Pamela Zappardino is a nonviolence educator, author and trainer with a long history of activism. Along with Charles Collyer, she studied and continues to work with Dr. Bernard LaFayette, who was a member of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s executive staff, and is today's principal spokesperson for Kingian nonviolence. A photographer, painter, and art critic, Pam plays the mountain dulcimer, is president of PlanWorks Consulting and works with many community groups and organizations. Charlie and Pam co-founded and serve as Directors of the Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education at Common Ground.

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