Roger Kluck is a mediator and attorney, and expert at reducing violence, healing trauma, increasing empathy, and building teams and community. He has been active as a facilitator and trainer for the Alternatives to Violence Project since 2004. He served four years as the President of the Alternatives to Violence Project U.S.A. (“AVP”), and its 5,000 facilitators and trainers. He serves currently as the North American Representative to AVP International. Roger retired recently as the executive director of Projects for a Civil Society, the local nonprofit sponsor for AVP in the Puget Sound region. He has spent 1,000s of hours in prisons working to reduce violence and help people leave gangs. For 6 years (precovid), he ran a program for incarcerated veterans with PTSD in the Pierce County jail and has worked with over 600 veterans. With the State Department, he has done workshops with youth from Iraq, Myanmar, Syria, Mexico, Brazil, and Israel; and adults from Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Kenya, and more – working with groups from over 30 countries.