGANIZATION

A fellow member of

TPW.org

The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) works to end mass incarceration in California. To ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, ARC empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network, comprehensive reentry services, and opportunities to advocate for policy change. Through our grassroots policy advocacy, we are dedicated to transforming the criminal justice system so that it is more just and equitable for all people. https://antirecidivism.org/

JOIN OUR MONTHLY SUPPORT TEAM

We continue to build up our monthly support. It's easy and just $5 a month really supports the ongoing work that we do in AVP California. If you are able to chip in $15 a month we'd love to send you a beautiful AVP CA t-shirt.

JOIN HERE

SHARE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS... LET THEM JOIN AND SUPPORT OUR WORK

AVP/CA FACILITATOR INFORMATION

Click here to read

Plan to join us in 2026.

Camp Ocean Pines on

October 9th to 11th.

Put it in your calendar and plan to join us.

Local Council Support Grants!

The Steering Committee is continuing their commitment to support the local council work that is happening throughout our State. Click on link below for more information.

2026 Local Council Grant Application

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2025 CLARG Report

Team Coordinators, please make sure that all your workshop reports are entered into QEWR and that you share with admin@avpcalifornia.org anything that was exciting/challenging so that they can be entered into the CLARG (Committee of Local and Regional Groups) report for 2025. Thanks a bunch! Here is a copy of the 2024 REPORT

Consider joining an AVP/CA committee - help us create and build our community!

AVP/CA Committees Link

Have something to celebrate and share with your AVP/CA family.

Email admin@avpcalifornia.org.