STAR workshops have trained thousands of paraprofessionals, lay caregivers, and leaders worldwide to promote healing, revitalize their communities, and stop cycles of victimhood and violence. This workshop teaches peacebuilding alternatives to revenge.

STAR objectives:

By the end of the STAR workshop you will have:

1. Distinguished between various types of trauma and responses to trauma (both positive and negative) and related it to your individual, community, and societal history.

2. Examined the links between unhealed trauma and cycles of victimhood and violence and described how you have seen these cycles operate in your own situation.

3. Studied the trauma healing model used at STAR, analyzed it in light of your own experiences, and identified ways to integrate it into your current work.

4. Examined or practiced ways to build resilience and accompany individuals or groups on the healing journey through identifying personal and systemic interventions and rituals. 

Daily schedule of the STAR workshop:
Mon  Apr 30   8:30pm-5pm
Tue   May 1   8:30am-5pm
Wed  May 2   8:30am-5pm
Thu   May 3   8:30am-5pm
Fri     May 4   8:30am-12noon

By attending this 4 1/2-day academic and experiential education workshop, you’ll join more than 5,000 participants from 65 countries who have been equipped with strategies for handling post-traumatic stress and leading others beyond traumatic events, informed by the latest trauma healing research from the fields of neurobiology, psychology, restorative justice, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and religion/spirituality.  The curriculum was developed by internationally-renowned faculty and training staff of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University.

STAR in Minnesota is hosted by the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute (MPLI).  Scholarships for the STAR workshops are available through MPLI to maximize economic and cultural diversity at each workshop.  Please contact Dr. Minter at STAR.Mpls@gmail.com or 612-377-4660 for a scholarship application as soon as possible.   

To maximize the workshop experience, space is limited to 25 participants.

27 hours of professional continuing education credits are available for an additional $60 for nursing, mental health professionals, and educators and is payable by check.  MN board approvals are pending.  Please contact Dr. Minter at STAR.Mpls@gmail.com or 612-377-4660 for details.

Once your registration is received, additional workshop materials will be sent to you. 

Snacks and beverages are provided.  Lunch is on your own.

For our out-of-town participants, hotels are available in downtown Minneapolis.