Jonah Braverman

Jonah Braverman has been a Morningside Center staff developer and PAZ educational specialist since 2014, and has worked in the conflict resolution field since 2006. As educational specialist for our PAZ after-school program in the Bronx, he provided training and coaching for staff in SEL, and has helped develop and implement SEL/peer mediation and social action curricula. He has also provided training and coaching for staff at schools throughout NYC in restorative approaches through our Restore360 Program. Before coming to Morningside, Jonah served as program coordinator for Youth Empowerment in Brooklyn, where he developed and implemented experiential SEL curricula and implemented a mediation and restorative justice program. Jonah developed curricula on social reconciliation for the Center for Peace-Building and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka and provided training and coaching in peacebuilding for Common Ground in Nepal. He has a BA in education, community development and sustainable agriculture from Hampshire College and an MA in peace-building, conflict transformation and sustainable development from the SIT Graduate Institute.