01/14/2021
DC Peace Team
Jan. 6, 2020: As the Capitol was stormed and persons were killed, the DC Peace Team offered protective accompaniment to local grassroots groups and individuals at risk in the streets of DC. In one incident a white Pro-Trump man in camouflage pulled a knife at a black man during a heated verbal exchange. A DC Peace Team member who was walking alongside the parties, moved closer to about 3-4 feet from the armed person. The DCPT member engaged him with short de-escalatory phrases, such as “let’s slow down, you don’t need that weapon, you can put that away, this is not going to help anything, etc.” The armed person backed off a couple steps and others from his side came to pull him back. After some more verbal exchanges and walking up the street, the situation was defused. The DC Peace Team also helped provide accompaniment to individuals trying to get out of the area and worked with other local groups, particularly centering the voices of black leaders, in setting up a network of such activity for that evening. In addition, some of our members engaged in various empathy generating conversations.
1/16 DC Peace Team will offer an ONLINE advanced training in Unarmed Civilian Protection Deployments in situations with weapons from 12-2pm and 3-5pm EST. Full training is both segments. REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebmQO99WAQ46N71btmwBsvaEPRke4zqBMv_MtUyIer59FgOQ/viewform
1/23 DC Peace Team will offer an ONLINE training on Introduction to Active Bystander Intervention from 10-12 and 1-3pm EST. Full training is both segments. REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHJ6BPHlXctPgT8zVh4Kw3djw6ocqcJkH3j_i8n3RklBDteA/viewform
