The Tanner Center

In a world wracked by hostility and violence, the Tanner Center is dedicated to providing University of Utah students and faculty with the inspiration and education needed to become advocates for peace, nonviolence, and human rights. The center seeks to provide avenues for the open discussion of important issues dividing the community, the nation, and the world.



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K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM

Each year the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy teams with several local advocacy organizations to encourage local youth to effectively involve themselves in community betterment and to offer professional development to area teachers.

Annually, the Tanner Nonviolent Center sponsors a number of 15-18 year old students from local high schools to attend a youth leadership summer camp. Since the Tanner Center's inception, the Center has collaborated with the Community of Caring, Utah Sate Board of Education and the Inclusion Center for Community and Justice to work toward a common goal of empowering our youth to communicate peacefully and effectively using conflict resolution skills while always being conscious of others. In addition to the annual summer youth camp, the Tanner Nonviolent Center co-sponsors a week-long teacher workshop with the Tanner Humanities Center. Each workshop centers on conflict resolution skills to be used in the classroom. Teachers who participate may be eligible for licensure credits.

The Center is continually working on program development, and is currently developing new programs to be implemented at the primary school level. In particular, the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy strives to build bridges between the University of Utah, the community, and the primary and secondary schools within our state.